Korean style fried chicken

[saltnpepperwhat]

I was eating at Chez Hwang (korean restaurant on Upper Lachine) the other day, and I noticed the table next to mine ordered what it seemed to be a fried chicken dish. Has anyone ever tried it?? Is it a special korean dish?? The plate was HUGE.

[looosia]

More on Korean-style fried chicken: http://www.thestar.com/living/food/ar...

This article talks about Toronto restaurants but I wouldn't be surprised if this dish starts sneaking into more Montréal Korean restos.

[BLM]

Maybe some Montreal Korean restos have it, but it's not listed on their menu(that wouldn't surprise me). Or maybe it's only listed on their Korean language menu.

[razersharp]

It's called "Yang Nyum chicken" on the menu. I tried it for the first time last week and it was really good. The chicken is crispy and the sauce it was in was sweet and spicy .

To my knowledge, they are the only korean restaurant serving this kind of korean fried chicken.

[karela]

Rasersharp, are you referring to the menu at Chez Hwang?

[razersharp]

Yeah, it's on the menu at Chez Hwang as "yang yum chicken".

I also know the korean bar on rené-lévesque corner mackay serves it. Really good also!

[looosia]

New York Times covered Korean fried chicken some time ago here: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/07/dining/07fried.html

Also, there are some restaurants in Toronto that specialize in this dish which, from my understanding, is often very spicy. Found a Toronto Chowhound thread:
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/368446

[Ghostquatre]

do you know what kind of fried chicken it was? Like did it look more like a chicken tonkatsu, KFC or one of them asian style fried chicken with thin transparent skin?

[saltnpepperwhat]

It actually looked like KFC with a thick batter, thus catching my curiosity.