Galleria Market Food Court - Northridge
New place inside called “Gentle Chic” with corn dogs and fried chicken.
I see tons of old Koreans getting the corn dog as a snack, and younger Koreans getting it as an appetizer before getting food from one of the other stalls. Got the original corn dog, cashier asked if I wanted sugar on it, which I found puzzling and declined. The hot dog itself is chicken based. I really liked the batter and it was fried perfectly. It’s a solid corn dog and will definitely return.
Got the not spicy version of the gentle chic which is a waffle sandwich with fried chicken with this sweet, mapely, salty, spicy sauce and pickled red onions. The not spicy version is as spicy as if something were very spicy at the Olive Garden. The chicken was perfectly fried and crispy. Waffle was decent but it always gets soggy towards the end because I’m a slow eater. I felt like the flavors were too strong and there were too many of them. I’m glad I tried it and I enjoyed it enough, though I don’t think I’d get it again.
Ordered the kimchi fried rice from the Galleria stand. Comes with fried egg and beef. Really good flavor, super rich and heavy. Also they had a new banner advertising cold noodles with a picture of some sort of extruder machine over a giant pot of boiling water. The dish itself looked very similar to the naengmyeon @EattheWorldLA posted about. The text was only in Korean and my Korean is rusty.