CHIKO
Restaurant · Encinitas ·
Korean-Chinese fusion eatery with outdoor seating and flavorful dishes
Korean-Chinese fusion eatery with outdoor seating and flavorful dishes
"Called an inventive Chinese-Korean counter and included among Capitol Hill’s newer, creative food counters, with a related newer breakfast spot named I Egg You." - Eater Staff
"Set along the train tracks in Encinitas, this local favorite is the only West Coast outpost of the Fried Rice Collective (four branches dot the Washington, D.C., area). The Korean-Chinese fusion restaurant features menu favorites like Korean garden noodles, galbi beef skewers, spicy ribeye and rice cakes, and pork and kimchi dumplings along with other Asian dishes like spicy cumin lamb stir fry and XO shrimp lo mein. Don’t skip on the Full Monty with all the banchan sides and rice with furikake butter. Chiko’s veggie and gluten-free menus are also robust." - Helen I. Hwang
"We’re obsessed with what Chiko calls their “orange-ish chicken” (actually, the whole city is), which comes topped with crispy garlic and candied mandarins. The tiny Chinese-Korean spot on Barracks Row (they also have a Dupont location) is our go-to for weeknight ordering, but their dishes are so flavorful and complex that it doubles as a move for impressing out-of-town houseguests. Chiko has counter seating inside, as well as a few tables with backless chairs, but we typically opt for ordering out." - madeline weinfield
"Originally launched as a pop-up in the same Capitol Hill space that now houses I Egg You, ChiKo is described as a Chinese-Korean counter that debuted in 2017 from the same chef-owners and has since expanded to Shirlington, Dupont, Bethesda, and Encinitas, Calif." - Tierney Plumb
"Part casual Chinese and Korean, Chiko (run by Danny Lee and Scott Drewno, who also own Korean gastropub Anju) is offering a Chiko chicken roll with a gochujang marinade, sesame slaw, and pickled daikon on a seeded roll." - Gabe Hiatt