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| - I came on a Friday night as a group of 4 and since they do not take reservations, our wait was approx. 20-30 minutes. The chicken was delicious and the batter was nothing like what I've had at other Korean chicken restaurants, however, I personally found their menu very expensive and overpriced for their portions. The meal was very satisfying but because of the price, I've rated Mr. ChiMaek's just shy of 4/5.
When I compare Mr ChiMaek's prices with some other popular Korean fried chicken restaurants located around the Yonge and Finch area, Mr ChiMaek's marks their menu on average $5 more for the same dishes. For their price, I was expecting the same or bigger portions, however, there seemed to be fewer pieces of chicken. In my opinion, the chicken and flavours that I ordered weren't significantly different from other restaurants. The one thing that sets them apart from other restaurants though, is their unique batter. As much as I enjoyed the batter I can't justify paying more when I can get the same tasty chicken and flavors elsewhere for cheaper. Their bacon kimchi cheese fries sounded amazing but holyyy it's $17!
We ordered the fish cake soup, boneless carbonara chicken and boneless scallions chicken. I liked that the fish soup was served very hot and came with a variety of fish cakes and a few dolbuki. This soup was a good, simple starter, pricing at $17. Both fried chicken that we ordered were super tasty! I prefer the "saucier" choices and both the scallion and carbonara dishes came with a sufficient amount of sauce. The sauce was carefully poured onto the dish first- which was great for dipping near the end, then they arranged the chicken on the plate and drizzled a bit more sauce overtop. The batter was extremely crispy and carried flavour itself. It wasn't overpowering the chicken though. The chicken itself was juicy and tender inside.
Both the food and service were great. Will I come again? Yes, most likely a few more times down the road but since I'm cheap, I cannot afford to come regularly.
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