CLOSED - Restaurant review: Fairyland, Tsim Sha Tsui - Korean chicken and beer

Korean restaurants are best enjoyed with large groups so you can share dishes - and the bill - and try a wider variety of food. This is a good tactic at Fairyland, the first Hong Kong branch of the popular fried chicken chain from South Korea, where dishes come in large portions.

The friendly staff, vibrant orange and white decor and K-pop soundtrack make it a casual place for a chimek (fried chicken and beer) fix.

The chicken mousse salad (HK$180), topped with a ball of mashed potato and lots of shredded cheese, is good but not very memorable. We were, however, happy with everything that followed.

The sweet chilli chicken (HK$175) with house-made potato crisps is a triumph. The gooey sauce clings to each chunk of the moist, tender chicken, yet the skin is still very crunchy. The basket contains the breast, drumsticks and wings, so both white meat and dark meat eaters will be pleased.

The bite-sized fried gizzard (HK$110) is not dry, hard or chewy, as it can be elsewhere. It is tasty on its own (thanks to the spiced batter) and when dipped in spicy barbecue sauce. The sea whelks in spicy-sour sauce (HK$180) are another delight. The chewy sea whelk and dried fish go very well with the accompanying cold noodles.

If you decide to be adventurous you can order the spicy silkworm pupa soup (HK$120). While some of my friends enjoyed it - they said they pop in the mouth and have a dried shrimp-like taste - the pungent smell and appearance can be off-putting for the others at the table.