With Canada’s MB Chicken having expanded in UK with its new store opening in Preston, I went down to their Church Street branch for the grand opening event to try some food and enjoy the entertainment
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00:00Hi, my name's Jack Marshall. I'm a digital reporter with the Lancashire Post newspaper
00:04and got something a little different to bring to you today. I recently was invited to the
00:09grand opening of one of the city's newest fast food places, which is MB Chicken. Now
00:15the MB and MB Chicken stands for Mary Brown. And so I'd never really heard of this chain
00:19before. It's in a Canadian chain. They're famous for the fried chicken. I thought, well,
00:24got to go check it out, try it out, see what's going down. Now they had all kinds of stuff
00:28going on at this launch event. They had a DJ playing. They had loads of testers out.
00:33They had basically the whole menu for you to try. They had a million sauces. They had drinks
00:37being made. They had drinks just an open bar for you, but they also had drinks being made
00:41specially for you by like a professional mixologist who was making everything. I went down and
00:47tried a maple leaf martini, which was very nice. Never really a fan of martinis in general
00:52really, but I thought maple leaf martini is a Canadian brand. I've got to try one of those.
00:56So headed down to their new or relatively new location on Church Street in the middle
01:01of town, tried it all out. And it was, yeah, the atmosphere there was incredible. There
01:05were loads of people milling around, coming in and out, trying it out, just getting to
01:09groups with the new premises, which looks really, really slick, really cool. They've
01:12got everything from arcade games, loads of seating, loads of space, lovely kind of like
01:17decor and features in terms of the style and the layout for everything. It's really, really
01:21nice to put together. So yeah, really enjoyed my time down there. When it comes to the food
01:27itself, I was impressed. I think I've done quite a few bits and bobs on fried chicken
01:31recently because it's just such a huge up and coming culinary market in not only the
01:36like press in itself, but in the UK in general. It's a huge thing. And I definitely think that
01:41fried chicken on offer from MB Chicken is up there with, you know, probably going to be
01:47some of the best. There'll be some, you know, connoisseurs of fried chicken who might disagree,
01:51but I thought it was really nice. Tried some of their little bites. They were really, really
01:55good. They had a nice kind of salty kick to them whilst also having that crispiness and
01:58really juicy chicken inside. So yeah, I was very impressed by MB Chicken. They had a great
02:02vibe at the launch event. I definitely recommend going and checking it out and forming your own
02:06opinion. I've got everything going on down there. So just go down, peruse the menu,
02:10grab yourself a bite to eat. Cheers.