Korean Chicken Fever

Lately with all those K-fever conquering Singapore media airwave have prompted me craving for Korean food. Not your average Korean stall manned by local selling Korean food in your Kopitiams or foodcourts but authentic Korean food franchise in Singapore. I found one such Korean franchise specializing in chicken cuisine.

You might say - What another KFC wannabe? Nope they are not only selling Fried Chicken but BBQ Chicken as well Smoked Chicken (currently not available). The restaurant - BBQ Chicken - is convenient located at Basement Cineleisure. The menu consist of ala carte items range from Olive Oil Fried Chicken, Ginseng Fried Chicken to BBQ Chicken. For details can refer to their website. Don't think this is your average fastfood restaurant, 10% service charge & 7% GST are applicable in this restaurant.



Unknowing to the first timer gracing this restaurant, you'll notice certain customers will ask the staff to serve them a bowl of small white cubes. This white cubes are pickled radish or white carrot a name which is commonly known to Singaporean. These customers are mainly Korean that patron this Korean franchise before. It is customary for the staff to serve customer with pickled radish to open up their palate as well as to reduced the oiliness after a meal of fried foods. The pickled radish is free flow. Take note not to stuff yourself full of pickled radish before your main dish is serve.



I had tried Ginseng Power Crisp, Jerk BBQ and Teri-Q wings. Ginseng Power Crisp is actually Olive Fried Chicken sprinkle with Ginseng Powder giving it a strong Ginseng taste. For those who don't like Ginseng can skip it. Jerk BBQ is chicken whole leg bbq over charcoal grill. Unlike other bbq chicken you ate in food court, the chicken here is grill to perfection that it is tender and juicy inside while outside remain smoky with special spicy taste. Today, I decide to settle for 10 piece Teri-Q wings $11.00 with top up of $3.00 SGD for sides - a soft drink, coleslaw and potato wedges as shown above. Be prepared to wait for 15 to 20mins before your main dish is served.

Teri-Q wings comprise of mini chicken wings and drumstick coated in glutinous rice flour batter fried to crisp and drizzle with soy teriyaki sauce with garlic flavouring. The chicken taste quite good however due to the high msg content in the teriyaki soy sauce, I quickly expended the soft drink after my 4th pieces of chicken. Sad to say, unlike other restaurant they do not serve any free flow iced water to quench your thirst if you expended your soft drink. I'm rather disappointed in this as I was trying to cut down on sugar intake. I hope they can improve on this since they had free flow pickled radish why not free flow iced water.

For those who are tired of eating KFC no harm have a go at BBQ Chicken as it whole new taste experience. The price could be a tad pricier than KFC but if you looking for KFC direct replacement, you can try Popeye at Level 2 Changi Airport Terminal 1 which is a Fried Chicken Fastfood Restaurant which I will talk at another time.