Meaty, oversize wings are meaty, charred, and as smoky as a four-alarm fire.
My friend Erica posted a Facebook challenge: “Y'all...look. This place. These wings. Go. Robin Garr, have you been here yet?” It came with a photo of a succulent golden brown chicken wing the size of a turkey wing, a tantalizing treat from Eden & Kissi.
That was last September, and I really meant to get right out to this little takeout spot in Buechel. But one thing after another got in the way. So here we are, 4 1/2 months later, and suddenly, with the Omicron variant hanging around, great Jamaican takeout sounded good.
I skimmed the menu – not as easy a task as you might think, but I’ll get to that – phoned in our order,, and headed for Buechel. A friendly woman handed over a giant bag of goodies still sizzling from the grill out back, and away we went. We got wings, of course, and I’ve got to tell you that Erica was right. I fought the wing and the wing won. In a very good way.
We got a bunch of other Jamaican goodies too – or as Eden & Kissi’s Facebook page explains it, “a fusion of Afro-Caribbean food with a French touch – and it was all good, just as praiseworthy as those meaty, smoky wings.
Eden & Kissi has a Facebook page but no website, Twitter, or Instagram. They post the day’s menu with photos around 2 p.m. every day. But these posts don’t show prices. GrubHub and DoorDash have menus with prices, but they don’t always fully agree on content or price, and I prefer to give my money directly to the restaurant anyway.
Should I have asked when I called in my order? Yeah, I might have learned in advance that our extra-large meal was going to fall a bit above the “cheap eats” range, especially with a comparatively grilled pompano on the menu. But hey, the food was delicious and the price was fair for what we got. ...
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You'll also find this review in LEO Weekly today.
http://www.leoweekly.com/category/food-drink/
Eden & Kissi
3914 Bardstown Road
384-9102
facebook.com/EdenAndKissi
Noise Level: There's no noise issue in the tiny, takeout-only spot.
Accessibility: The entrance appears accessible to wheelchair users.
