One restaurant in Australia is being touted as a “dupe” for a cult US chain, Raising Canes, which has 699 locations in the United States and is known for its chicken fingers, Cane’s sauce, crinkle cut Texas toast and huge jugs of lemonade and sweet tea.

Flappy’s, which is based in Penrith, Western Sydney, is currently flooding everyone’s For You page on TikTok with lines out the door as Aussies attempt to get a taste of the US.

The Australian restaurant has a larger menu range than Raising Canes, which includes chicken tenders, fried mushroom sandwiches, potato and gravy and onion rings.

Nessa is one such person comparing Flappy’s with Raising Canes, taking to TikTok to share her experience. “I got the three-piece combo and the mega tender combo, which came with a two-litre lemonade but I wish they also had sweet tea,” she said.

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“The potato bread was like crack, it’s so buttery and so good. Aside from the sweet tea, I don’t remember Raising Canes to be that standout but the tenders here had a lot more flavour and were more crispy and juicy. I also love the sauce too.”

TikToker Nina also filmed a video after taste-testing the fried chicken and sauce at Flappy’s, saying the sauce was “good” but she preferred gravy. “I would come back for the tenders – crispy, juicy and phat.”

Digi-foodie Tsehai Grant also filmed her reaction to the “Australian dupe of Raising Canes”, as many were labelling the restaurant. She said the tenders and sauce were a “yes”, revealing she got half spicy and half regular with the spicy tenders being her preferred option.

She also said the chips had a good amount of seasoning and crunch to them. Her only criticism was the lemonade was incredibly “sweet but still fire”. 

Other social media users were equally impressed, with one tagging their friend and saying; “We can finally somewhat live our raising canes fantasies.”

Another asked; “Anyone know something like this in Melbourne?”

“Went there today, the line was over 30 mins wait it was crazy,” another social media user commented.

Flappy’s Fried Chicken
Mon-Fri 10.30am-9pm
24/2115 Castlereagh Rd, Penrith NSW 2750
@flappysfriedchicken

This article was originally published on news.com.au. It has been reproduced here with permission.

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