THEY HAVE SOME AUTO FUTURISM. AH, YEAH, I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE. CALL BACK IT ALL STARTED
IN A DRIVEWAY GREW INTO POP UPS
ACROSS THE AREA, AND NOW IT HAS
A BRICK AND MORTAR LOCATION. WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT A RESTAURANT
IN ANN ARBOR. THAT’S ALL ABOUT
WINGS AND BISCUITS. MICHELLE
OLIVER JOINS US REJOINS US FROM
THE TOP OF THE SHOW. TO SHARE
WHAT’S ON THE MENU FOR TAKE OUT
TUESDAY. YES SO SIDE BISCUIT
KEEPS CUSTOMERS ON THEIR TOES BY
SWITCHING UP THE MENU AND
OFFERING DIFFERENT FLAVORS.
JORDAN’S BALDAUF, THE OWNER OF
SIDE BISCUIT IS HERE WITH ME NOW
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION.
DO YOU WASH YOUR CHICKEN? DO NOT
. DO NOT OKAY, DON’T EITHER. I’M
SORRY, TATI, I COOK IT. I COOK
IT. YOU CAN TEACH US HOW HE HAS
TOO MUCH TO DO BECAUSE HE MAKES
A LOT OF WINGS AND BISCUITS.
SPEAKING OF TELL ME HOW DID YOU
GUYS GET STARTED DURING COVID?
WE PARTED, PARTED WAYS IN MY
PREVIOUS EMPLOYER DECIDED TO
START TO POP UP OUT OF MY HOME
DRIVEWAY. SO INSTAGRAM PREORDER
PEOPLE WOULD COME SAFELY PICK IT
UP IN MY HOUSE. WE WERE COOKING
IN MY DRIVEWAY. I’M LIKE TURKEY
BURNERS REALLY FUN THING DURING
COVID FOUNDER BRICK AND MORTAR
AND THEN LAUNCHED INTO THAT VERY
COOL. AND SO THE FIRST THING IS
YOUR NAME IS HAS BISCUITS IN IT.
LET’S START WITH THE BISCUITS.
WHAT MAKES YOUR BISCUITS SO
UNIQUE? AND WHAT KIND OF
BISCUITS DO YOU OFFER? SO WE DO
A MIXTURE BETWEEN LAMINATED
BISCUITS AND DROP BISCUITS EVERY
WEEK. IT’S DIFFERENT. WE’VE DONE
LIKE 70 SOMETHING. BISCUITS WOW.
BISCUITS. UM AND THOSE ARE YOUR
TRADITIONAL RIGHT CLASSIC
SOUTHERN BUTTERMILK BISCUIT WITH
HONEY BUTTER. WE’VE GOT OUR
AMAZING BLUEBERRY BISCUIT SINCE
WE’RE IN ANN ARBOR WITH
BLUEBERRY LEMON COMPOTE. AND
THEN THIS IS ONE OF OUR OTHER
SIGNATURES THAT BLACK SESAME
BISCUIT WITH A TUG ARASHI
BUTTER. SO WHAT KIND OF INSPIRES
SOME OF THESE FLAVORS BECAUSE
THEY’RE NOT LIKE THE COMMON
ONES. AND YES, WE’RE ALSO GONNA
MAKE SOME WINGS HERE. SO WE HAVE
WINGS GOING UP, SO YEAH. HOW DO
YOU COME UP WITH THESE DIFFERENT
FLAVORS? SO WE’VE GOT THE
CLASSICS. YOU KNOW THINGS OF
THAT SORT EVERY WEEK. WE KIND OF
HAVE DRAW INSPIRATION. WE ALSO
DO LIKE COLLABORATION WITH
DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS AND THINGS
OF THAT SORT. UM LIKE THIS WEEK,
FOR EXAMPLE, WE’RE DOING A MACHO
CRUNCH WING WITH A FRIEND OF
MINE. LUCHA PUERCO. IT’S LIKE A
SALSA MACHO MIXED WITH THE CHILI
CRISP. THAT’S THE ONE RIGHT
THERE. OH NO SINGLE TAMAYO WEEK.
WE’LL DO SOMETHING KIND OF LIKE
MEXICAN INSPIRED. UM YOU KNOW,
WE KIND OF LIKE, JUST HAVE FUN
WITH A LOT OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN
FLAVORS AS WELL. DO YOU EVER
HAVE PEOPLE LIKE SUGGEST THINGS
FOR YOU THAT YOU END UP DOING SO
A LOT OF TIMES WE REACH OUT?
YEAH LIKE INSTAGRAM POLLS,
THINGS OF THAT SORT. SEE WHAT
PEOPLE ARE INTO WHAT PEOPLE
MISSING. WE’VE ACTUALLY JUST
HAD, LIKE RANDOM GUESTS COME UP
WITH AN IDEA AND A RECIPE AND
KIND OF WORK ON IT TOGETHER, SO
IT’S A LOT OF FUN. YEAH WE HAVE
OUR CORE LIKE TOP EIGHT.
MYSPACE. AH. WINGS AND THEN
EVERYBODY COULD DO A ROTATING
WING ROTATING BISCUIT, SO WE ARE
GOING TO MAKE SOME WINGS. BUT
THESE ARE STILL COOKING. CORRECT
ALL RIGHT, SO LET’S GO OVER.
WHAT ARE THESE TWO WINGS YOU
HAVE HERE AND I HAVE MY GLOVES
ON BECAUSE I’M READY. READY TO
TOSS. OKAY SO THE ONE I’M
GARNISHING HERE IS GOING TO BE
OUR GUCCI █GANG. IT’S A KOREAN
TO JOHN BASED SAUCE, AND IT HAS
LOTS OF SESAME OIL, GARLIC
THINGS OF THAT SORT. MHM
SCALLIONS AND A LITTLE SESAME
SEEDS. AND THESE ARE CHILI
THREADS, THREADS. YOU’RE IN THE
KNOW. IT’S JUST LIKE THEY LOOK
REALLY PRETTY. THEY’RE LIKE
LITTLE THIN, LITTLE THIN
STRINGS. AND THEN WHAT IS THIS
ONE OVER HERE? THIS IS THE WING
OF THE WEEK. WE’RE DOING THIS
WEEK. SO IT’S A MY GOOD BUDDY
KIND OF PROTEGE, JOHN MACHO
CRUNCH. LIKE I SAID, IT’S A MIX
BETWEEN LIKE A MEXICAN SALSA
MATRA, WHICH IS PEANUT BASED.
OKAY CHILI CRISP, SO IT’S A
LITTLE SPICY, NICE AND CRUNCHY,
A LITTLE TINGLY. YEAH.
INTERESTING LITTLE TINGLY. SO
IT’S THAT KIND OF SPICY SICHUAN
PEPPERCORNS. IT’LL MAKE YOU NUMB
. THANK YOU HAS A VERY UNIQUE
FLAVOR AND SENSATION ARE ARE WE
READY FOR THIS? OR DO WE NEED
TO? OKAY SO YOU’RE GONNA DRESS
IT UP TWO DIFFERENT WAYS I’M
GOING TO DO THE DRY RUB. WHICH
IS ONE OF THE WAYS YOU DO IT,
AND THEN YOU’RE DOING A SAUCE.
CORRECT THE CLASSICO G BUFFALO,
BORN AND RAISED IN BUFFALO, NEW
YORK, GO BILLS. UM AND THEY
WOULDN’T LET ME GO HOME IF I DID
NOT TO MAKE A CLASSIC WING SO IS
THIS LIKE YOUR CLASSIC HOT SAUCE
BUTTER AS THE BASIC INGREDIENTS
AND BUTTER AND BUTTER? ALL RIGHT
. SO WHAT DO I HAVE SESAME OIL
ON THE SQUEEZE BOTTLE? SQUEEZING
IT ON A LITTLE PINCH OF THE TOLD
ARASHI HERE, SO TOLD ROSSI IS
THE JAPANESE SEVEN SPICE GOT
NORI CHILI SESAME SEEDS? YOU CAN
GO A LITTLE MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN
THAT MORE AGGRESSIVE, ALRIGHT?
MAYBE NOT. MAYBE NOT THAT NOT
THAT AGGRESSIVE. I WENT TOO
AGGRESSIVE. THERE. WE GIVE IT A
LITTLE. OH NICE. DON’T LOSE
THEM. THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL. THERE
WE GO. HELLO MICHELLE. HELLO,
JASON. SO YOU’RE MAKING THESE
NOW YOU WANT TO PUT US TO A
TASTE TASK IS THAT WE DON’T KNOW
THE SPICES OF OKAY. UM, DO YOU
HAVE THOSE FOR US TO TRY RIGHT
OFF THE BOARD HERE OR OR OUT OF
THE BOWL OUT OF THE BOWL? WHICH
ONE? YOU WANT TO TRY THIS ONE?
JASON I SEASONED THAT ENOUGH FOR
YOU. IT LOOKS MAYBE A LITTLE
PALE. AND I WANT TO TRY YOUR ONE
OF THE WEEK. YES. IS IT GOOD?
LET ME TRY THIS ONE. WOW. OOH
THAT’S LIKE AN EVERYTHING.
BAGEL, BUT JAPANESE? YES I LOVE
IT DESCRIBING IT AND I LIKE THAT
. OH LET’S JUST FACE IT. I’M
GETTING THE TINGLING. I’M
GETTING THE TINGLES THE FIRST
TIME I HAD IT. I THOUGHT IT WAS
AN ALLERGIC REACTION. YOU’RE
SAFE. THIS IS THIS IS A NORMAL
THING. OKAY, SO REALLY QUICK.
TELL US HOW WE CAN FIND YOU AND
FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
YOU. BISCUIT RESTAURANT IS ON
1232 PACKARD. KINDA NEAR LIKE
THE, UM, ATHLETIC COMPLEX PRETTY
CLOSE TO CHRYSLER ARENA AND
JOOST JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
WE’RE ALSO INSTAGRAM SIDE
BISCUIT UNDERSCORE THAT WE CAN
FIND OUR WING FLAVOR OF THE WEEK
AND THINGS OF THAT SORT OF WEAK.
AND UH, WEBSITE IS SIDE BISCUIT
DOT COM. THANK YOU. THIS IS
AMAZING. AND MY LIPS ARE ABOUT