I love love love Korean Fried Chicken!! I've been to Home of Hot Taste in Thornhill before so I'm pretty stoked to see a location pop up in Koreatown. The restaurant was clean, spacious and comfortable, and would be good for groups. I dined here on a Friday night with a group of 8, and didn't have any issues with service. I note that one review complained about the food being served at different times, but really that's how Asian restaurants work. It works a lot better if you share everything family style, as our group did. Here's what we ordered:
Blazing Fire Chicken with cheese ($21.50) - this was one of my favs of the night. Not too spicy and super delicious. There's an option with no cheese but I would highly recommend the cheese - it goes very well with the sauce and helps offset the heat.
Original Fried Chicken ($22.50 for L) - juicy and tender with the outside crispy fried, it's perfect fried chicken goodness!
Fried Chicken with Green Onion ($24.50) - This is a slightly amped-up version of the original fried chicken. If you were only to order one, this would be my recommendation. The green onion adds a unique flavour and texture when paired with the yummy fried chicken (and as a bonus, it's boneless!) This was my favourite of the night.
Spicy Korean Rice Cake ($10.99) - warning - this is REALLY spicy. We actually asked for it to be less spicy but it was still easily the spiciest dish of the night. But it's worth it because it's so yummy!
Egg soup ($9.99) - a great option to offset all the fried chicken and heat! This is like a combo of chicken soup and steamed egg together (there's really more egg than soup). Egg soup sound strange but it was definitely a winner.
Prinkle (??) Chicken - can't remember the actual name of this dish but it was basically fried chicken topped with a cheese powder. This was my least favourite of everything we ordered because I found the cheese powder a little strange and preferred the fried chicken on its own.
Overall, our meal was fantastic and we had a great time. We were all a tad fried-chickened out by the end of the night but the food was great and reasonably priced. I will definitely come back next time I have a craving for Korean fried chicken!