KFC in Korea

I fell in love with KFC in Seoul for the first time in the Incheon Airport on layover form Los Angeles to Hong Kong. I almost never eat fast food in the united states, so it still perplexes me why I chose KFC, of all places, to dine at on my first trip through Incheon. Maybe I didn’t know what else to get. Maybe I felt like something familiar. Whatever the reason, I fell in love with South Korea’s spicy and soft fried chicken. That chicken lived in my mind for so long that I insisted my friend and I return to KFC on our 3-day trip to Seoul.

It was the only meal we had that doesn’t belong in a list of typical Korean dishes. Maybe I’ve just gotten a little older  and my tastes have changed, but the chicken was not quite as good as I remember it. Still nice and spicy though.

I was also pleasantly surprised to find egg tarts there, which is the KFC special in Taiwan. The egg tarts in Korean KFC were not as good as the ones in Taiwanese KFC, but it was still evoked a little nostalgia. 

KFC Malaysia

I hoped to avoid American fast food temptations on this trip. Asia has such an abundance of delicious cuisines to offer, why would I ever walk into a fast food chain for something I can get back home?

Well, thanks to the lack of option in JB Sentral station in Johor Bahru, I was forced to line up at the KCF in Malaysia for breakfast.

First of all, I didn’t even know that KFC served breakfast, in Malaysia or the U.S.. This was probably very naïve of me. I also didn’t know that there was KFC in Malaysia, which was also naïve because in this country, where most of the inhabitants are either Muslims or Hindus, chicken is the meat of choice.

I also didn’t know that KFC would have unique offerings for Malaysia. I should have known better because I’ve been tracking McDonald’s unique offerings all over the world, and I fell in love with KFC in Seoul the first time I visited in 2007.

Well, KFC Malaysia is in its own class of deliciousness.

For breakfast I ordered the Chicken Porridge, a delicious congee with fried chicken, friend onions, green onion, and spices. It was seriously more delicious and more sanitary than any congee you will find on the streets here.

The next item I sampled was the Chicken Twister, which is like a breakfast burrito. Tortilla, fried chicken, cheese, tomatoes, and spices. It was also one of the best burritos I have ever had.

Guess where I will be eating breakfast from now on?