The Sparrows Mill, CBD

Today was supposed to be legs day at the gym. Emphasis on the word 'supposed'. I was pumped and ready to push out a PB on the squat rack, I had my routine in mind and was in the right headspace. That fantasy went straight out the window when WN asked if I wanted to join her and a few other for dinner at Sparrows Mill. Tough choice ain't it? Sore legs and bum or an evening out eating fried chicken. No prizes for guessing.

Sparrows Mill is one of the newest Korean Fried Chicken restaurant to open up it's doors in the city. With a massive menu in the shop window showing 12 different ways you can have your fried chicken, how could one say no to coming here!
After much debate on what to order and why, we finally settled on 9 dishes and they are as follows.

Nothing to shout about but here's an obligatory photo of the Banchan anyway.

Stir fried glass noodles and veggies $12.80

 Probably the healthiest dish we ordered tonight, the glass noodles had the right amount of flavouring to it. This dish vanished in less than 5 minutes as the portion size could have been shared by 2 small eaters.

 

Prime pork spare ribs with Kimchi casserole ($45)

First up was a massive pot of spare ribs soaking in Kimchi casserole. We immediately turned the fire up and soon it was simmering away happily. Seeing broth looking that good, we couldn't resist ordering a side of noodles to chuck in it. Once cooked, N had the task of slicing up the ribs and serving it to us. The ribs were the lovely kind of fall-off-the-bone similar to that of "bak kut teh"(google it if you don't know what it is. Perfect Malaysian dish for winter!). It was also a good idea ordering this to have in between the onslaught of chicken that was to come. 

Sweet and spicy chicken ($18 half)

First up was this chicken dish that reminded me of the chinese sweet and sour sauce. It would have gone really well with a bowl of rice to balance out the strong flavours however I heard no complaints for our group. In large doses, it was a little over powering but in small doses, it was lip smacking good.

   

chicken with wasabi sauce sprinkled with spring onion(half $18)

Firstly, I think they used the word 'sprinkled' loosely here. It was more like a giant handful of spring onion! Nonetheless, we pushed it aside and dove straight in. Their specially made wasabi sauce is unique in taste and gives the chicken that extra bit of zing.

Soy sauce Gangjung ($17 half)

Based on the little blurb on the menu, these chicken cutlets were coated in a sauce similar to that of a traditional rice cake called Gangjung. The sauce had a hint of sweetness to it which probably came from the honey (sugar?). It wasn't as sticky as the Sweet and Spicy one but it was just as nice. A few rice cakes found its way into our dish and I wasn't sure if that was a mistake or not. Meh, we still ate it anyway. :)

good ol fashion fried chicken ($17 half)

 The plain fried chicken arrived in a lovely shade of golden brown. It wasn't too hot to eat straight away and was cooked to perfection. The bones were easy to pull apart and whilst some of us ate it straight, others took the opportunity to wipe clean the various sauces from the other chicken plates.

Snow cheese chicken ($18 half)

 Now with a name like that, how could you NOT order this dish. It was by far everyone's favourite.
I had a tough time trying to pinpoint the flavours and here were a few thoughtsfrom the group. 

•  It tastes like Parmesan cheese mixed with abit of sugar
•  It's like chicken coated with cheezels
•  I don't know whatever the h*ll it is but I like it!

In the end, we all had our own thoughts on it but I decided that it tasted  like a coating of a particular type of Japanese rice crackers and Super Ring combined. If you don't know what I'm talking about, see below... 

 
Sparrows Mill really knows how to cook fried chicken. It didn't come out soaking in oil, there were no hint of blood or rawness in any of our pieces and it was just a downright pleasure dining here. 

I'm definitely coming back here in the near future but first, I better try and work off what I ate. Tomorrow's gonna be legs day at the gym. Promise!

The Sparrow's Mill
Address : Shop 3, 116-120 Liverpool Street, Sydney
Website : Urbanspoon / Google Map