New Korean corn dog spot opens in Burnaby

A new spot for Korean corn dogs has opened in Burnaby, and it’s right by the Metrotown SkyTrain.

Chung Chun Rice Hot Dog is a beloved Korean corn dog chain that serves all sorts of flavours.

For those who don’t know, Korean corn dogs are made of hot dogs, rice cakes, fish cakes, or mozzarella cheese, coated in a batter, and then deep fried. They’re finished with sugar and a squirt of your condiment of choice like mayo, ketchup, and many more. Chung Chun has a wide array of options for you to choose from with plenty of topping options as well.

When we visited, we were recommended the ChungChun combo which came with four different dogs: the Gamsung hotdog, ramen chip hotdog, sweet potato hotdog, and squid ink cheese hotdog.

It’s worth mentioning that these are not your average-sized American corn dogs and four corn dogs would be a lot for one person (no judgment if you’re a four-corn-dog type of person, but just a warning). But the combo split between two people is ideal, especially if you want to try a variety of flavours.

The Gamsung hotdog is one of the more traditional and popular options—a hotdog in batter and potato. It looks especially cool because you can see the square chunks of potato all over. The sweet potato variety is the same except with (you guessed it) sweet potatoes.

The fancier options were the ramen chip and squid ink cheese hotdogs. The ramen chip added a very nice crunch to the batter, but the star of the meal was the squid ink cheese hotdog.

The batter was mixed with black squid ink and the hot dog was cut at the bottom into four sections so that when deep fried the ends curled up to make it look like a squid. There was a big chunk of mozzarella inside that, when bit into, resulted in maybe the ultimate cheese pull. If it’s your first time visiting we’d recommend getting at least one hot dog with cheese.

You’re also able to customize your corn dogs with 17 different toppings, including ketchup, honey mustard, chipotle, barbecue, teriyaki, sweet mayo, wasabi mayo, spicy mayo, sweet chilli, hot sauce, sugar, icing sugar, cinnamon sugar, butter garlic, honey butter, cheddar cheese, and parmesan. We’d recommend trying some sweet mayo and sugar for your first visit, but you’re welcome to go as wild as you want with your toppings. The sweet and savoury blend well together.

The menu also features a chocolate hot dog, which we were a little intimidated to try but are curious about (let us know if you try it and if it’s good).

Chung Chun in Burnaby is a small location with no indoor seating, so be prepared to grab and go. There are some benches and tables outside around the area, or you can take it to Metropolis at Metrotown to enjoy in the food court. Chun Chun also makes all of its corn dogs fresh, meaning you might have to wait five to 10 minutes for your order depending on how busy they are.

Address: 4428 Beresford St.