Korea’s take on the humble Aussie Dagwood Dog has made its way to Canberra. Welcome to Chunky Town!
The owner of popular Korean restaurants, Chez Kimchi (Civic) and Hangari Kimchi (Dickson) has just opened Chunky Town, next to King O’Malleys in Civic.
So what is a ‘Chunky’? It’s a sausage on a stick filled with, or without, cheddar or mozzarella cheese, dipped in a crispy and crunchy special multigrain batter and covered in panko crumbs, chunks of potato or noodles before it’s deep-fried to crispy perfection.
You can them customise your chunky with your choice of 6+ different sauces and you even have the option to coat it in sugar for that sweet and savoury flavour combo… It sounds strange but it’s actually delicious.
They range from $6-8 and there are 7 different flavours for you to choose from, including a vegetarian version of cheese and no sausage.
Sausage mozzarella and potato chunky 
Sausage mozzarella and squid ink chunky 
Sausage cheddar and noodle chunky
There are only a few seats in the small takeaway shop so it’s best to order your food to go, or if you’re a customer at King O’Malley’s (next door) you can order food from Chunky Town.
This deep-fried treat would make the perfect accompaniment to a few drinks.
Add a serve of waffle fries or a half, or full, serve of Korean fried chicken (with 12 flavours to choose from) and cheat day is sorted.
Chunky Town Canberra are giving 100 FREE Sausage Chunkies (01 on the menu) to Eat Canberra readers from now until Monday 9 March! Just follow them @chunky_town_act on Instagram (and show them in store that you’ve followed them from Eat Canberra’s post) and be one of the first 100 people to claim your FREE Sausage Chunky!
Location: Next to King O’Malleys, 131 City Walk, Canberra.
Trading Hours: 12-10pm Sunday-Thursday and 12pm until 2am on Friday and Saturday.
Photos by Amelia Bidgood from Eat Canberra.
Amelia Bidgood
Amelia is the Founder and Editor of Eat Canberra and the Founder and Managing Director of Eat Canberra Food Tours. She's a qualified journalist, presenter, freelance writer and also runs a boutique communications agency working with small business owners on all things social media, content creation and marketing. She's taught cheesemaking classes, judged hospitality and tourism awards, completed the WSET Level 1 Award In Wines, loves to cook and has travelled to 23 countries. She's also passionate about mental health and has recently started studying to become a Counsellor.