Annandale Adventures

Photo credit: Bonchon Bay Area

One of my best friends Tina came back from Taiwan for a weekend, and we went to Ulta to buy some makeup/nail polish (lots of nail polish for her but she gave me a base coat!) and then all the way to Annandale, VA for Bonchon. This is the world's (well, the East Coast's) best fried chicken. I'm all done eating American fried chicken, no it's all about the Korean fried chicken now!


The first time I had Bonchon was in Brighton-Allston (Boston) with my grad school friend Jenny. She had heard about how good it was, so we set a date to meet up and try it out. We ordered the small combo with garlic-soy sauce and some sushi, and it was perfect. The meal was nicely filling and the chicken had all the right type of crunch and none of the greasiness. Oh man. It was so good I dragged Brian there when he visited me towards the end of my stay in Boston.


Back to the present now, Tina and I met Liz and some of her lion dance group at Bonchon. They had just finished performing at a wedding (on a Friday weirdly) in VA so we met up there. After Bonchon (I literally had no time to take pictures because I was so busy chowing down) we went to Shilla Bakery (owned by Koreans, as Annandale is known for) and ordered some delicious desserts. We each got our own; I can't remember what Tina got, but Liz got a huge strawberry shaved ice, and I got this cute little chocolate cake (very chocolate-y).

Truly a gift for me!