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I have been on a search to find the best Korean fried chicken locally but to date this is the best I've had all around which includes quality, service and value.
I was intrigued to know that a place such as this was now open in such proximity which makes it far more accessible to me than either downtown or the Yonge/Finch area that seems to have so many KFC places up there. This place has only been open for about a month now.
My server gave me a cup of daikon radish. I've seen this before which seems to be common among the places I've been. They also gave me a small basket of popcorn. I've been to one other place that did this (Ajuker). I also was given a bowl of slaw type salad. This one is sort of new, I've had corn before but not here. Also the water given to me was in a glass, not necessarily the plastic decanter with the blue top which I seem to see at many Korean restaurants.
I had ordered a Budweiser on tap which they seemed to have 3 common big brand names on tap and Bud was one. Beer and fried chicken is like bacon and eggs, pork and rapini or chips and dip... they just go together so magically and it's safe to say if you serve KFC, you'd better have beer.
I read the menu and for the life of me I still can't figure out why garlic soy in some places in Toronto (Home of Hot Taste, Dakgogi) is NOT available for wings but any other sauce just about is... it is confounding to see this flavor is simply NOT an option in some places unless you're ordering a whole chicken. This restriction to me is like hearing somebody tell me you cannot put Big Mac sauce on a Quarter Pounder with Cheese, it is forbidden.
I went ahead and asked my server if they could give me wings with garlic soy, expecting some sort of confrontation - hey I was just asking a question. He said let me check and came back with an astounding YES! Yes, K-POP will grant me my wish and serve me wings with garlic soy style. I was thinking to myself what would Katy Perry say if I asked her for a date? Would John Gibbons let me play shortstop in absence of Troy Tulowitzki? I felt like a VIP asking for something off the menu and getting it. I'm special that or they simply wanted to please a customer with a request that's just not unreasonable.
I went ahead and ordered 2 lbs of wings, one with the garlic soy (shh), and one pound plain so I could just have the chicken without any sauce. My server couldn't do enough for me and he was very attentive.
The chicken came at the same time, both plates, long and ready to be consumed. I took my obligatory photo snaps of it because you know, I have to document this experience properly but not before accidentally consuming 3 wings. A close up of each pound and a top view to get perspective. This is how anxious I was and by the 3rd wing I had already broken the virgin photo integrity by removing what should have been in the shot.
These wings to me completely dwarfed what I had had just a week ago at Dakgogi which was their version of 2 lbs. Dakgogi served me what seemed to be 8 or so "NORMAL" sized wings and when I say normal I mean the kind you buy at grocery stores and when I used to eat when I was a kid when stuff like roids for birds wasn't so common and when there was no recognized so called food crisis.
I would have to say one pound of wings at K-POP is DOUBLE the meat of what I had at Dakgogi because not only are the wings MUCH more meaty but they also gave me more per pound. I counted no less than 10 well sized wings on each plate. The plain were so fresh I had to put them down as I was burning my fingers. These are the juiciest wings I've had in Toronto hands down. The garlic soy tasted great but the sauce was thin, light soy and sort of dampened the crisp factor. There were real slices of garlic on top. There was enough left over sauce for me to use to dip the plain wings in after.
The chicken had a light batter and was much more juicier than they were crispy. I'd have to recommend getting the sauce on the side here like many of the other Toronto KFC places as to not "uncrisp" the chicken because of the sauce. The taste of the sauce is great but it did make the outside less crispy.
Next time I want to try the whole chicken with green onions which looked really good. The prices are reasonable here but the bigger you go, the more you save. For instance for the green onion chicken the difference in price between the 1.5 lb and 3 lb is only 8 dollars being 18 and 26 dollars respectively.
Bottom line yes I'll be back because their food is good and as I said the best KFC I've had in Toronto. The chicken may not be as crispy if sauced but it's very juicy. Ask for sauce on the side if you want want your chicken to stay crispier.
They have wet naps. Many KFC places in TO don't which is just crazy, 4* solid.
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