# Jap's Fried Chicken fast food chain in Trinidad **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280 "2012-02-09T05:29:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/1 "2012-02-09T05:29:00Z")
So I’m guessing this place won’t be moving into the USA market? Oh and if the name isn’t bad enough their logo is an asian man, see here: [![](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI7iqUNg5YM/SyB4fOzoEvI/AAAAAAAAA1w/tTNFrccFUeg/s400/DSC05784.JPG) ](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CI7iqUNg5YM/SyB4fOzoEvI/AAAAAAAAA1w/tTNFrccFUeg/s400/DSC05784.JPG) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/2 "2012-02-09T05:37:42Z")
Well, this is going to go over like a bomb. I have zero interest in this product; I wouldn’t be surprised if it harbors bacteria. ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2012, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/3 "2012-02-09T05:47:36Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Well, this is going to go over like a bomb. I have zero interest in this product; I wouldn’t be surprised if it harbors bacteria. I was stunned when I first saw one, I’m guessing its one of those cultural difference things because it never even occurs to anyone else it could be offensive. Everything else aside the chicken is fair, not as bad as KFC can be but nothing special either. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/4 "2012-02-27T14:47:12Z")
Never seen that Grude, but I’ve only lived in T&T for just over a year. Where are they located? ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/5 "2012-02-27T14:48:27Z")
That looks like…Hugo Chavez ---
**Author:** ![grude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/6 "2012-02-27T14:54:09Z")
> [@biddee](#): > > Never seen that Grude, but I’ve only lived in T&T for just over a year. Where are they located? There is one in San Juan kinda hidden off the main intersection, another one on Western Main Road(Tragarete Road) by across from the string of bars by Smokey & Bunty’s. They seem to be popular and on an expansion(opening new locations). ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/7 "2012-02-27T15:22:50Z")
I live in St. James but rarely venture as far down as S&B’s. I’ll look out for it next time I’m down there. Is the chicken better than Churches? ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/8 "2012-02-27T16:59:27Z")
[Their facebook site](http://www.facebook.com/pages/Japs-Fried-Chicken-1-in-TT/206637290782) ETA: Ha! From their “questions:” “How far you ever travel with your box of Japs?” (And I agree, it looks more like Chavez. Maybe the owner is nicknamed “Jap?”) ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2012, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/9 "2012-05-04T13:17:08Z")
Ok I actually have tried Jap’s twice now and it’s cheap and delicious, way cheaper than KFC or Churches. My husband just got a job across the road at Hio’s Oasis so I think we will be eating Japs fairly often :). A thigh and fries is only $13TT ($2US). That’s cheap even for fast food and their turnover is such that it won’t be sitting there long! ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/10 "2012-05-05T13:50:57Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > ETA: Ha! From their “questions:” “How far you ever travel with your box of Japs?” About “halfway” so to speak. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/11 "2012-05-05T14:19:20Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Well, this is going to go over like a bomb. I have zero interest in this product; I wouldn’t be surprised if it harbors bacteria. I would climb Mount Niitaka to get a taste of that chicken. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/12 "2012-05-05T14:21:55Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Well, this is going to go over like a bomb. I have zero interest in this product; I wouldn’t be surprised if it harbors bacteria. You’d be surprised. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/13 "2012-05-05T14:25:01Z")
This chain will sink like a rock in Arizona. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/14 "2012-05-05T15:26:19Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > That looks like…Hugo Chavez Ha! With Down syndrome. Hopefully nobody thinks it will give you cancer. Maybe it’s revenge for [Darkie toothpaste](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie), misdirected because “they all look the same.” The grinning man got a race lift now, though, so it is less minstrelly. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/15 "2012-05-05T20:08:00Z")
‘Jap’ is not an offensive word in many countries. Americans need to get over themselves and respect other countries differences. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/16 "2012-05-05T20:18:54Z")
I hear the atomic chicken wings are to die for. ---
**Author:** ![Bootis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e8c25b/32.png) [@Bootis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bootis)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2012, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/17 "2012-05-06T23:40:56Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > ‘Jap’ is not an offensive word in many countries. Americans need to get over themselves and respect other countries differences. Yeah! Get over yourselves OP and other Americans. Stop disrespecting Trinidad somehow with stuff like this. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/18 "2012-05-07T00:17:38Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > Well, this is going to go over like a bomb. I have zero interest in this product; I wouldn’t be surprised if it harbors bacteria. heh… I see what you did there… I count 3 ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/19 "2012-05-07T00:56:18Z")
The guy doesn’t look Asian at all. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280/20 "2012-05-07T05:06:08Z")
> [@Whammo72](#): > > heh… I see what you did there… > > I count 3 But how many do you count for the entire thread? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japs-fried-chicken-fast-food-chain-in-trinidad/612280.md?page=2)