"For a chicken sandwich that looks like a frisbee slapped between bread, head to Daybird. The cutlets at this casual strip mall spot are nearly twice the bun’s size, so you don’t get any of the chive slaw and pickled chiles until you’re halfway through—but we don’t mind because the Sichuan-spiced chicken is superb. Daybird marinates its poultry in a mixture of chiles and mouth-tingling peppercorns, which delivers the spiciness you want from hot chicken. If you want something with less burn, they also do a Taiwanese popcorn chicken-inspired sandwich with fried basil, and a fried fish sando with yuzu tartar sauce." - sylvio martins, brant cox, cathy park