Goobne Chicken (Tseung Kwan O) — Restaurant in Sai Kung District

I went to Goobne Chicken with my family for lunch. We had the soy and garlic chicken, egg omelette and the Japchae.

Goobne has a number of outlets in Hong Kong. This is the first time I tried this place and I’m happy I did. The concept is built around the fact that the chicken is roasted as opposed to fried. So technically the food isn’t Korean fried chicken. To their credit I can’t really tell that it’s not fried. The claim that it’s healthy is a different story. However, the chicken was crispy and wasn’t dry. I wouldn’t go as far as saying juicy but the meat was on point.

The Japchae was a bit different than I’m used to. First off it came out warm as opposed to room temperature. Secondly, it wasn’t premixed and you had to mix it yourself. Overall, it was pretty good but I found it to be a bit too sweet. This is mainly because the bulgogi was marinated with a lot of sugar.

The egg omelette is really substantial. It’s kind of kimbap with egg substitutes for the nori and rice. They put some cheese in their which I’m indifferent towards. Not sure if I would have preferred it with or without the cheese. I am unlikely to order this again.

All in all I enjoyed my meal. My son ate a whole drumstick which is an accomplishment given how picky of an eater he is. Definitely a place worth checking out and a place I...

Arrived today at 1:20pm and the restaurant was less than half full. No staff was at the entrance when I got in and I walked inside by myself and took a table by the window with my son. A staff later came with the menu and asked us to take another table without giving me any reason.

We left the restaurant and went to CoCo House straight away where we were greeted and offered a table by the window upon our arrival. Finally understood why Goobne is less...

Tasty Korean chicken experience. The oven baked chicken was flavourful, savoury and moist. The fish cake soup was tasty and packed to the brim with a variety of fish cake. The seafood pancake was decent but less spectacular compared to the chicken and the soup.

Food is slightly pricey ($513 for the three items) but well worth the...