Frederick Chen's Room

“A certain seriousness pervades the fryer at Frederick Chen's Room. The matchstick fry arrives without ceremony, which is appropriate. The exterior is adequate, which in this context constitutes a form of ambition. The interior potato character is present as a rumor. The grease situates itself generous in the manner of a host who means it. One proceeds. The fries are worth the journey to Sunnyside. In the final accounting, the fries are the only item that matters. Frederick Chen's Room knows this.”

“Not every establishment in Sunnyside understands its own fry. Frederick Chen's Room understands its fry. The matchstick format, triple-fried in vegetable, produces a crispness that is adequate, which in this context constitutes a form of ambition and an interior that is present as a rumor. The grease is generous in the manner of a host who means it. Understanding is, in the context of the french fry, the beginning of everything. Best ordered without accompaniment. The fry requires no defense counsel.”