Forkelo ranking · Updated September 2026
5 korean fried chicken across Santa Clara, ranked on what people say about the dish itself — never the restaurant's overall rating.
Pocha K · Santa Clara
14 dish-specific mentions · 71% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
Boneless pieces under a glossy soy-garlic glaze with sesame, pickled radish and shredded cabbage alongside. Crisp and generous, though it can run salty.
Rice Junky - Santa Clara · Santa Clara
11 dish-specific mentions · 73% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Fried chicken bites in a sweet-and-spicy Korean glaze, the house best seller and cheap for a full plate. The batter can run heavy and the meat dry.
99 Chicken · Santa Clara
41 dish-specific mentions · 63% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Plain and soy-garlic birds that come out genuinely crisp, close to what diners remember eating in Korea. There is a minimum order, and the salt can run light.
Dae Bak Korean Fusion Eatery & Lounge · Santa Clara
8 dish-specific mentions · 50% positive · 4 source types · menu verified September 2026
Bone-in plain fried chicken in a basket with fries, pickled radish and a sweet dip. Crisp at its best, but some batches land bland.
Jang Mo Jip · Santa Clara
13 dish-specific mentions · 31% positive · 3 source types · menu verified September 2026
Plain fried chicken with a salt-pepper dip, yangnyeom sauce on the side and kimchi included. More diners find it bland and steeply priced than not.
Every score is built from evidence about the specific dish: how often locals recommend it, how strongly, how recently, and whether independent sources agree. A restaurant's overall star rating is never converted into a dish score.
Quality and confidence are reported separately. A dish two people loved can score high, but it is marked early ranking until more evidence backs it up. The whole calculation — every constant, and three dishes worked through line by line — is written out on the methodology page.
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