고일 옛날 마늘 통 탉 Garlic Fried Chicken from the Olden Days : you tear barehanded and eat like a boss . | A Korea Travelogue : Your Insider ' s Guide to Korea 
 By Pheuron Korea : Chicken and Beer , Korea : Delivery , South Korea September 19 , 2013 
 고일 옛날 마늘 통 탉 Garlic Fried Chicken from the Olden Days : you tear barehanded and eat like a boss . 
 I am a fan of Korean fried chicken . Growing up with the idea fried chickens are originated from western countries and therefore their chicken cutlet and fried chicken are the best among all , gave me a culture shock ( though a minor one lol ) when I first came to Korea in 2009 . The way Korean fry chickens are so exceptionally excellent that I have to recommend every of my friends who visit Korea to try them before they get back to their usual KFCs in Singapore . ( Back then there wasn ’ t any BBQ Chicken Chain or Bonchon 4 Fingers in Singapore . ) 
 Another impressive fried chicken I had recently was this Garlic Fried Whole Chicken 옛날 마늘 통 탉 [ read : yennal - maneul - tongdak ] . I didn ’ t expected it to come in a form of a whole chicken . Having too much of the usual cut - into - pieces kind of Korean fried chicken , this whole chicken made great 1 st impression . 
 옛날 [ read : yennal ] means “ long ago ” or “ olden days ” in English . The old school drawings and the packaging pretty much suggest that the chicken was prepared following recipes of yesteryears . This restaurant , Go - il Fried Whole Chicken ( 고일 옛날 통 탉 ) [ read : Go - il Yennal Tongdak ] uses only domestic chickens , and no preservatives were added in the process of frying the chicken . You could either choose to visit their restaurant at Mapo - Gu Gung - Deok ( 마포구 공덕 ) area , or call for delivery if you are staying around the area . 
 One more interesting fact about the restaurant : they started the business since 1970 , makes a total 40 + years of experience in frying chicken . Cool ! 
 It takes about 30 minutes for the chicken to arrive . The deeply fried whole chicken was wrapped with a super old - school brown paper . Unfold the package you find the deeply fried , brown coloured , crispy looking chicken covered by a bed of finely chopped scallions . Beneath the scallions is plenty of garlic sauce . 
 If you don ’ t like garlic , I am so sorry that you might not be able to enjoy the dish as the fragrance ( or maybe to those who hate garlic , I should call it the “ smell ” ) of the garlic was so flavourfully strong that the whole room was lingering with a distinct garlic aroma hours after we consumed the chicken . LOL . My advice is to eat during dinner or weekend , if you are concern about having the smell with you for several hours after the meal . 
 Plastic gloves were given in the package . All you need to do is to wear them and start tearing the chicken into pieces ! Be extra careful as the chicken is still smokin ’ hot . 
 Hurriedly we started tearing , tearing … . 
 and endless tearing … . 
 And there you go ! Remember to top some garlic and scallions on your bite size chicken before you indulge . The chicken is fried to a crisp and the meat is less greasy to speak of . The skin is thin but crunchy with the garlic sauce nicely enveloping it , making it simply irresistible . Although deeply fried at the outside , the meat is still tender inside . SLURP ~ Best if pairing this dish up with icy cool beer , perfect combi meal for a home movie night . 
 고일 옛날 통닭 공덕 점 [ read : Go - il Yennal Tongdak ] There are different outlets in Seoul and what I had was the outlet from the Gong - deok area . Total bill for the whole chicken is KRW 15 , 000 , delivery fees included . 
 Tel : 02 - 6052 - 9922 | Time : 1 pm - 1 am 
 Korean Version of the address : 마포구 공덕동 385 - 87 
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