22 February 16-22, 2023 dallasobserver.com DALLAS OBSERVER Classified | MusiC | dish | Culture | unfair Park | Contents NY delicatessaN RestaURaNt & BaKeRY 5 dFW locatioNs cRitics choice Best deli ReadeRs choice Best BReaKFast RestaURaNt Best comFoRt Food Best saNdWich ciNdisNYdeli.com 12817 Preston Road, Suite 105 • 972-392-0190 indiapalacedallas.com The Variety on your plate Buffet is back for lunch 10250 Shady Trail • 214.358.5511 • babydolls.com Come watch all the basketball action with us! THE LEGEND LIVES ON® THE LEGEND LIVES ON® check out our new kitchen daily buffet Mon-fri 11aM-2PM stadiuM buffet Monday-friday 4PM-10PM Sat 11aM-10pM • Sun 12pM-10pM unofficial mayor of Koreatown back in his Los Angeles days. Chicken Warriors has, obviously, a chicken-centric menu. You can choose between K-style, traditional soft Korean- style batter, or extra crunchy; whole birds (pieced up), wings, tenders, pop- corn chicken and boneless are all options here. Iron cast dishes (like chicken feet), soups (mussel-clam soup, bean sprouts stewed chicken soup), burgers and an array of side dishes such as kimchi fried rice and volcano steamed egg are also on the menu. Chong roasts his own beans for the coffee bar and serves beer as well. Breaking Bad’s Mike Ehrmantraut once famously told Walter White, “No more half-measures.” Speaking of, did you hear Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul were at the Total Wine off North Central Expressway a few weeks ago? But yeah, no half-measures for us on this day at Chicken Warriors. Give us the whole bird ($26). We opted for the K-boom pepper flavor, K-style. Battered to perfection, this saucy, sweetly glazed chicken comes with a genu- ine kick from the Cheongyang chili pep- pers (similar to serrano peppers but more flavorful). Other flavors include cream on- ion, spicy galbi, honey garlic, K-spicy, soy garlic and roasted habanero. We also tried a mix of wings, for a sam- ple of all the flavors. The snow onion wings are such a great mix of flavors, but the honey garlic wings were the favorite at the table. For a side, we went with an order of cheese mochi balls. You wouldn’t know by looking at them, but these addictive spheres of rice flour are permeated with rich cheesy flavor. For our second side, we chose snow on- ion rings. These were some of the better onion rings we’ve had in recent memory. They’re subtly sweet and sheathed in a mildly spicy batter, and it’s no surprise this is the most popular side on the Chicken Warriors menu. The dining area of Chicken Warriors isn’t as vivid and intense as Moodaepo’s (few are), but still, the K-pop vibe remains prevalent throughout. The associate we placed our order with said his preferred dessert on the menu was the rainbow crepe cake, so we rolled with that. True to the name, this eye-catching, totally Instagrammable slice of crepe cake was topped with cream, blueberries and strawberries. We also tried the mochi doughnuts, which had that signature soft bounce-back with each bite. They have these crazy birds at each ta- ble. Give one a squeeze and a loud squawk lets the staff know you need something. We spoke to Chong on the way out and he mentioned that a streamlined to-go sys- tem is in the offing, when customers and third-party delivery services will be able to quickly slip in and snag their orders. Chicken Warriors, 1060 W. Frankford Road, Carrollton. Sunday – Wednesday, 5 p.m. – midnight; Thursday – Saturday, 5 p.m. –2 a.m. Closed Tuesdays. City of Ate from p20
