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| - Bonchon is a chain of Korean style fried chicken and other Korean dishes. This is the 1st location in this area and is worth a visit. Located in an attractive freestanding building on Broadview Road in Seven Hills, part of a large commercial strip. The lot is a bit small, when I arrived it was full and had to park on the side street.
Once inside you find a good sized room with a bar on one side, a partition down the middle and plenty of tables. The decor is modern and there are flat screens ringing the room showing sports. The menu is rather small, but with enough variety to provide for most everyone. Service was overall good, with attention when we wanted it.
I ended up ordering the Seafood Bibimbap; a large hot pot filled with rice, topped with vegies, the seafood and a raw egg, plus a side of spicy miso sauce. The idea is to mix it up and let the rice cook to crispy at the bottom of the bowl. Overall this was enjoyable, the red miso is essential to get the whole thing tasting good; the seafood was a mix of smaller shrimps, bay scallops and some squid, nice, but nothing special. My favorite parts of the the dish were the mushrooms, great slices with excellent flavor and wonderful umagi; and the crispy rice at the bottom which has nice crunch.
I also got to try Takoyaki, a dumpling with octopus inside; good, but not what I expected since it was more other filling with just a small piece of chewy octopus. Unlike most Korean places, you don't get the banchon; small dishes of kimchi and pickles and such; they do serve some pickled daikon with the chicken, which was a bit sweeter then I am used to.
Overall a fun experience, I might stop back if I am in the area at lunch time; worth a try if you like the menu.
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