Tenkatori's Chicken Karaage Is Chopstick-Lickin' Good

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • August 24, 2016
When done properly, chicken karaage are wondrous things. Though you think you've never had them, you probably have: On some poorly translated menus, I've seen them called sesame chicken, even though sesame doesn't always figure into the list of...
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