BonChon Chicken

Was there for dinner because our planned dinner choice moved out from Bugis+. 3 of us, and we settled with beef bibimbap (mixed rice in stone pot), tteobokki (spicy rice cake) and a small chicken combo, half and half.
It’s a Korean fried chicken wings place, which I set my benchmark high for the fried chicken we ordered. First bite, tasty crispy chicken skin. Next bite, dry and tasteless chicken meat. Poor marination of chicken, and I rarely tasted Korean fried chicken to be like that.
Tteobokki was very spicy, but it tasted like sauce over the rice cake. The rice cake tastes blend on its own, and the 2 just doesn’t taste together like a dish as one.
All 3 of us felt that the beef bibimbap was our best order! It’s sooooo good! Slight crispy burnt rice, flavorful sauce, balanced ingredients, and we scrap everything off from the hot stone bowl.
Ice water. I hate places that actually serves still water with the «tap water» taste. So, meh.
Service was normal, quick to serve the food, I like it!
Total bill for 3 came up to approx $ 50, which is okay. But overall I felt that fast food chain kfc prolly sells better korean fried chicken than them at half the price. So, mehhhhh…

The chicken wings are good, but not much else on the menu. If you are looking for just some wings then this place is good, but if you are looking for a complete meal then not so good.

Ordered a salmon salad and soft drinks, Korean waitress/​manager then ordered someone to get the drinks.
I had to pay first which was odd in restaurant style set up?
My drink came out but not my friends, once I told her this she blamed the other server?
Then my salad turned up, all that was in the bowl was salmon which was warm and brown edged lettuce leaves.
I told the other server and she was at a loss of what to do and tried to give me another salad. However I’d lost my appetite and thought it was extremely poor value and wanted my money back. What
made it worse is the manager didn’t come over she was busy eating with another member of staff which happens here a lot I’ve noticed and I think it’s not a great impression of standards to people wanting to eat at a restaurant. Got my money back but would strongly advise anyone not to waste their money here… Pretty dire food and service.

Was having cravings for fried chicken and upon hearing about this relatively new Korean fried chicken, we round up a few colleagues to go try it out. Will I go back again? Not exactly, even if It’s the only fried chicken option around to satisfy the desperate cravings for fried chicken.
We order the Party set of 40 wings (as indicated in the menu) but technically there’s only 20 cos it’s made up of 20 winglets and drumlets respectively. The skin was crispy but the taste of the marinate is but skin deep. Once the skin is off, the meat has hardly much taste.
The other dishes we ordered like the salad was a pathetic portion and pancakes were doughy.
I have to say, the food looks good but unfortunately the taste don’t measure up. I am sad that I wasted my fried chicken craving on BonChon chicken but at least now I know where not to go when I need a feel good booster! :P

Very average. The service was a bit slow and the prices are quite steep for what you really get. Also tried the Bulgogi Bao which was a disappointment. I think I could have made a better creation in my own kitchen. There are much better places out there. I’d skip this place.

Never in my life have I had wings so dry. The seasoning and sauce used to coat the wings were similar to the original but the chicken was badly prepared. They obviously have misused the double frying technique and it has become an excuse for bad tasting meat. The meat was really dry and stale and it was tasteless.
We ordered the Korean seafood pancake because it looked and sounded promising but omg it was TERRIBLE. For S$ 12.90, this is pathetic. The thin and whitish looking batter barely coats the pitiful strands of scallion and the seafood was non existent. I get better stuff at food courts even.
I’ve tried the famous BonChon wings in NYC but this is nowhere close.

My obsession with fried chicken is unhealthy and I’ve had quite a fair few fried chickens in my life, and I must say, this is by far THE best Fried chicken I’ve had. It’s double fried and the skin is SO Crispy and the meat is juicy!
BonChon fried chicken is located at Bugis+ (former Iluma). The first time I tried it was in New York and I must say, the taste is almost the same as when I had it over there.
Order the set, it’s well worth it. If you’re going to eat with more than 2 people, order the large set. I usually order it with edamame beans and rice for the sides.
Depending on what flavour you like, you can choose between the soy garlic or the spicy. I usually get the mixed as they are both good. If you’re going with a big group, you can even get the 40pcs for $ 39.90. They do have other Korean foods on the menu like Gyoza and stuff, but if you don’t try the chicken, it’s pretty much a sin.

I’d first tried the famous BonChon chicken wings in New York City, where they had earned their reputation as the best chicken wings in America. You can choose between two sauces — soy garlic or hot. Known for its double-​frying technique, the chicken wings are crispy on the outside yet succulent on the inside. I was hooked.
So imagine my joy when I found out they had made their way to Southeast Asia, with outlets in Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and yes, Singapore! I got to try the chicken wings in Bangkok and was sufficiently convinced that the standard was more or less the same as what I had in New York.
Sad to say, I am not a fan of the Singapore outlet at Bugis +. Somehow the frying technique was not mastered, rendering the chicken wings overcooked and dry on the inside. You still get the flavorful blend of soy and garlic marinade on the crispy outside but the pleasure of juicy meat was nowhere to be found.
That said, BonChon also serves other Korean fare like bibimbap and bulgogi, as well as sushi and gyoza to go with the chicken wings. I might patronize the outlet one more time but I’m not hopeful. Not after knowing how good it gets in New York City.