Chick and Beers (Burlington Road)

"We like a concept. And this one’s pretty simple, completely foolproof, and all in the name. The Korean fried chicken at Chick And Beers in New Malden has got a crunch that would make for some truly hypnotic ASMR, and the beer taps pour Krušovice and Maltsmiths into frozen glasses for consistently cold pints. It’s a casual spot with a does-the-job setup (read: canteen-like chairs that kind of hurt your back), and is perfect for an in-and-out portion of fried chicken for one, or a laid-back dinner with mates." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna, jake missing, daisy meager

"Our favourite thing about New Malden High Street is the high saturation of charity shops—hello turquoise jewellery, hello Marmite merch from 1996. One of our other favourite things is the crispy Korean fried chicken at Chick and Beers. A casual solo dining and dinner with mates spot, it has a short menu that consists of chicken in its various forms and Addictive Carbohydrates Covered In Nice Stuff. But don’t get too distracted by the jalapeño poppers because you’re primarily here for a tender moment with gloriously crispy chicken that makes for some truly hypnotic ASMR. " - rianne shlebak, heidi lauth beasley, daisy meager, sinead cranna

"Chick and Beers is already known for producing some of the best fried chicken in the city, so it’s no surprise that its wings are up to scratch. More than that, they put other K(orean)FC joints to shame with plump meat and crackly batter tossed in a sweet-spicy sauce humming with gochujang. The bold strum of allium notes from frizzles of crispy onion is a stroke of crunch-on-crunch genius." - Helen Graves

"Korean fried chicken has historically been too sweet, too dry, too wet, undercooked, overcooked, battered incorrectly and just generally put through the wringer in London. Chick and Beers is maybe the first to nail it. There are those who will instinctively go for the sweet and spicy yangnyeom as a matter of principle, the kind of people who will order anything on a menu with five chilli symbols next to it, but this is more sweet than spicy. Instead the simple fried is the best option to start with, plainly seasoned, but worth searching in between the bones for. Really it’s the ganjang —soy — that is worth the journey, the batter sweet enough to be redolent of the honey cornflake cakes that every primary school child has attempted to make, yet saved from overwhelming sugariness by the pungency of garlic and crisped onion, the batter pitched somewhere between craggy and hyper-glossy." - MiMi Aye

"Our favourite thing about New Malden High Street is the high saturation of charity shops—hello trinkets, hello turquoise jewellery, hello Marmite merch from 1996. Our second favourite thing is the crispy Korean fried chicken at Chick and Beers. A casual solo dining and dinner with mates spot, it has a short menu that consists of chicken in its various forms and Addictive Carbohydrates Covered In Nice Stuff. But don’t get too distracted by the jalapeño poppers because you’re primarily here for a tender moment with some chicken that’s so gloriously crispy that it would make for some truly hypnotic ASMR." - Heidi Lauth Beasley