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2017-07-25
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What is it about fried chicken that makes it one of the world's most popular dish? Be it from the US, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, etc ... fried chicken is the one go to item that most people covet for the deep fried feeling of love.Karayama is a chain of restaurants from Japan. Much like how Yoshinya brought the fast food beef donburi to the masses, Karayama brings you karaage. Japanese fried chicken. Now they have opened their first branch in Hong Kong and in Wong Tai Sin's Temple Mall.As boyfriend l
Karayama is a chain of restaurants from Japan. Much like how Yoshinya brought the fast food beef donburi to the masses, Karayama brings you karaage. Japanese fried chicken. Now they have opened their first branch in Hong Kong and in Wong Tai Sin's Temple Mall.
As boyfriend lives in this area, he was super excited about it and wanted to give it a try on opening day. So, he messaged me to come over for lunch while he went to queue up. When I got there, he had already waited half an hour and he asked if we should wait or leave. As I said I had just gotten there, perhaps we stay a bit to determine to leave or not. It was a weekday and I guess curious local residents of Wong Tai Sin wanted to give this new restaurant a try. So, after an extra half hour, we were seated.
The restaurant is actually really small. It's also laid out a lot like Cat-Tu-Ya, the fast food style Japanese fried pork cutlet restaurant. The menu itself was designed much the same so I wonder if they are the same parent group.
The kitchen is pretty small but they do have a window where you can see them deep frying the chicken.
Menu was in English, Chinese and Japanese. There is no 10% service charge. Menu was simple as they only had three choices. Either as a set with rice or on top of rice. If you wanted the rice bowl, you get a choice of two different sauces: sesame garlic or salty fruity (and no it's not yuzu). If you want it as a set with rice, you get three dipping sauces. Rice and salad is not refillable.
As it was still undergoing a soft opening, everything was $50, be it dine in or take away. Also, the full menu was not available yet. Like the mountain of 20 pieces of fried chicken set so you can get that hilarious photo of pigging out on fried chicken.
After ordering, we waited 45 minutes for our food to arrive. It was too new and I guess kitchen couldn't work fast enough. Waiting 2 hours for food? Was it worth it?
Set 1 ($50). Boyfriend ordered this one. It included four pieces of fried chicken, shredded cabbage, bowl of rice and miso soup. There were three sauces for dipping (from left to right): regular karaage dipping sauce, sesame garlic, salty fruity. From the sauces, we both agreed the regular one was the best. The sesame garlic was far too salty and was least preferred. The miso soup was not worth mentioning. It was the typical type from the powder form.
The chicken was fairly good. A lightly seasoned coating though a bit on the oily side. Meat was moist.
Set Three ($50). I ordered the fried chicken topped with leek and a salty fruity flavor sauce rice bowl. You get three pieces of chicken but they cut them in half so you get six pieces. The sauce just laid on top of the leeks. I thought they would mix it with the chicken but I guess I was wrong. The rice was disgusting. Soft and mushy. Way too over cooked. It tasted different than the bowl from my boyfriend where the rice was decent enough. We suspect they must layer the dons with the poorly made rice as no one can see it.
A photo of the fried chicken. Lovely juicy meat. Coating was crispy. Though again on the oily side.
Waiting two hours to eat (queue time plus delivery of food time), was definitely not worth it. When I asked boyfriend how it compared to the Japanese branch as he had eaten there, he said it was like comparing apples and oranges but he would return as he lives close by and if there are no queues, he'd be back. But for me? Only if I go to his place to actually eat. Definitely wait until the queues die down.
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