I also have my own set of food blogging
guidelines and one of them is "to visit where Grab Your Fork says fried
chicken is awesome". One can never go wrong with Ms. GYF's fried chicken
recommendations. One of those lead me to Seoul Orizin.
In the heart of Sydney's Chinatown is
where you'll find Seoul Orizin. The space has a simple cafe/bistro look with
seating areas that can acommodate anywhere from 2 people to groups of 4 or 6
people. Here you'll find a variety from jjigae (similar to stew) to
Chinese-Korean noodle dishes and the target of my visit, Korean Fried
Chicken.
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| Jajangmyeon |
We ordered jajangmyeon ($10), which is
one of my favourite noodle dishes. I gotta admit, my obssession with this dish
started from watching many K dramas. I just love how the heavy and thick black
bean sauce hugs on to the noodles. It also had pork and vegetables in the
sauce. The soft pieces of vegetables added extra sweetness to the sauce.
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| Banchan |
Unlike the usual pickled radish that
comes with Korean fried chicken, you get around four tasty banchan (side
dishes).
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| Spring onion fried chicken (Padak) |
It was love at first bite when I had
their spring onion fried chicken ($18 for plate half chicken) a.k.a. Padak. It
had that beautiful rippled crunchy coating that we love in Korean Fried
Chicken. The meat was juicy and perfectly cooked. The sweet soy sauce dressing
was sweet with a bit of bite from the mustard. I like how they've added
dressing onto the ribbons of spring onion too. It was absolutely
beautiful.
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| Sweet and spicy fried chicken |
Another popular dish in their menu is
the sweet and spicy fried chicken ($17 for half chicken). The chicken pieces
were smothered in a sticky, sweet and tangy sauce that had a little bit of
heat. Even after being glazed with sauce, the coating was still crunchy. Yes,
it deserves fist pumps in the air!
To sum it up, I was impressed with what
I've had from Seoul Orizin. The service and food I've tried were amazing. All
that's left to say is that fried chicken here is definitely DAEBAK!
Seoul Orizon
Shop 4, 203 Thomas
Street, Chinatown, Sydney NSW 2000
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lol I shall take my fried chicken recommendations very seriously from now on. Waitaminute.... I already do! Haha.... The cheese chicken isn't as good here as Sparrows Mill but the wasabi is awesome isn't it? Love that you rarely have to queue here either.
ReplyDeletemmm another fried chicken joint to hit up!
ReplyDeleteOooh! Another KFC place to try :D
ReplyDeletehehe daebak! agreed :) love the spring onion one!
ReplyDeletetheir jajangmyeon looks damn good! and there's an egg!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely can't fail when you live by that blogging rule... and we all know Helen's advice is best followed! I'm writing this one down to visit soon.
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