bb.q Chicken American Dream Mall

Get ready for a rambling run-on sentence - Inside the American Dream mall, on the first floor, next to the Hmart, there's an Asian food court with a counter that serves up serviceable Korean fried chicken.

While there are a few non-chicken items on the menu, they're all minor sidekicks to the obvious star. The first order of business is to determine whether you want boneless or wings, then to choose the flavor. Some of these will be saucy, while others are more of a powdered variety. When you're finished ordering, they'll hand you a pager so that you'll know when your order is ready even if you're waiting at a table at the very outskirts of the food court as were we.

Wanting to try as much of a variety as possible, our family ordered a boneless soy garlic and original spicy wings. On the plus side, the chicken is pretty good. Our soy garlic boneless chicken had healthy breading that stayed crispy even with a healthy dousing of that sweet and savory sauce.

As good as the boneless chicken was, the wings were more tender and flavorful (as is the case with most Korean fried chicken places). The 'original spicy' is a powdered flavoring, and while it's not the three-flame fire that was insinuated on the menu, there's a nice little back-of-the-throat burn with these.

I enjoyed these just fine, but I felt pretty greasy and heavy at the end of it all. I was also shocked at the cost. Two orders of sixteen pieces amounted to nearly $77, a total that would get arguably get you way more food a big-name fried chicken brand. I'm told this is typical of Korean fried chicken joints, but the value just wasn't there for me.

Very busy H mart food court area inside American Dream Mall. We tried Galbi flavor chicken, and it was amazing. Must try! I will try other flavors next time~