Malaysian just love Fried Chicken unfortunately the Fried
Chicken consume these days at Fast Food outlet and Pasar Malam is not very
healthy. Most of these outlets and shops reuse too many time for the frying
making the oil very carcinogenic.
I was invited to dinner at KyoChon Chicken at Lot 331, Lower Ground One Utama to try out Double Fried Chicken which was opened just 2 months ago. What makes me curious is that the chicken goes thru a double frying method, which is unique to KyoChon. We were told that the frying oil that were used is Cannola oil.
Kyo in Korean means searching for enlightenment or wisdom
and Chon means village. In Korea, where they started in 1991 and now there are
more than 1000 plus KyoChon restaurant, KyoChon is normally eaten as a snack
finger food. But in Malaysia, customers prefer a full meal and you can order it
with white rice, Butter rice or Kim Chi rice as a side dish.
This restaurant ambassador is none other than the popular SUPER JUNIOR – the top band in K-Pop today and it is well decorated with memorabilia of the band.
They have also a stand in life size figurine of the leading team
member which is Si-Won at the entrance. Patrons and fans of Super Junior can
pose with this figurine.
Our starter for the night is the Potato Wedges. The potato
wedges serve here is from the same manufacturer as in Korea and is served with
3 different dipping sauce i.e. namely the Honey mustard, Special BBQ sauce and
the Chilli sauce. The wedges were fried to Golden Brown and was very crispy.
There are four type of style that you can had with your
chicken i.e. The Original Soy Series, The Salsa Series, The Red Series and The
Honey Glazed Series. You can have it either as Wings, Drum Stick or Breast
strips.
Original Soy Series – coated with soy garlic glaze. This is
my favourite as you can taste the extra crisp even after a while. Most fried
chicken tends to lose its crispness after sometime in the open but not in this
case. You can taste the soy sauce which was very well marinated into the
chicken.
The Salsa Series – coated with special rice batter. Normally, I don’t quite enjoy the breast fried chicken as it tends to be very plain and tasteless due to the thick meat layers i.e. not very well marinated. At Kyochon, I was delighted to taste a fried chicken breast which was not only very well marinated but was still juicy when you eat it. We understand that chicken served here are marinated for 24 hours. This is to ensure that the flavours are full embedded into the meat.
The Red Series – glazed with hot sauce from Korea’s hottest
red chilli pepper. This is the hot stuff and only for those who like to eat Hot Fried Chicken. I find the sauce too overwhelming, it will be beter to order the original and put in the sauce to your liking ie. as a dipping sauce.
The Honey Glazed Series – marinated with a special sauce and
glazed with natural Honey sauce. This one is the ladies favourite as it carries the sweet honey taste but again I would prefer the sauce to be added to your need rather than having it glazed into the chicken.
Kyocho mission is simple i.e. to provide a wholesome Fried Chicken meals based on the 3 promises.
- To never, ever serve fast food.
- To use 100% natural ingredients.
- To use only the freshest, healthiest chickens.
Second promise all ingredient and sauce made are from 100% natural ingredients. You can see a sample of the sauce used here.
Kyochon Chicken (opposite of Cold Storage)
LG 311, Lower Ground Floor,
One Utama Shopping Centre,
No. 1, Persiaran Bandar Utama, Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor Darul Ehsan.
Operation hour: 10:00AM - 10:00PM daily
