What’s for Lunch? – Kyochon 1991

The famous Korean fried chicken made famous by Korean TV Drama had finally grace its presence in Penang. The 1^st branch of Kyochon (link) in Penang had its grand opening few months ago at G-Hotel al fresco beside Coffee Bean. The chain boosted its frying method of producing crispy & delicious chicken but with lower calories – definitely my kind of food! =P

Bar & Counter Area

We don't serve fast food!

There were a few flavours – soy garlic, red pepper, honey and Salsal and one could made it a set by adding on rice, salad, soup and drinks. In our 1^st visit, we ordered 8pcs of wings with mixed flavours and 8pcs of salsas strips and add on to be a set for 2pax.

Chicken like you've never had before! I hope so! =P

We ordered the 1 Sparkling Yuza fruit tea & 1 Sparkling Plum Fruit tea from the set. The Yuza fruit tea was nice and refreshing with a bit sourly and sweet taste but the plum fruit tea tasted strangely similar to medicine. The salad was ordinary but I did like the light dressing which tasted sweet. The soup though was tasteless... =P

Yuza & Plum Fruit Tea

Sald & Rice

Soup

Now on to the main event! We were served Salsal Chicken Strips 1^st and it was crispy on the outside and juicy on the inside. It was served with mustard sauce & plum sauce on the side. One small shortcoming of this chicken strips was it could be quite tasteless to be eaten on its own. Thus the mustard was a savior but unfortunately was given too little. I didn’t like the plum sauce as it’s similar to the drink which tasted like medicine. =.=

Salsal Chicken Strips

We were not disappointed with the Soy garlic & red pepper wings though. Both were flavorful in their own ways and not greasy at all – the red pepper was really spicy and definitely my favourite. However, soy garlic did have its own charm as lil one liked it.

Left: Soy Garlic, Right: Red Pepper

During our 2^nd visit, we ordered 12pcs of mixed flavours wings and topped up 1 of our white rice to Kimchi fried rice with egg. Originally we wanted to order half chicken but were told that they couldn’t do mix for half chicken. The chicken was as scrumptious as our 1^st visit and we were pleasantly surprised by the kimchi fried rice. It was really sour & spicy and was served with seaweed – the combination really was perfect for a heavy taste eater like me. Surprisingly the soup was quite nice this time. =)

Yuza & Free Appetizer (not served during our 1st visit)

Kimchi Fried Rice with Egg

12pcs of Mixed Flavours Wings

Overall Kyochon was a nice place for gathering and lunch as they also served alcohol (quite expensive though). If one just ordered the chicken with add-on set, Kyochon actually could be one of the more economical choices in Gurney. It cost around RM50 on our 2^nd visit and we were beyond stuffed.

Kyochon 1991 is located at al fresco area of G-hotel in Gurney Penang, Malaysia.