CoCoRoo

I’m super surprised that this place has such few reviews. I knew this place ever since I was young and I’m sure this place has been around for like 10 years now. I love their wings it’s just the unique kind of taste that you will never find elsewhere. They are crispy, savory, and easy to eat, not too greasy or salty. It’s like one of those things where you crave from time to time and you just cannot find the same elsewhere. I go to other fried chicken places in K-​town too but I always come to Co Co Roo for their wings.
I strongly recommend their wings to go whenever you have a friends get around party. Definitely have beer ready. You would not regret it.

Stop #1 for Shauna’s KFC Crawl.
First of all, Co Co Roo is a food stand inside the Hannam supermarket, adjacent to the dumpling stand. Although the signs and picture menus were in Korean, there was a small English menu on the countertop to help non-​Korean readers like me.
While the original fried chicken wing and drumsticks were slightly crispy with dry meat, the spicy ones were saucy and had a small kick. I was disappointed in the level of spiciness, but the sauce was decent.
Free pickled daikon and hot sauce were also provided.
Seating was very limited and shared with the other food stalls, but parking was plentiful.

I have to say, I love Asian grocery stores. There are usually a couple of food stalls that have interesting things to eat. And though we were distracted by the Dumpling House and the Peking Dumplings next to Co Co Roo, we were on a mission to eat Korean fried chicken.
There’s an English menu next to the credit card sign (they take credit cards!?). I ordered the spicy wings for $ 8.50. You got an order of 9. Or if you wanted plain, it was $ 7.50 for 9 pieces.
The original were okay, not battered and was fairly crispy. It came with a spicy dipping sauce.
The spicy ones were covered in a sticky spicy sweet sauce that looked a bit thicker than the spicy dipping sauce that came with the regular fried chicken. It wasn’t very spicy at all.
The woman had told me the order would take about 7 minutes. There’s isn’t much seating (three tables) so they probably do a brisk take-​out business.
There’s plenty of parking as this is a grocery store but like any grocery store, I’d watch out for the crazy cars and the flying shopping carts.
I appreciated the free pickled radish and would pick up some chicken if I’m ever in the area. Then again, maybe I’ll try the dumplings next time!
Whee!

#1 stop for KFC (Korean Fried Chix) Crawl.
8 original chix wings/​sticks — $ 7.50
9 spicy chix wings/​sticks — $ 8.50
As Ryan called it «Japanese spicy», it’s barely «HOT» at all, actually the spicy sauce on the side that they gave with the original was more spicy than when being cooked together with the wings. Plus, free daikon a.k.a radish for helping you to get rid of the hotness on the mouth. Overall verdict on the food, it’s good for a food-​court style, just not enough place to seat. Great for to go and friendly seller, even tho she talked in Korean to me most of the time. Thanks to my old korean drama addiction, I understood what she said, just couldn’t respond back in the same language.
Lots of parking spots cause it’s shared with the supermarket and some restos, but I think during dinner and lunch hour, it could be a pain. We came before lunch hour so it wasn’t so bad.

Dedicated to cj y, who said, and I quote: «i’ve been waiting for you to ftr it cuz i’m too lazy to find all the info».
The OG of all OG yang nyum chicken joints in Ktown. Chugajib on Wilshire might be older (?) but Co Co Roo, located inside Hannamchain’s food court, is definitely more ghetto-​fab.
9 pieces for $ 8.50. Fried (not double fried) chicken doused, no, drenched, in mildly spicy corn syrup. No discount for ordering more pieces.
So about this spicy corn syrup biz… Corn is number one field crop of America. US exports ¹⁄₃ of all corn crops. (High fructose) corn syrup is obviously derived from corn. Some ajumahs (ajushi in this case) insist on buying «Korean» corn syrup. Get this… That corn? Most probably imported from the States (or China…), processed into syrup and… wait for it… re-​exported as «Korean» corn syrup.
As the roof of my mouth got burnt by super hot chewy wings (no crunch in the singly-​fried skin), the irony of munching on overpriced sugary chicken soaked in American corn syrup was not lost on me. Ordering this unsavory chicken is apparently completely my fault as someone later told me: you went to McDonalds and ordered a hamburger instead of a big mac. Whaa?
KEYWORDS: kfc, Korean fried crack, Korean fried chicken, corn syrup, yang nyum, spicy.