We love Ban Ban at Port Adelaide. This place, however, literally made us sick. I ordered the large boneless chicken tenders. Now, usually, we order this at Port Adelaide. It takes them at least 5 to 10 mins to fry and serve it, and its piping hot, golden brown, and absolutely fantastic to eat and savour. Here at Rundle Mall, it was ready in 2 mins, which was surprising. The chicken tenders were brown in colour, meaning they were possibly re-fried. The taste wasn't as good as usual, but we were generally ok with it. We returned home by evening, but by night, both me and my partner were sick and feeling bloated. By 4 am in the night, I was up, feeling extremely sick. I was up till 6 am, when I finally puked out all that I had in my system, and as disgusting it may sound, I did puke out entire chicken pieces. My wife suffered the same fate a little while after me. Now, the thought of Ban Ban makes us feel like puking. Last time we ever had anything here. Full points to Ban Ban Port Adelaide though. They are...
Read moreI’ve come to ban ban on multiple occasions and upon today’s visit I’ve finalised my rating.
My first time at ban ban was amazing, the wings were juicy and flavorful. However the quality of the food for the next few visits along the months really went down. The sizing of the wings became smaller and sometimes would still be a little pink in the middle.
I’ve tried to give them opportunity after opportunity to see if it was just the one occurrence but unfortunately it’s not. It’s been consistently bad. Today I got the cheesy corn in a cup dish and the corn was still cold in the middle. It was obvious it was made with frozen corn topped with some melted cheese but for $10 that’s atrocious. The portion was small too and I felt sick after eating it cold. However because some parts were cold and other parts were warm I couldn’t show what spot was cold. Don’t think I’ll come back again. Staff aren’t even warm or greet you properly anymore. The quality really degraded it’s...
Read moreAfter reading some other reviews, I'm not sure if I got lucky, or Ban Ban have improved. But I can say that the chicken wings we had today were perfect, very juicy and moist on the inside, and very crunchy on the outside. For the price it's some of the most affordable Korean fried chicken in Adelaide. I found today that the sweet and spicy sauce had no spicy component and was really just sweet and salty. Previously I tried the secret sauce and found it too salty, however my partner liked it. I would recommend not getting the chicken coated in the sauce, but instead having the sauce seperate as a dipping sauce (they do ask when you order if you want it separate), as the sauce can be overwhelming with the saltiness, and a lot of the same flavour. Overall, if you like fried chicken in any capacity, this place is...
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