Where Have All The Popeyes’ Gone?

I tasted the best chicken and biscuit (which I think is more of a French toast) on my 22nd birthday in Robinson’s Metro East. Yes, Popeye’s Chicken. It was too late for me to realize that there’s a chicken fast food that is WAY better than KFC. Had my then-boyfriend not been a total dork, I would have bought a dozen of those mouth-watering biscuits and some chicken. But I thought, that time, that I can just safely go to a mall in Manila and find Popeye’s. I was wrong.

Come 2007, I searched for a branch on each mall I’ve been to but all to no avail. Popeye’s Chicken closed. I asked people to look for branches but they all said they couldn’t find any. I messaged my friend who works in Robinson’s Metro East and he said the branch closed. It was devastating. I had mad cravings for Popeye’s biscuits in summer of 2007.

I learned to ride the bus in my fourth year in college, which gave me easier access to Manila. I had to see it to believe it. There wasn’t any Popeye’s branch in the malls I have been to. What now, was I only able to taste those biscuits and chicken once in my lifetime? Not unless, of course, I go to America.

But why did Popeye’s close in the Philippines? I read several forums on the net that says Popeye’s is better than KFC. I agree! But how come they let every Popeye’s branch close in the country?

It’s really ironic that one of the most popular branches of Popeye’s was in SM South Mall. I am a frequent there now. But it was closed. It’s gone now.

Isn’t it obvious that my mad cravings are coming back? It’s cruelty. It’s an irony. Popeye’s Chicken… gone.