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| - Wow, a Bonchon in CLE!? Now can they finally open up an H-Mart here too? Pretty please?!?! We wanted to try this place at right after it opened, but fighting crowds just didn't seem worth it (especially since it's a bit far out compared to all the other Asian restaurants...is there something special about this area?).
The restaurant looks brand new, and has TV's surrounding all the walls. It has a sports bar atmosphere, so now we can watch all the games while enjoying our Korean fried chicken (woot).
We were seated right away after arriving, so thankfully there wasn't a wait for the table at least. We decided on the bulgolgi sliders, salmon salad, and the mixed half and half (soy sauce and spicy) fried chicken. The sliders and salad came out at a reasonable time, but wow did we have to wait a while for the chicken. It was at least half an hour after we got sliders and salad that we finally got the chicken. Our server at least stopped by to apologize for the wait, saying "I'm sorry for the wait, but the chef mixed up your chicken order." If there are only two flavors for the fried chicken, how do you mix up the order?!
As for the fried chicken itself, we were quite pleased when it finally came out. Piping hot, the skin was crispy, and wow did the spicy flavor have a nice kick to it. On a cold fall day, one can't help but smile when she has spicy Korean fried chicken in front of her. The soy sauce chicken was a nice balance in between, so I could still feel my lips and wasn't burning too badly from the spicy flavored chicken. The radish(daikon) unfortunately wasn't so fresh, which was disappointing since one always needs the cooling crunch of the radish while enjoying Korean fried chicken. Overall we were happy with the food, but wait time for the food itself is still an issue. I probably would come back to have some more chicken, but only if there was nothing else scheduled that day.
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