Josh W.
Yelp
This place is so forgettable that I didn't remember that I'd been here once before until I saw the decor. I don't know what I had that time, something more along the lines of soup, I guess. Today, I was in the mood for Korean Fried Chicken, and knew that Hello Chicken wasn't good enough to make me stop looking for a new place. I should've known not to go to a non-specialty shop, but I was hungry, and planning on going grocery shopping at City Farmer's Market, which is in the same shopping center, so I thought I'd give Dish another try (since it also wasn't a memorably bad experience).
I had the choice between a $23 Korean Fried Chicken order and ordering wings for considerably less. In retrospect, I should've asked if the wings were also KFC, but I was lazy and went ahead and got the half normal, half spicy/sweet flavor. I also ordered a ginger ale, since it's good to have a sugared drink with any peppered food. The ginger ale came out, a can of Canada Dry (personal preference, but in my opinion the worst of the mainstream ginger ales, behind both Schweppes and Seagrams), and a cup of ice. Also some tap water, and a modest array of mediocre bonchon. I picked at the bonchon with my chopsticks, futzed around on my phone and waited for the main course, running through most of the ginger ale in the process. Had it been a fountain drink, no big deal, but canned (not mentioned on the menu) meant I'd have to spent another $3.50 on another serving, so I resigned myself to drinking the tap water after the soda ran out.
The chicken ultimately came out, I don't know how many dishes were featured on their flat screen, one after the other, first. They also brought a plastic glove so my hand wouldn't get messy, which I didn't use. I've only seen those at, like, Shaking Crawfish or other mediocre-seafood-in-hot-sauce-filled-plastic-bag places. Supposedly Cajun, not something I ever encountered in New Orleans, but whatever.
It was hot enough to be hard to hold, which the glove wouldn't have helped. The regular chicken wasn't bad, but it wasn't as good as other KFC I've had. Honestly, Hello Chicken is probably a little better. The other flavor, whatever it was, I wasn't impressed by. If I were going to choose one, I'd definitely go with the original. But, then, I won't be coming back, as it's not up to a standard of "don't bother going anywhere else"...
Look, this is literally next door to Food Terminal, which is a solid step up in terms of consistently good dishes. I'm positive I can find better KFC somewhere near here, maybe the next attempt I make, when I'm in the mood for it. I will, however, eat the leftovers, because it's easier than cooking, and not bad.
Oh, one last note: when they brought the receipt, it had a $5 drink on it and not a $3.50 drink. When I pointed it out, the waittress argued with me about it, so I went to the menu and confirmed what I already knew. They did correct it, but given they have bathroom signs saying "'MEN TO THE LEFT BECAUSE WOMEN ARE ALWAYS RIGHT" I found that amusing.