Yankee Tongdak 양키통닭

A whole chicken roasts in the oven, then gets topped with seasoned spinach, roasted garlic, potato, and cranberries, with a thin layer of sticky rice underneath. Spinach on roast chicken sounds odd, yet the meat stays moist down to the breast, and the rice soaks up the drippings so each spoonful mixes grains, greens, and chicken. Extra spinach can be ordered to pile on more. The pepper cream version trades the greens for a generous spicy cream sauce that suits a side of fries for dipping. Avocado coleslaw cools the table, and a watermelon draft beer with a faint melon aroma splits opinion. The restaurant sits among the metal workshops of the Mullae art village, under dim lights.