Who doesn't love fast-food? And who doesn't love Korean culture? And what about chicken wings? Fried chicken wings? Combine all of these and you get Jinjja Chicken! We were at Bugis Junction as usual when we heard some loud noises. It was a promoter for the newly-opened Korean fast-food joint, using a loudhailer and promoting the opening of its flagship store at Bugis Village, just across the road from Bugis Junction. Being curious cats, we decided to check it out. There was a 1-for-1 opening special, so being kiasu Singaporeans, we decided to settle lunch there.
One can easily spot this very striking signboard from across the road.
There was a pretty long queue when we went in, and hardly any seats left. We proceeded to queue for our food, and decided to order the 6-piece mixed chicken wings set (Jinjja Wings) meal, which comes with fries, which you can choose either seasalt or sesame seaweed flavour, and a drink at $9.90. You can opt for the tteokbokki fries by topping up another $1. Since Momo Dear loves Jjajang Myeon ($7.50), we ordered that as the 1-for-1 offer. There were other items on the menu such as the common Bibimbap or Bibimmyeon, and even a Kimchi Tofu Burger. You can also order Jinjja whole chickens instead of wings. These items, of course, would be a meal for another day.
Lunch for the day consists of jjajangmyeon, sesame seaweed fries, 6-piece soy garlic and yangnyeom chicken wings and a Minute Maid orange juice.
For the chicken wings, we ordered the 6-piece mixed set. Meaning 3 pieces of soy garlic flavour, and 3 pieces of yangnyeom flavour. The soy garlic flavoured chicken wings taste salty, of course. The thick sauce covering the chicken wing smells heavenly, especially for a garlic-lover like me. Dear says it's better than those of 4Fingers. I think they're quite similar though. We'll need to do a PK on these two different brands to find out lol. For the spicy flavoured version, it's not extremely hot, yet spicy enough for spicy food lovers like me to enjoy it thoroughly. We both love the spicy version.
These chicken wings are so wonderfully seasoned you'll crave for more.
As for the fries, it's actually just french fries sprinkled with lots of sesame seaweed powder. There's a lot of powder remaining in the container after we finished the fries. Not for the healthy-conscious. Well, fast food ain't for the health-conscious anyway lol.
Seaweed seaweed fries. You can actually see the tiny bits of seaweed.
The jjajangmyeon, Dear's favourite, pales in comparison to the one we had in Seoul. Of course you can't compare it this way, since this is a fast food joint whose specialties are chicken wings. There were some cucumber bits, potatoes, green peas and onions in the gravy. But there's no meat at all. Not worth the $7.50 to be honest.
Dear can't wait to tuck into the jjajangmyeon.
The ingredients are quite different from other jjajangmyeon though .
It was a pretty enjoyable experience visiting this fast-food joint on its first day of opening. With the Korean MTVs playing on the TV monitors on its ceilings, it really is a hip and trendy new hang-out for everyone. We will definitely patronize again to try the other items on the menu.
Website: http://www.jinjjachicken.com/
Opening Hours
Sun - Thu: 11am-10pm
Fri - Sat: 11am-11:30pm
Address:
249 Victoria Street
Singapore 188034
(Bugis Village, opposite Bugis Junction)
