Noonaholdak Hongdae – Oven Baked Chicken and Beer (Seoul, South Korea)

You see plenty of fried chicken spots in South Korea. It’s a country wide staple. I didn’t see too many oven baked chicken restuarants however.

While walking around Hongdae I stumbled upon this restaruant located near Hongik University and it was too hard to pass by, what with the bright lights and interesting building layout. Also, let’s be honest: you can never go wrong with (Oven) Chicken and Beer.

The restaurant definitely had a Buffalo Wild Wings type atmosphere with multiple TVs on the walls and loud music blaring. The menu offered a vast array of food options besides the chicken and a had nice selection of beers to choose from with some local craft beers as well.

Going back to the chicken, there’s a good number of seasonings / glazes to choose from but I had to go with the spicy. Surprisingly, it wasn’t all that spicy but still packed a decent kick and was slighlty sweet but not overly so.

The chicken had a nice oven baked outer crunch to it and the meat was fall off the bone kind of tender. Really a nice, delicious combination of the spicy glaze, oven baked crunchy skin and super tender meat. There was also a TON of chicken and fries (which were also very good).

Literally a massive pile of chicken which the pictures do not do justice.

I did my best but I just couldn’t eat this entire plate. It’s most likely better to share with someone else unless you have a big appetite!

There’s a ton of food options in Hongdae to choose from but if you’re in the mood for some chicken and beer this makes for a very good option!

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