Hot Sauce and Panko To Go

Reviews 5

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fraulein casigan

Have you ever watched that movie called, Weird Science? If you havent, I suggest to watch it! The guy behind the counter who make these delicious chicken wings are absolutely UH-MAY-ZING! I dont know how he does it, but whatever kind of science, magic, or whatnot...one word: phenomenal!! My SO was telling me this who-ha deal about this cool chicken wings place in SF and read it somewhere that we HAD to go check it out for ourselves. Thanks to him, this is by far, my favorite spot to cure my fried chicken cravings! Small spot and minimal places to sit down, we looked over their one page menu figuring out what to order. I suggested we start off the first two, so our next visits we can work our way down the listed items. So far, weve tried the following: green (cilantro, jalapeno, ginger, sesame oil and house spice mix): I love the hint of jalapeno and cilantro mixed into their house spice mix. Mild in flavor so its not spicy as you may think because of the jalapeno. This is my favorite!! kfc (Korean fried chicken: garlic, ginger, soy sauce, gojujang, vinegar, sesame oil, blue agave, coated, triple fried): I love the garlic and sweetness flavor of the chicken with the right crispiness after my first bite! Not bad for all the fixin flavors mixed together. bulgogi (Korean marinated BBQ sweet soyu sauce, coated, triple fried) Im not quite a fan of this one in particular. It didnt come out as I pictured it in my head. I may have to try it again to give it another go. Seemed a bit similar to KFC but completely drenched with the sauce so I couldnt get the crisp texture when eating the chicken all the way through. ten-spice (used 10 spice instead of 5, garlic, ginger, coated, triple fried resulting in a "pomme souffle effect") Another favorite of mine! I sure love my chicken wings spicy! This wasnt fiery and flaming-hot-in-my-mouth kind of chicken so Im still working my way down the REAL hot sauce chicken wings. However, I enjoyed the little hint of spiciness and garlic resulting in a "fro souffle effect." skinny fries: nothing but average fries. You cant really call it anything special. Belgian waffle (whipped cream): we had the choice of whipped cream or butter. Of course, we went with the sweet tooth craving opting for whipped cream. I tried a small bite of the waffle without drizzling nutella hazelnut chocolate, boy-oh-boy....soft, chewy, and deliciously sweet and tasty with a little bit of crunch from the outer part of the waffle! Goes great hand-in-hand with the chicken wings! FYI: Free waffle on Thursdays!! All mentioned above, this is only the beginning. Im still working on the rest of the menu. Im coming back for more! The owner and cook is super sweet and funny! I love their SpotOn app they use too. Check-in and earn a small pan-size of chicken wings after a couple of trips here! You cant help but look at the galore of hot sauces shelved around you! I spotted numerous amount of hot sauces including sweet and garlicky sauces. The wait time may be 10-20 minutes but that doesnt stop me from coming back. Well priced for the amount of chicken wings you get. Theyre not your typical small wings you get at BWW or Hooters. This is WAY better than those chain spots! Im a fan!!

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Johnny Wang

Originally enticed into coming for the ramen wings, you can imagine our disappointment when we found out theyd been temporarily taken off the menu. To compensate, we ordered a smattering of other wings instead, with myself coming again the weekend after that. All in all, I ended up having tried their: * Chriss - The one flavor I tried both weekends, though not because it was my favorite, by any means. The seasonings on this one provided a nice contrast of sweet and savory, although the honey becomes a little too sweet if you have too many of these in succession. * Green Wings - For something with jalapeno, these were surprisingly mild wings, with fairly nuanced flavors. While you shouldnt expect any particular flavors to really stand out, it was pretty good as an overall package. * KFC - Easily my favorite seasoning of them all, and, while similar to the spicy Korean fried chicken youd find at an actual Korean joint, still different, with sharper, brighter flavors. * Red Rooster - Despite the dry rub description, these wings are actually covered in a wet sauce. Like the green wings, these werent nearly as spicy as one would expect, but, also equally enjoyable. Flavor differences aside, all their wings were prepared just right, with the bones coming out of the wings very easily, and the meat deliciously juicy and tender. Unfortunately, HSP itself isnt an ideal venue to be consuming your wings: with a table that fits four inside, and four outside, youll find seating to be bit lacking. My advice? Call in your order, pick it up, and grab a seat and a few beers next door at Chomp n Swig. ***Accessibility Info*** Venue - Not exactly accessible, having a single, small, but uneven step at the front entrance. With a little help, one can surely get in, but theres little reason to, given the lack of seating here. Bring a friend, grab your wings, and go hang out elsewhere. Bathroom - Didnt check them out, but Im not sure theres a public one.

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Roy Chi

PROS: - Awesome mom & pop shop with a friendly family that you just want to donate all of your money to solely because theyre such a friendly family - Incredible wall of hundreds of different brands of hot sauce. The owners also allowed us to try any of the hot sauces we wanted. Ghost Pepper one was deadly. ---------------- CONS: - Not really good for take-out. After we brought the order of 70 wings home, most of them were soggy and lukewarm. Popped most of them back in the oven, which resurrected most of them, but not the BBQ or Parmesan, which just ended up looking dried out and nasty. ---------------- WINGS: (Best to Worst) - Herb-Crusted Panko = My FAVORITE one of the bunch - Ten-Spice = Excellent. Packed with flavor. - Hiromis Katsu = Loved the panko crunch, very tender & moist inside - Fiery Hot Wings = Packs a spicy punch, loved these - KFC Wings = Nice and spicy. - Bulgogi = Interesting flavor but I didnt really taste the bulgogi marinade - Red Rooster Wings = This was okay - Green Wings = Meh. Didnt think the flavor really worked with this one. - Garlic Parmesan = Way too much parmesan, kind of overpowered. - Ryans BBQ Wings = I didnt like this one at all, fries were soggy, sauce was too sweet

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Samantha Berg

FINALLY! After years of wanting to try this spot, I finally got my hands on some delicious wings. The bad: the wings are quite tiny with not a lot of meat. At $15 for a dozen, this isnt great. Especially with the plethora of flavor options, it gets pricy to taste around with not much gain for the stomach. The good: the flavors are ON POINT. Though I was missing the Szechuan burn on the salt and Szechuan pepper wings they were still quite flavorful and the dry rub made for a crispy and crunchy wing. The Korean wings were full of gochujang chili, sticky and saucy while still maintaining a crisp, light batter on the outside and tender meat inside. Ill definitely be back... though it would be awesome to be able to order in sets of 3 or 4 to taste more flavors at once.

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Annie Garcia

When I walked in the door I was certainly surprised that there were so many 5* reviews. I wasnt sure what could justify it... And then I bit into my first crunchy decadent boiling bursting Chriss honey wing and I knew we had found something special. The Kochujang were also some of the best KFC Ive had. I only wish Id ordered 12 other flavors. I mean seriously. How can this place have so many different unique flavor combinations? Service was fast and friendly which is no tall order in a tiny cramped place like that. Price also very reasonable given how popular this place is. Make sure to grab a bunch of napkins because the only way to eat this is with your hands and they are messy.

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