Went here today to pick up some lunch. I ordered the calamari, drumsticks (original & Soy sauce) along with Kim Chee. The food is well worth the trip and value. I noticed they don't have the Kim chee on their menu but in store they have it advertised.
Very delicious and tasty: crunchy on the outside, soft and juicy on the inside.
Ordered Tikku soy sauce gizzard. Look at photo. Partly burnt on one side and I can taste bitterness from burnt side of gizzard. Called CM Chicken. She told me supposed to be like that because it’s charcoal-grilled for ONLY 2 Minutes. I recommend avoid Tikku Soy Sauce Gizzard. First time also to order from CM Chicken.
I’m so happy that they are in Hawaii as well!! The first time I fell in love with their chicken was in Houston, TX. I’m really excited that they newly opened up here in Hawaii, and the great quality is the same! YAY!! It is Korean fried chicken done right. ?
Amazing taste and very different from what I’m used to! My wife and I had very happy taste buds. My wife had the red hot pepper, and I had the curry Tikkudak. The owners were very nice and gave us a complimentary order of fries while we waited. We also had their coleslaw which was fresh and tasty and a complimentary cubed pickled radish appetizer came with it! I see them with major growth potential! They are at the old Pizza Hut location on Leoku St that moved a few doors down newly renovated. You will recognize the space. I see CM Korean style chicken making noise in Hawaii. Good fortune to them!
We have been craving for Korean Chicken and stumbled onto this place. There was one table on the inside. We did take out the food.The lady taking our order was really sweet. She recommended on what we should get. We got the soy tikkudak wings, french fries, rice, and fried calamari. It came with pickled radish.The wait wasn't that long. We tried the food as soon as we got into our vehicle. The wings was good and crispy but nothing that would make me say it was the best I had. French fries was good as well. The fried calamari wasn't anything special and was missing something. I'm not sure what it was. I think the winner was the pickled radish. We took the rest home and tried it again since we live in Central part of Hawaii and the wings and calamari had lost it crispiness.I would need to go back again to try something else like the snow onion and gizzards. If we like it, I'll change my review.I'm happy that Waipahu has a Korean Fried Chicken place to go too. Great area and I like that they fixed up that old building.I'm looking forward to trying again when we are in Waipahu.
Definitely going back!Other Korean Chicken joints like CM Chicken just don't cut it. Other places Soy-garlic chicken either too sweet or hot n' spicy not the right kick in it. But CM Chicken does it right. I personally like the Curry Chicken.Mamasan & her staff are friendly, and they make you feel welcome when you come in.
What can I say? Besides Jollibee's, I have found another Chicken place here on the island that I love! It was not busy, but since only two people were working, it took maybe 15-20 minutes to get my order, which was fine with me.It is in the Waipahu Town Shopping Center next to Rajah Dat and Pizza Hut.Nice staff. I ordered to go: Snow Onion Chicken (Drumsticks), Tikkudak Chicken (Glazed Soy Sauce Drumsticks), Curly Fries, Rice, and Soy sauce glazed Chicken Gizzards.The Snow Onion Chicken comes with a creamy sauce (a little sweet) and raw thin-sliced onions. They packed these separately so the chicken wouldn't get soggy. We did not get to eat until half an hour later, but they were still super crispy.Everything was so tasty!
So lucky to have found this place near our home! The pictures on the window looked so good, we had to stop in and try a few things. We ordered the spicy tikku, curry wings, the beautiful snow onion, and calamari. We were super excited to try everything and we were not disappointed! The build your own snow onion was a fun experience for my family and omg it was so good. The spicy tikku and the curry both tasted amazing. I cant wait to go back and try the garlic soy chicken.
Choong man chicken has really good calamari It is very crispy even after the ride home . As great the calamari is The chicken is even more outstanding . Awesome service and friendly especially Ms. Kim Thank you so much for being so kind to my wife when she picked up our order which was hot and ready to go We will always be back for more