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KFC Korea: Tower Burger and Fried Chicken

January 17, 2014

Every time, I have a flight out of Incheon, I have to stop by KFC for a quick snack. 2 years ago when I was here, I discovered that KFC is pretty awesome in Korea. As I was here again, might as well turn it into a tradition. I have my love of fast food and I never give up a chance chowing down on global fast food chains in many countries.

There’s lots of seats and people tend to eat very quickly and move a long.

Tower Burger (4,800 won) comes at a whopping 800 calories. This tower is made of fried breast fillet, hashbrowns, lettuce, and cheese. It’s quite large and you will get your fill of carbs.

2 pieces of fried chicken (2,200 won) and you have the option to have it original or spicy. Of course I had it spicy since I was in Korea.

Just look at how crazy battered that is! It was very crispy on the outside and the meat was very moist. It had the right about of spiciness and oh man, finger lickin’ good!

I posed with Colonel Sanders because why not? We both have glasses and love fried chicken. It’s true what they say, KFC is better in Asia.

Address:
Various locations in South Korea, and all over the world

Website:
http://www.kfckorea.com/

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KFC in South Korea: The Best KFC I’ve Ever Had

August 28, 2012

I’ve been told the KFC in Asia is crazy good because of the quality of chickens. I heard KFC was even better in Korea, I really couldn’t pass up the opportunity to eat something “finger lickin good”. I had a good amount of time before I had to head to my gate to take the plane back to Hong Kong.

I ordered a 2 piece meal with a coke. I had the option to have it original or spicy. Of course I had it spicy since I was in Korea.

I could not put the chicken down! It was so good! It was very crispy on the outside and the meat was very moist. It wasn’t too spicy, but it did have the right amount of kick to it. YUM! I was very proud to be lickin my fingers at the end.

Even Colonel Sanders want you to lick his fingers. This statue looks a bit awkward, perhaps someone stole his box of chicken.

Address:
Various locations in South Korea, and all over the world

Website:
http://www.kfckorea.com/

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KFC Zinger Double Down Only in Canada

April 1, 2012

KFC has brought back a much talked about sandwich – the Double Down.

Having had a horrible experience with the original Double Down, I was quite hesitant to try it agin. This time around, they have a new version too – Zinger Double Down. This is a spicy version. It only available in Canada!

When you open the box, this little guy is wrapped up in a wrapper to avoid your hands from getting all dirty from eating it.

You can see the 2 pieces of deep-fried chicken, Monterey jack cheese, bacon and spicy mayo sauce.

Upon closer inspection you can see everything inside. Not a pretty sight.

The bacon is quite sad, it’s quite limp and not crunchy. I love crunchy bacon. You can tell the chicken pieces are spicy, just take a look at the spice in the meat.

After taking a bite of the sandwich, I did enjoy it way more than the original Double Down. The sandwich is indeed spicy and it pairs well with the mayo, cheese and bacon. Since the spice is quite strong, it doesn’t taste very salty anymore.

I would definitely order this again and perhaps eat it with a bottle of beer. I am pretty sure it would pair well with beer. It’s only available for a limited time, so get it before its gone.

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KFC: Wicked Stix Big Box Meal of Disappointment

September 2, 2011

I went to grab some lunch on the road and I always wanted some Wicked Stix. I heard from a friend that they are so good and I should try it out. I really doubted I would get full just by the wicked stix, so I saw they were selling the Wicked Stix Big Box Meal, so I opted for that choice.

Like all advertisements, it does not look like the advertisement at all. I know it wouldn’t look like the image, but thats what you get with fast food.

The Wicked Stix had no resemblance to the advertisement and didn’t look like 4 uniform blobs, it looked a bit pornographic to me, but maybe I’m just stick minded.

The taste of the Wicked Stix was not very hot, so I asked from extra hot sauce to go with it. Taste good with the hot sauce and lives up to their name. The taste of it was similar to their chicken and popcorn chicken. Same batter as most of their products.

The Chicken Sandwich had a fried chicken patty, mayo, and lettuce on 2 buns. The sandwich was pretty flattened and looked very miserable. The best part is only the chicken because its the main showcase of this burger. The untoasted bun did nothing to enhance the flavours. The lettuce was pretty minimal and the big glop of mayo just made it so gross.

The Coleslaw is probably one of their better sides. It has a little bit of wasabi kick, but I really don’t know if it is. It does have this very sharp taste.

The fries tasted really good since I guess they use some delicious oil to fry it in. They aren’t super crispy and after a while, they do get pretty soggy.

Overall, it was just ok. Wicked Stix was alright if you add more hot sauce! Everything else is pretty meh. Might as well just go to McDonalds. If I really wanted chicken, I would probably go to Church’s Chicken!

Have you tried the Wicked Stix yet? What is your verdict?

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M’s Food Court Corner: The Return of the KFC Double Down

June 15, 2011

Welcome to another M’s Food Court Corner! Today I tried the Double Down from KFC at Brentwood Mall. Yep, they just had to bring this heart attack in a box back for a limited time. For those who never heard of this infamous creation of gluttony, the Double Down is 2 chicken breasts put together with Swiss Cheese, a sort of an aioli sauce, and bacon in the middle. No bread; the chicken is the bread!

I tried taking down the Double Down when it came to Canada late last year. However, the three attempts I tried it, I couldn’t finish more than half of it. The reason was that the 2 chicken breasts were unbearably salty. Like literally eating rock salt with bacon and cheese. I asked the KFC workers on the third attempt to make the chicken breasts less salty, but they said they couldn’t change anything! I should’ve said, “Screw you guys, I’m going home” but nope, had to bite a block of salt that is the Double Down again.

I wouldn’t have taken the Double Down ever again, even if it came back, but a recent commercial on TV from KFC said that the chicken breasts were the Colonel’s Original Recipe. I decided to do another plunge of faith and I’m happy to announce I was not disappointed. First the price is of course ridiculous, $6.99 for the Double Down by itself and $8.99 for the combo. Might as well get the combo. I guess if it was any less expensive, Canadians might get as fat as Americans. They said it would take 5 minutes to prepare so we just sipped on the Pepsi for 10 minutes. 15 minutes later, our Double Down’s were done! I actually saw them dunk breaded chicken breasts in the deep fryer so I was pleasantly surprised KFC’s commercials wasn’t all lies.

The return of Double Down comes with less salty original recipe chicken breasts, so I enjoyed it quite a bit. Still a little bit salty, but what do you expect with bacon, cheese, and fried chicken? The chicken was delicious, and the cheese was plentiful. The bacon was not that great however. Definitely worth shaving a few minutes from your life span to try.

M’s Words of Food Court Wisdom:

Paying $6.99 for just the Double Down isn’t worth it, just get the combo for the drink.
Double Down is very hot! No bread to save your fingers from hot meats!
If you tried the Double Down last year and didn’t like it, give this new one a try.

M’s Food Court Corner Rating: (Not to be compared with Design Girl’s “real” restaurant rating.)

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KFC Double Down Sandwich

October 19, 2010

M discovered they FINALLY introduced the Double Down Sandwich at KFC Canada. He dragged me there and I was pretty resistant on trying it since it was named one of the top 20 worst fastfood items to eat and I didn’t want to increase my count. I have officially had 6/20 items on that list.

For $6.99, you can get the Double Down Sandwich meal! You get the sandwich, fries and a drink. Bragging right included!

M and I took a bite of the sandwich and felt it was SUPER SALTY! So we thought it was made wrong, so we ask them to remake it. According to the cashiers it was supposed to taste like that, so they didn’t do anything about it. We usually don’t ask people to remake food but it was super super UBER salty. We thought it might have been the coating, so we rip that off…but even the meat was salty.

We thought we were crazy, but according to Sherman and Kim Ho ‘s posts, it is indeed salty!

Re-up BBQ Food Cart commented saying “it isn’t a sandwich if it doesn’t have any bread. They should rename it the “Double Down Diabetes“. I totally agree with him!

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