my fried chicken

i was amped to learn that aplacein auckland was doing a full range of korean vegan fried chicken. holy crap the excited. i booked a day off work and made the journey over from the eastern suburbs.

it was a let down. the vegan chicken was more like tofu in crunchy batter.

they came with literally half bothered sesame seeds on them. they were’n’t prepared like you would expect. it wasn’t good.

we really like theplaceas it had opening seating and several other restaurants around it. the food was good however the chicken was a bit cold whereas the rest of the food was very hot. the service was good and the atmosphere was very nice. the price was a bit on the high end for what the vibe and food.

the stall is located in the building closest to the carpark area, away from ponsonby road. it is quite open with a few tables and a counter area that looks over the kitchen. the most defining feature is the comic book style art on the ceiling. it might be easy to miss but it is over the seating area as well as the kitchen.
we grabbed a few chicken flavours and some side to share and they took the order from the table. the ban ban half half is cheaper to get if you were wanting a few different flavours at $36 for 12, with the 6 pieces at $23 for each flavour. the thunderbird was actually spicy but really tasty. the soy one was also quite tasty. the chicken was juicy and tender and were entirely whole wings. the garlic bread was also quite nice.
it is a niceplacefor some tasty fried chicken. the wings were nice but i prefer thigh cuts.

went here for dinner with a friend and i must say theplaceis at par with places like pocha in terms of quality. if you enjoy a simple well seasoned chicken, their og is for you! if you're like me who loves punishing herself with chilli, the thunderbird will leave you in sweat and questioning your choices. for a perfect amount of spice and delightful sweet notes, hot n sweet as ended up being our favourite for the night. i only got to try a bit of the cluck cluck soy as we were already stuffed from the other flavours, but dip it in honey or mustard and it takes the flavour on another level. pretty happy with our experience, their beer selection by garage project is awesome as well. the only thing i probably would have faulted is the limited table space, on a busy night the crowd might mean a fair amount of wait time.

chicken was better than i expected. i liked it. note: take wet wipes with you after eating the soy chicken there was nowhere to get the stickiness off our fingers . overall it was yummy .
there was something sweet in the garlic bread that didn’t go with my tastebuds tho.
but lovelyplaceand lovely staff :)

i went to thisplacewhen they just opened but i forgot to upload a review 🤦🏻‍♀️

got to try this new fried chickenplacein ponsonby central called my fried chicken (it is aplaceopened by the owner of gao and previous owner of centro) and tried 3 types of chicken from their menu: the og, cluck cluck soy (garlic and soy sauce) and hot and sweet as (gochujang)
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loved the cluck cluck soy the most. the chicken was so juicy and matched so well with the sauce. hot and sweet as got a little bit of kick but it’s not deadly spicy (there was a dangerously spicy that we dared not go into...)
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they usually have a bigger portion of chicken! we told them to reduce the portion because it was just my friend and i trying it out