After falling in love with Korean Fried Chicken at
NaruOne, my friends and I were pretty keen on expanding our Korean Fried Chicken experiences and apparently Arisun is one that is pretty good in Sydney! The bar was already raised very high from my experience at NaruOne.
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| Wasabi mayo fried chicken, $30.00 |
First up is the wasabi mayo fried chicken. It came boneless and with a giant vat of wasabi mayo which only had a mild kick of wasabi so don't you worry for those of you who are not wasabi fans. While it wasn't bad in terms of flavour, I found the batter to be slightly soggy and was lacking that crunch factor I was looking for. And I tend to love my chicken on the bone as I find the meat more flavoursome. The kimchi had a nice spicy kick and was pretty good though.
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| Sun's fried chicken with soy sauce, $30.00 |
As you can see, we were very keen on eating fried chicken, and ordered two fried chicken dishes. There was a noticeable crunch when bitten into, unlike the previous one, but my preference would have to lie with the chicken with wasabi mayo. I was super glad to see wings within the mix and match pieces of the bird, but there were some grisly bits that were mostly bone and didn't have much meat on them at all - it was pretty much a lot of bone and batter and for $30, you would expect some good pieces of chicken in there. The pickled daikon is something that I could continue eating! I love pickled items :D
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| Fish cake soup, $15.00 |
One of my friends has a hankering for fish cake, so this soup was ordered. I was looking forward to something warming on the cold, rainy day it was. There were plenty of fish cake pieces floating around. It was alright, but nothing spectacular. A bit on the salty side.
Overall, my experience at Arisun was quite average. If I do get a craving for fried chicken, NaruOne I'm looking at you! I do have to mention that the staff were pretty friendly here though and we managed to score a normally priced $13.00 bottle of sake for $5.00, so that was a redeeming factor. So let me know, what has been your best experience of fried chicken ever?
Arisun
1 Dixon St
Sydney, NSW, 2000
I know you said it wasn't great but it looks so good!! I am so hungry right now that this review has just killed me!! I need to eat! :)
ReplyDeleteIt definitely looked good when it arrived at the table! And when I'm hungry, I could eat almost anything :P
DeleteHave you tried Hartsyard's fried chicken? It's not KFC but it's fabulous! :D
ReplyDeleteOh my god that chicken was amazing! I fell in love with that sausage gravy they had as well on the plate :D My oh my it was absolutely delicious!
DeleteI think Arisum was the "go to place" for fried chicken before Naruone opened. I've only ever been to Naruone and I think I'd be hard pressed to go anywhere else.
ReplyDeleteSeems like Naruone stole all the glory, and rightly so. It definitely will be hard to eat fried chicken elsewhere now! Naruone's chicken is amazing :D
DeleteReally love eating deep fried chicken, but the down fall is not enough side dishes
ReplyDeleteDefinitely could have gone for the Korean side dishes you normally get at restaurants :(
DeleteShame that it was only average because all the food looks so comforting. I think NaruOne is a pretty hard place to beat..... but hey Mary's fried chicken is pretty damn awesome despite it not being korean inspired.
ReplyDeleteSince it's winter, we're all on the lookout for warming comfort food :) Ooh I've still yet to go to Mary's! Definitely will hit up the fried chicken once I'm there :D
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