A while back I wrote about snacking on Korean "Fried Chicken," a junk food that has as much to do with fried chicken as Pocky does with Belgian chocolate. After reading about yang-nyum tong dak, or actual Korean fried chicken, I set out to try some. I'd heard of this legendary beer snack and had been meaning to sample some for years, but most places were a little too out of the way. That is until Unidentified Flying Chickens landed practically in my backyard. This hip ultramodern space knows its bird. I ordered up six hot and six soy-garlic wings and was amazed by the delicate crunchy skin.
By now you're wondering what all this has to do with a Midnight Snack. Good question. It's simple. About 12 hours after lunch, I put UFC's chicken to the ultimate test: eating it cold. Not only was it still crunchy, I think the sauce might have had even more of a chance to flavorize those alien chicken wings.
(Unidentified Flying Chickens, 71-22 Roosevelt Ave., Jackson Heights, N.Y., (718) 205-6662)
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2-09-2007 @ 8:52AM
Ted said...
Honestly, objectively speaking, Korean fried chicken is the best fried chicken to be had.
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2-09-2007 @ 11:01AM
LordJezo said...
Don't forget BonBon Chicken!
Here's a NYT article on the whole Korean fried chicken thing that's sweeping the nation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/dining/07fried.html?pagewanted=print
Well, maybe not sweeping, but at least popping up in NYC in a couple of locations.
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