Review: Chi chi's chicken and beer

With the recent positive publicity (and some negative stories that came with digging) --- decided to try this place as korean food and korean chicken establishments are not a strong suit of New Orleans.

And to my concern, this was easily a 4/10. Service was great, but for cost ($2/wing) and taste --- I can wholeheartedly say its disappointing.

Lets start with flavor and sauces: the profile of the sauces (soy garlic) tasted of simple light soy sauce without any resemblance of garlic or umami you should taste. gochujang was a watered down version of what you can get from a store mixed with water. Chain establishments (bb.q chicken or bonchon) figured the flavors you expect, this was far inferior.

Batter: the vast amount of chicken establishments locally absolutely destroy the batter. not seasoned well at all, none of the crispy bits that make a good fried chicken batter -- the pictures they advertise looked completely different

Other items:
Chicken sandwich -- I know this has been a trending item since Popeyes decided to enter the arena, but give me the spicy Popeyes sandwich any day of the week and some. Company Burger down the street has a superior chicken sandwich. We tried the southern one: lacked flavor, lettuce was still wet, and pickles tasted like it came from a jar.

Onigirazu --- this just irks me when restaurants group asian food items under one roof and call themselves a certain establishment. Its no different than if you had ramen and pho under the same damn roof. Filling was solid for the spicy tuna, but my God...learn how to make rice. SO dry.


Recommendation: If you REALLY want korean fried chicken, look elsewhere. Hell, make it yourself and you'll enjoy it 100x as much. Once again korean food in New Orleans sorely disappoints.