Chelsea came down to visit today, the first time we've met up in five months. She lives further north now, where there is a lack of good Asian restaurants, so of course, her first request for today's dinner was Korean food. Our plan was to go to Mom's Kitchen (which is one of our usual haunts — not because it's particularly great, but because it's close by) but on our way there, we inadvertently found our new favourite Korean fried chicken place called Kore Chicken. It's a hole-in-the-wall joint with its sole entrance inside an underground parking lot — a place we would never have found had we not been parked in said underground parking lot — but their huge menu plastered on their window stopped us in our tracks. There aren't a ton of Korean fried chicken restaurants around here, so we were immediately intrigued. How had we not heard about this place? (COVID isn't even an excuse, 'cause it's been open for well over a year now.) Korean fried chicken for dinner, it is.
Soy garlic Korean fried chicken
Mild seasoned Korean fried chicken
Korean cheese dumplings
For variety, we decided on a small order of the soy garlic chicken, a small order of the mild seasoned chicken, as well as a side of cheese mandu. First off, the prices are definitely less expensive than most other Korean fried chicken places. (I usually judge pricing by how much a full chicken costs, and it's only $27.54 at Kore Chicken compared to an average of $35 at every other Korean fried chicken restaurant I've been to.) Secondly, the portions are big. On the menu, it says a small order has five pieces, but we found seven in each box. (Y'all, seven pieces of fried chicken for $11.80 is cheaper than KFC or Popeyes.) Even the order of dumplings included at least 12 pieces. Thirdly, the meat is excellent here. Even the white meat is juicy and tender, which is getting harder and harder to find at fried chicken joints these days. Fourth, the batter is light, airy, crispy, and nicely seasoned without being too salty, and both the soy garlic chicken and mild seasoned chicken had excellent flavour profiles. It is also worth noting that the cheese mandu were awesome — it has a slightly sweet sauce underneath a blanket of delicious, savoury, melted cheese, and the combination of the two is just delightful.
In conclusion, I will be coming back here again. Soon. Like, very soon.
For variety, we decided on a small order of the soy garlic chicken, a small order of the mild seasoned chicken, as well as a side of cheese mandu. First off, the prices are definitely less expensive than most other Korean fried chicken places. (I usually judge pricing by how much a full chicken costs, and it's only $27.54 at Kore Chicken compared to an average of $35 at every other Korean fried chicken restaurant I've been to.) Secondly, the portions are big. On the menu, it says a small order has five pieces, but we found seven in each box. (Y'all, seven pieces of fried chicken for $11.80 is cheaper than KFC or Popeyes.) Even the order of dumplings included at least 12 pieces. Thirdly, the meat is excellent here. Even the white meat is juicy and tender, which is getting harder and harder to find at fried chicken joints these days. Fourth, the batter is light, airy, crispy, and nicely seasoned without being too salty, and both the soy garlic chicken and mild seasoned chicken had excellent flavour profiles. It is also worth noting that the cheese mandu were awesome — it has a slightly sweet sauce underneath a blanket of delicious, savoury, melted cheese, and the combination of the two is just delightful.
In conclusion, I will be coming back here again. Soon. Like, very soon.
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