Choong Man Chicken (Aeon Mall Bukit Indah)

Review Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Recommended)

Address: F13, 1st Floor, AEON 8, Jalan Indah 15/2, Taman Bukit Indah, 81200 Johor Bahru, Johor Darul Ta'zim, Malaysia (Located within Aeon Mall Bukit Indah)
Google Map Link: https://maps.app.goo.gl/mScxs7Hk8Bhq6sEs9

Note: Although Google Map reports this Restaurant open at 10.00am, they're actually only Officially Open at 10.30am

Snow Onion (Boneless, Around 270g) = RM29.00

Service Charge 10% = RM2.90

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This is a Korean Fried Chicken Restaurant here in Aeon Mall Bukit Indah. 🍗 Its quite a Large Place, Brightly Lit and Cleanly Maintained. Interestingly, the Background Music they play here aren't the Stereotypical Hip-Hop Korean Dance Pop Tunes, but are more Slower Sentimental types. 🎵🎶

Most of the Staffs here are Local Malaysians and interestingly the Owner himself is Korean. 🇰🇷 They're Friendly, Polite and Mostly Keep to Themselves. This Place doesn't seem to have much Footfall however. 🤔 While I understand there weren't much Customers when I dined in on a Friday Morning at 10.30am, 🤔 I also noticed its never crowded with Customers during Mealtimes even on Saturday when I passed by. 🤔

Interestingly, they have a Small Condiments / Banchan Section. Its Unlimited Freeflow so feel free to take as much as you want. 👍 That said, they only have 3 Banchans here which I will describe later.

Ordering of Food is via QR Code and it took about 12 Mins for it to be served up even though there weren't much Customers at the Time. This is actually quite impressive because this means that the Fried Chicken is Freshly Prepared and Freshly Fried. 👍

The Available Condiments

Chilli Sauce has a Very Standard Fast Food type of Sweet Taste. 🌶️ Very Similar to KFC type of Sweet Chilli Sauce actually.

The Tomato Sauce 🍅 isn't exactly the Fast Food type though, there is a Slight Sourish Tinge to it, but overall, I think its still probably from some Bottle.

This White Sauce isn't Mayo as I originally thought but interestingly taste Similar to their Tomato except its White in Colour with a Less Sourish Tinge. 🤔

The 3 Banchans (Unlimited Freeflow)

Kimchi

The Kimchi is ... alright I guess? 🤔 I'm not a Kimchi Connoisseur so for me, this tasted like any other Supermarket Based Kimchi out there. 😅

It does taste slightly spicier though but other than that, I don't feel this is anything special.

Chicken-Mu

No Idea why this White Radish Cube Banchan is named this even though it has nothing to do with any Chicken. 😅

I'm guessing the name is picked because its most suitable to be eaten with Fried Chicken? The Taste is like a Preserved Plum 酸梅, Sweetish, Crunchy with a Tad Sourish. Not Bad Tasting. 👍

Keropok

The Keropok is a Very Basic Run of the Mill Prawn Based Keropok with a Decent Taste and Crunch.

Snow Onion (Boneless, Around 270g) = RM29.00

I ordered this simply because it is the Signature Dish of this Restaurant. As you can see, the Presentation is Visually Impressive being a Big Pile of Fried Chicken all slathered with a White Sauce all over them. 🤔 There is notably also a Delicious Fried Chicken 油香味 Aroma Wafting from it. 😋 This Aroma resembles very strongly to KFC's type of Fried Chicken Aroma.

The Whole Thing is Fried Chicken Pieces at the Bottom, 🍗 alot of White Onion Slices on top of them (About Half an Onion) 🧅 and a Copious Amount of White Sauce lum all over that gives it its Unique "Snow" Appearance. 🌨️

The White Sauce they lum for this is NOT the same White Condiment. 🤔 Again, this is not Mayo. Its Cold and the taste reminds me of the Type of Sweetish Salad Sauce served with KFC Coleslaw. 🤔

The Fried Chicken themselves were 8 Pieces of Thigh Cuts. 🍗 Initially I was very worried about them being Nua Nua having that White Sauce smother them like this, but because they were Freshly Fried, there weren't Nua Nua at all. 👍 Thank Goodness! 😅

Some Chicken Cuts were Big while some were Small as you can see. 🤔 The Outer Batter Skin looks Similar to our SG KFC Hot and Crispy type but its not Spicy. Its a Very Acceptable Standard Fried Chicken Batter sort of taste that will appeal to most people. 😋

The Chicken Meat itself is Juicy and Tender and I really liked they Freshly Fried this because they were Freshly Piping Hot. 🔥🍗 They even taste Fresh, like they made this from Fresh Chicken Cuts, not some Frozen Cuts. 🐔

One thing though about this Fried Chicken you should know is that this Batter is Very Thick so the Actual Amount of Meat you're getting is actually lesser than you think. 🤔 Total Amount of Meat if you don't count the Batter I would say is about maybe 1.5 Chicken Thighs?

Eathing the Whole Thing together is like eating KFC with Slices of Sweetish White Onions together with a Coleslaw Sauce. 🤔 It was interesting to eat Fried Chicken with a Palette Cleanser all at the Same Time, a Mix of Hot, Crispy, Sweetish and Cold Party dancing in your Mouth. 😋

The Onion Slices were never too Onioney and both it and the Coleslaw Tasting Sauce worked really well to help reduce any Jelakness. 👍 Having said that, even though only 1.5 Thighs worth of Fried Chicken this eventually still is quite Jelak because there is alot of Fried Batter.

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Conclusion and Closing Thoughts

At the Price of RM29.00 (S$8.80) for this Pile of Fried Chicken is difficult to judge whether it is affordable or not. 🤔 On one hand, at 1st look, this looks like alot of Food that is meant for maybe 2 People. It is too much for 1 Person. 😅 On the other hand, the Actual Amount of Chicken Meat you get is maybe 1.5 Thighs? Maybe 2 Thighs Max? 🤔 Most of it is really all Batter, so its not as Much Chicken as you'd imagine.

I personally feel the Dish was Decently Made. 👍 Although the Batter was Thick, it was Nice and Crispy and Enjoyable to eat. 😋 (At least for the 1st Few Bites) Meat was Juicy and Tender and the Onions and White Sauce contributed to help reduce Jelakness and give a Nice Sweetish Element to a Standard Fried Chicken Formula. 😋

The Most Important Element is that the Fried Chicken were Freshly Fried. 👍This helped tremendously in the Overall Taste. Of course its best to eat this Fast because it will get Nua Nua. 😅 What this dish is good for is a Good Finger Food Break from all that Shopping, 🛍️ where 2 people can nicely share this. I find this a Nice Paktor Finger Food type of Dish to chit chat while eating. 😋

S$8.80 for this isn't that bad a price overall especially if shared with 2 People. Although the Banchans aren't alot, they are Unlimited Servings so thats Additional Value too. 👍 Also no issues with the Customer Service or the Place Overall. Not Super Amazing or a Definite Must Eat, but I can still recommend this place if you have a Craving for some Fried Chicken 🍗😋 after doing some Retail Therapy Shopping in the Mall. 👍