Ain't no thang but a Korean chicken wang.
And a Fried Chicken Banh Mi. And some Collard Greens with Chinese Sausage.
Those are some of the delicious Soul Food and Asian combinations being cranked out of this little walk-up window in Park Slope.
This is one of the most cleverly named places I've seen - it has the double meaning of the name of a Chinese person, as a nod to the Asian influences, and also as the owner explained, doubles as the way people say "wings" in the South, representing the soul food side of the menu.
There is a small, very simple menu consisting of chicken in various forms, along with sides. We tried just about everything, which is a smart idea since it's all so good:
- Wangs ($6 for 3 pieces)
These were some very large Korean style wings, which come with your choice of one of the several aiolis (additional ones are $1 each) and in a regular or spicy variety. They were really meaty and had a ton of flavor with the sauce alone. This is a good choice to start with.
- Fried Chicken Banh Mi ($10)
This was amazing. Aside from the non-traditional filling of fried chicken for a banh mi, the bread was also very different, in a very good way: it was a huge, long seeded hero roll from Runner & Stone, the excellent bakery also located in Brooklyn. It had some nice crispness to it, like you would expect from the usual baguette with a banh mi, and had similar flavors from the cucumber, pickled carrots and daikon.
- Half Fried Chicken Dinner ($21)
Packed up in a nice takeout box, this is a pretty good deal as it gets you four pieces of fries chicken and two sides. For the sides, we tried the Collard Greens, which consisted of kale, Chinese sausage, scallion, ginger and garlic, and the Potato Salad, which had red potatoes, celery, red onions, black sesame and Japanese mayo. These were great choices, as they had very different flavors. The greens were served hot and had the tasty, bitter flavor you would expect, but then had a great sweetness from the Chinese sausage. The potato salad was cool and refreshing, and had less of a distinct fusion taste than the other stuff, but was still great.
For the chicken, there was a boneless breast, two pieces of dark meat, and a drumstick. The boneless white meat was incredible - so juicy with very crispy, well-seasoned skin. The dark meat was even juicier, but I loved the boneless piece the most.
There are a few benches out front for eating your stuff, which is all packaged to go. It's also cash only.
This place is cooking up some seriously delicious food. Now they just need to add some kind of red velvet cake with some black sesame elements or some other kind of fusion desserts, and it would be pure perfection. Still, I'll be back to try the corn bread ($3.50) and some more of that great fried chicken. read more