Wow Chicken Chinatown

I mean, I know not a ton of people want to go for lunch at 11, but today I just happened to want to eat at 11:20, and it was a slight bummer that they didn’t open till 11:30 — but I digress, the fresh air was probably good for me.
I didn’t even know this place existed until I walked by it today (I was actually planning to go to Quickly for lunch, which didn’t open till 12PM unfortunately…). It had been a while since I had fried chicken, especially «Korean style» fried chicken, so my friend and I figured why not.
Wow chicken is really almost a nicer fast food joint — order at the counter and they’ll bring you the food. The menu is pretty good — for a $ 10 lunch, 4 pieces with sides, its not a bad deal. They have a lot of different flavours of fried chicken — I tried the Scallion Fried Chicken (Half a chicken, $ 16), with bulgogi fries. I also had a piece of my friends soy garlic fried chicken.
The chicken itself is done very well — the batter is crispy without being too greasy, and the chicken is tender — even the breast wasn’t dry. However, I don’t think this «scallion mustard sauce» that I had on the side was inspiring at all — not only was it difficult to eat the long strands of green onion together with the chicken, there wasn’t really a flavourful sauce to speak of — in fact there wasn’t any additional flavor at all, so I think this scallion combo was definitely a miss. However, trying the soy garlic flavor was delicious — a great combo of sweet, soy, and not too sticky. I would definitely get that next time.
The fries were actually really good — the bulgogi fries turned out to be just a flavouring powder for the fries, and was pretty yummy. Generally fries can be hit and miss, but these fries were done very well.
Overall, for $ 23, it’s a bit pricey for 5 pcs of chicken and a small fries, but I’d definitely come again for the lunch special.
And the Décor? Well, of course theres Kpop on in the background, but the sitting area is very nice — doesn’t feel cheap at all.

I went to Wow chicken in Chinatown to get a snack for my son and I after school. It is my first time, the menu was good, simple. I ordered the 5 pieces of chicken breasts deep fried with a side of soy garlic and a side of small fries. Service was good, and food was fast, within 10 minutes. The food was very good, the fries were battered, and everything was good, I will be back when I’m craving some WOW chicken, next time I will have the sauce mixed already. Giving it more of an Asian feel and crispy. Do try it for yourself!