Pelicana Chicken - Chino — Restaurant in Chino

This is a pretty popular fried chicken chain in Korea. I was surprised to see it in the states.

They have various flavors for the fried chicken such as soy, honey soy, garlic, smoky chili, and powdered cheese flavor.

I chose to get the boneless whole chicken ($34) in garlic sauce, cup of gangjung ($8), boneless chicken feet ($30), cheese buldak ($25), and chicken sandwich with fries in white garlic sauce ($13) for my family and I. Since they recently opened, they had a special of free cheeseballs with a $30+ purchase.

The chicken was moist and the extra crispy breading was not soggy when I got home. The garlic sauce was not too sauce or thick. The breading was crispy and the sauce clung to the chicken well.

I also got the boneless chicken feet (dakbal) which is hard to find in Korean restaurants in the states. Loads of sliced onions, chili, and cabbage in a thick and spicy sauce. It had a good amount of heat, I have a good heat tolerance so it might be too much for my parents. I didn't ask if they can adjust the heat level to the chicken feet. The cheese buldak had plenty of melted mozzarella cheese, sliced chili, onions with chunks of chicken. It had a good heat to it.

The chicken sandwich was a large portion with sliced cabbage in a white garlic sauce. My brother chose it and said that the dressing was a sweet mayo sauce and did not taste the garlic in it. The fries were good and crispy. I got the small cup of gangjung which is boneless chicken in an sweet and kinda spicy sauce with small pieces of fried tteok (rice cakes). I do like their cheese balls, it's very chewy with melted mozzaralla cheese. It's slightly sweet from the chewy dough they use. I do wish they had sotteok sotteok or tteokkochi with fried chicken.

I got it to go and the saucy items were well protected. The place is clean and a good amount of seating. The staff is nice, the wait time...

In 80's my elementary age when I saw Choi Yang-Rak and Lim Mi-Suk in Pelicana chicken commercial with famous lingo. Which cause me to ask my parents to go get it and ate it. Then we immigrated to US. Now I have my own family and it's at near my home. So came and try out Ban Ban original and Med Spicy, twisted dount, Peli cheese balls. Brought me back old memories of 🍗 and taste. It's still the same and love it so were kids also definitely try twisted dount. You will like it. One better improvement is to hire more cooks. Because after ordering and eat to add more for take out we had to wait 30 minutes more so we didn't order.Because more people came . I do understand of franchise policy of cooking after order received but store needs more cook for faster food. Other than that host was great in service and store was clean and nice. Way better compared to S.Korea in 80's. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I told my families and friends. We...

Yea yes and more yes. The MVP OF THIS PLACE is the owner, her vibes are so dope. She was so cool I didnt know she was the owner until i asked who it was🤣. She said “me”🤣. There are a lot great things i can say about this place. They have a bar that you can sit at if you wanna go to just have a drink and watch a game. They have soju with different flavors which is nice. Now the other MVP of the food are the sauces. The sauces are super rich with flavor. I suggest that you get the garlic sauce and the soy honey sauce. Super good. They also have a special that’s 40 bucks with 18 pieces of chicken, two sauces, fries, and you can add cheese balls for five more dollars. You’re gonna spend that much anyway if you come with a group so just get that anyway fill you up and save money. They have TVs everywhere so it’s a good place to go and hang out and watch a...