Wanted to have fried chicken for lunch and then only realised that Hanchu only opens after 5pm. Welp.
So back to Hanchu at 6pm it was.



Said to be one of the best fried chicken places in Seoul, Hanchu Fried Chicken is located between Sinsa Station and Apgujeong Station, in Garosu-gil. The only downside is that the place's signage was only in Hangul (Korean writing).
Fortunately, we learnt to read Hangul.

*travelling tip: learning a little of Hangul makes it so much easier to read signage and menus in Korea. I only took a day to learn the basics but you could learn at your own pace. There are lots of guides available online!



Weirdly enough, they do have an English menu.
Hanchu specialises in fried chicken so you won't get many mains there but they do have some other snacks like deep-fried squids and some rice cakes.

You could also get some soju to go with your fried chicken and snacks.



Fried Chicken (₩17,000).
I feel that the normal fried chicken was a little above average as it was crispy and less oily. The chicken batter supposedly had been mixed with green peppers but I doubt we got much peppers on our plate of chicken. It was OK.



Seasoned Chicken (₩19,000).
A little spicy but basically normal fried chicken with sweet-spicy sauce and sesame seeds. I like the sauce though.

Will most probably try other food in the area before returning to Hanchu.



Hanchu Fried Chicken
68 Nonhyeon-ro 175-gil, Gangnam-gu



Operating hours: 5pm - 3am daily




(yep, one last post)

My aunt and cousins from Malacca decided to meet us at Sunway Pyramid last Saturday. They recommended a Taiwanese restaurant called Fong Lye. We havn't tried this particular restaurant, so why not?



It was quite crowded last Saturday, being dinnertime and all but I did not manage to snap a photo of the shop then so a substitute from the Internet will do. After waiting for something like 15 minutes, we finally got a place.



There aren't many choices. It's just your average Taiwanese food. Well, I've tried a few Taiwanese restaurants in the past and I've even been to Taiwan so I guess the food was just OK. Variety wise, it's the usual: fried crispy chicken, mee suah, more fried crispy chicken, etc. 



For appetizers, we had fried calamari and fried mushrooms. If you're wondering, the one on the left is the mushroom and the one on the right is the calamari. The calamari, being almost everyone's favorite, was gone within minutes. I only had one and when I reached out for the second one, the whole plate was empty. Darnit.



This, is a bowl of sour and spicy noodles.



And here's the pig intestine mee suah. It wasn't too bad by the way.





Crispy chicken, as promised. They come with either rice or noodles. And say "hi" to my cousin in the second picture. x)



This dish, well, it had a name but I've forgotten it. So, I named it Pork-with-cheese-and-rice-with-egg. This was what I had but seriously, the only nice parts are the croquette and the apple salad.
I wanted to have the crispy chicken set at the first place but since we've already ordered 4 sets of those, why not try some other stuff? Therefore, the pork-with-cheese-and-rice-with-egg. Full of regret.



Lil' bro posing with the sculpture in front of the restaurant.

We managed to skip dessert as we were quite full. Anyway, if I were to rate this restaurant, it'll be a 7 out of 10. Points scored for the crispy chicken and mee suah but points deducted for the pork and rice dish.

Oh well, until the next time.

Ever heard of Senjyu? Yes? No?
Even though you've never heard of Senjyu, you must've heard of the word SUSHI, right? If you answered "NO", you've got to try some!

So, here's the story. Have you ever met my cute, handsome but annoying little brother? His birthday is on the 14 this month. I posted his oh-so-cute-and-handsome photo in my previous blog post, August ;) . We decided to have his birthday dinner in advance, the reason being his birthday is on a weekday.



Here's my birthday girl. Uhm, sorry, I meant BOY. But he looks like a girl in this picture. Mwahahaha
I bought the ribbon frame for my sister but he took it for a try. Yes, I did mention my brother is cute and handsome but annoying.





Oh yes, back to Senjyu. This was my second time there. The first was last year's Christmastime, with my godparents and my mom.
Senjyu serves Japanese food. You can get a variety of Japanese food there.



We took a long time deciding what to have as there are so many to choose from! After 10 minutes of browsing the menu, we finally succeeded in ordering our food.



First of all comes two cups of green tea. The green tea tastes like.. whatever green tea usually taste like.



While waiting for our food, we toyed around with my camera which has a dual view function. And voila, selca time! xD The birthday boy! and me at the back, looking inconspicuous.





The atmosphere there? Quite relaxing. The dimmed lights have a warm and cozy feeling. Looking up from where we were seated, we could see trellises with flowers and vines. It reminds me of a garden. :D



You also get to see how the chefs make sushi rolls and stuff.



Then what the birthday-boy-to-be ordered: Udon noodles with chicken teriyaki



An udon and california roll set was what I ordered. No, I did not finish all of this alone. The set includes a bowl of udon noodles with tempura prawns, a california roll, salad, chawanmushi and miso soup.
The soup tastes a little salty though.



Chawanmushi, a type of Japanese egg custard. It is steamed and usually topped with mushrooms, chicken slices and shrimps.



My udon noodles with tempura prawns.



And the California Maki Roll, filled with crab meat, cucumber, egg, avocado and covered with fish roe.





My sister ordered a bowl of tori karaage, which translates into deep fried chicken. Of course, she couldn't be possibly having only fried chicken for dinner. We shared the chicken and she had a bowl of garlic rice to herself.
Yes, photogenic runs in the family. But I don't have serious photogenic issues. Wonder why.



My mom ordered grill-it-yourself chicken. No, it's not called grill-it-yourself chicken in the menu. Well, I have to admit we messed up a little. The chicken did not look grilled. Actually, it looks like what you get at a mixed rice stall. Hahahaha. 
Lesson learnt: use the BUTTER, not the SOY SAUCE.



And the "grilled chicken" is ready. Surprise surprise, it did not taste too bad after all.

To be frank, Senjyu is one of the best Japanese restaurants I've been to.
Why? There's a variety in what they serve, the environment is pretty great, the service is good enough and of course, the food is edible.
Ok, just joking about the food being edible. Who am I kidding? The food is way better than some other Japanese restaurants!


For more info or interested in getting a reservation made, I suggest that you visit Senjyu Malaysia's Official Site.

Bye for now. :D