Chicken Liver at Nando's

Been ages since I've been here and was surprised to see so many things. Large space with a spacious feel to the seating arrangement. Nice and interesting decor. Clean. And staff friendly and helpful, totally deserving of a tip, so if you agree after your meal, put something on the table if you didn't tip up front when you paid for your order at the counter.

Always in search of something curious to eat, I ended up trying the Grilled Chicken Livers ($7.75 "on its own", comes with either a Portuguese bun or their Portuguese Garlic Bread).

2016-May-19 Nando's Chicken - chicken liver and garlic bread

The garlic bread was faintly garlicky and completely forgettable except that together with the "meat" (liver), it can add up to a light meal for under $10 after tax -- which is hard to find these days.

Liver is liver, and despite choosing the normally sharp-lemony "Lemon & Herb" sauce / baste, the grilled livers tasted like liver. I even asked for extra sauce (which they provided for free!) and completely dipped each piece of liver in it, and the lemon didn't make much of a dent.
I had slightly better luck with the garlic peri-peri sauce available from the condiment counter.

After all that, I was slightly annoyed it cost 25 cents more than a quarter chicken (leg and thigh).

TIP: Frozen Yogurt is supposedly "bottomless", according to the menu! I'll have to test that with an eating crew one day soon...

2016-May-19 Nando's Chicken - bottomless frozen yogurt

2016-May-19 Nando's Chicken - front counter snacks and condiments

2016-May-19 Nando's Chicken - condiments

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