bb.q Chicken-Korean Fried Chicken

bb.q Chicken

Recommended by: After publishing our Bok A Bok review, we noticed another Korean fried chicken restaurant opening up in the old Radio Shack spot down The Ave.

Description on the bb.q Chicken’s website: Established in 1995, bb.q Chicken’s visions to always provide the most delicious and healthiest premium chicken in the world. bb.q Chicken is continually motivated to prepare and share only the best flavors with you as our brand name.

Neighborhood/Type:  University District

Address: 4223 University Way Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105

What we ate/drank:  Golden Original Chicken, Kimchi Fried Rice, Secret Sauced Chicken, Cheese Balls.

Comments:  The Ave in the University District has become ground zero for Korean fried chicken- There’s Bok A Bok, Chi Mac Chicglet and now, bb.q Chicken.

bb.q Chicken has been in rapid expansion mode after opening over 1000 stores in Korea. They have a facility dedicated to research, development and franchisee education called, Chicken University.

They’ve become so ubiquitous in Korea that bbq.Chicken has been prominently featured in many Korean movies and TV shows. They’ve now set their sights on the rest of the world with a lofty goal of opening 50,000 franchises around the world by this year. One of which just opened in the University District.

 “WE NOT MAKE CHICKEN; WE MAKE THE DIFFERENCE” – bb.q Chicken

bb.q Chicken specializes in fried chicken, so you may ask, why is it called, “bb.q”. Don’t let the name fool you. “bb.q” stand for “best of the best quality”

The various types of chicken include spicy, honey garlic, soy garlic, cheeseling. In addition to whole chicken(20 pc), half chicken(10 pc) and wings(8 pc), they also have chicken sandwiches. They also have a few roast chicken options and sides such as fries, kimchi fried rice and cheese balls.

We ended up getting the “half and half” of the secret sauce and golden fried chicken at $27.99. We also got a side of kimchi fried rice and complimentary cheese balls(holla!).

The chicken was decent. The secret sauce was a sweet and a bit spicy. It reminded us of a gochujang flavor you might find in bibibop. The golden original fried chicken was crispy and juicy and well seasoned, but the pieces are a bit on the small side.

The cheese balls were sweet with savory cheese and had a consistency similar to mochi. Best of all they were free.

This is your quintessential simple Korea fried chicken place for college students and optimal for sharing. If we’re being honest we prefer our local Korean fried chicken spots on The Ave, Bok A Bok and Chi Mac a little better, but we’ll definitely try some of the other flavors and give it a chance.

Ratings:

Atmosphere: 3.75

Service: 5.00

Food/Drinks: 3.75

Bang for the Buck: 3.00

Overall: 3.75

Locals Only Factor: “Locals Only” grading-We’ll assign a grading as to how “local” a place is.

• • Well known or Touristy. Most locals don’t go there unless they have business dinners or visitors in town.
  • Most locals know about it
  • Locals “in the know” know about it
  • Only those who live close by know about it.
  • You’re in on the secret. Don’t tell anybody!

Servers recommendations to visit in the future:  We mentioned the Chi Mac comparison, so we’ll visit this other Korean fried chicken spot on The Ave

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