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| - Friends brought me to this small place that has the vibe of a cozy local bar, but features Korean fried chicken as their main meal. It's a little like stepping into a Chinese restaurant where everyone is Chinese except Korean version - from the crowd, decor, to the menu.
There's a number of combos and specials you can get, my party of five got a soy sauce with garlic fried whole chicken, a special half and half (padak and plain), and kimchi fries. To drink, we got a Sapporo beer tower. There was more than enough chicken to go around with good variety in the pieces, but the fries were disappointing. I can see myself being back for the chicken and the beer, just because the small space atmosphere suits me, and the only server there was nice and really did do her best.
There was some confusion about the food portion order, but that aside the chicken came hot and tasty. There was a bit of wait, but tolerable. The padak features a coverage of shredded green onion over boneless chicken - good for those lazy about bones. The plain was crispy and simple, adding a side of mayo sauce will cost you $1.50 though! Finally, the soy sauce with garlic - I could see the soy and see the garlic, but I couldn't really taste the garlic on my chicken. It was a bit of a letdown, but I did still enjoyed the sweet Korean soy sauce flavour.
The kimchi fries were not as I expected however - it resembled McCain's freezer fried topped with mayo, a large dollop of kimchi, and a sunny side fried egg that was not runny - it didn't mix well and just sat atop the fries.
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