The 900 Grayson Restaurant version of the classic chicken and waffles is possibly the best I have ever tasted. That's not to say it's perfect, but for the price, it certainly beats Jack London Square's Home of Chicken and Waffles, hands down. The Demon Lover comes with 2 large pieces of fried chicken, which are actually made from chicken breasts, not legs and wings. I thought I wouldn't like it much because white meat is usually so dry, but these were very hot and juicy, comparable to Popeye's chicken strips except much bigger.The server had asked if I would like gravy or syrup, and being one who avoids sweets whenever possible, I chose the gravy. Apparently I should have asked for it on the side, because the massive amounts of gravy, while very good, was poured all over the chicken and the waffle underneath, which made both soggy after a while. It also tasted heavy, so I got full and tired of it even faster. For the second piece of chicken, I had to pour hot sauce in my ketchup and slather the mix over the gravy and meat so I could actually finish the entire thing.
As for the waffle, I must say I have had better ones in the Dining Commons at Berkeley. Not only was parts of it soggy from the gravy, the parts that were dry tasted unbelievably bland. I suppose that's where the syrup should have come in, but if I'm supposed to eat the waffle with syrup and chicken with gravy, then please don't make me choose only one! They can afford to give me a new bottle of hot sauce and what seemed like an entire can of gravy, but can't give me even a tablespoon of syrup? And no, the waffle did not taste any better with gravy, it just tasted like gravy on a chewy piece of cardboard. As I already couldn't stand all the heavy gravy on the chicken, I didn't attempt to down the rest of waffle, and left almost three quarters of it uneaten. It was possibly the first time I did not finish an entire plate of food or at least get the rest to go.
Overall, my biggest mistake was probably not ordering the gravy on the side. That would have saved everything from becoming soggy and tasting so heavy. I would definitely come back for the chicken, but I don't think anything could save the waffle for me. If I have to drown something in syrup to tolerate eating it, I'm probably better off eating a huge slice of cheesecake...at least the calcium would be good for my bones.
