Side Trip---Korean Malate

Another Friday, I met up with friends from Paco, Manila. It was going to be the ussual bar hopping, band, music and disco kind of Friday night. But this time we decided to do things differently.

Walking along the streets of Malate, we've seen this small restaurant by the Remedios Circle. It was "Chicken Full House". From the outside it looks like a typical chicken place here in Manila. We were all hungry for walking around Malate trying to find our different place, so we decided to take bite of that chicken. But when we entered the doors, we were all surprised.




Chicken Full House was not your ordinary chicken restaurant. It was a Korean restaurant with a twitst.

(Spicy Chicken Stew)

The interior of the place is somehow Filipino inspired. Drift wood makes the furnitures. The athmosphere was very homy, and the staff was very helpful.



The food was good and the taste was authentic.

The problem with most foreign inspired restaurants here was that they tend to Internationalize their menu too much that the authencity of the food is somehow underminded.

I remember going out with my Vietnamese friends Khoa Huyhn and Minh Nguyen. They were so excited of telling me how good their food were in Vietnam when we decided to dine at Phoa. But to my surprise they were so disappointed with the food. Yes it was good and everything, but as they put it in their own words "this does not taste like Vietnamese".

Here I can say that, the taste is still preserved. The spices may tone down a little, but the esence of the taste of the food is safe to say that is in tact. Maybe because the owner/manager of the restaurant is Korean.



(Pickled Radish)

Pickled radish was served first together with what looks like coleslaw, then the spicy chicken. I loved the pickled radish and it perfectly compliments the hot spicy chicken. It somehow neutralizes the spices in your tounge to prevent it from burning.



(Coleslaw)



We liked the place because it was relaxing. And is perfect if you want to have some good coversation with your friends.


(Chopstick and rubbish basin)


We also enjoyed checking out the utensils. It looks a lot like the ones shown on TV.


(Chopsticks)


The place was just for us during that night.



(Vincentians of Calixto Dyco)


We talked for hours.



(Vincentians of Calixto Dyco again)

Location:

You will easily find the place it is just along the Remedios Circle.

Price:

It is fairly cheap, a chicken dish would amount to about 500Php.



(Staff of Chicken Full House waving goodnight)