I ate at a fast-growing fried chicken chain from Korea and it was maybe the best fried chicken I've ever had

I went to one of the Bonchon locations in Midtown Manhattan.

The restaurant's interior was sleek and casual. It was heavy on the wood and had a vaguely bar-like feel. I mean, there was a bar, just no bar seating.

The space was dark and fairly sparse. There were no decorations at any of the tables, and lighting was industrial.

Although the place didn't otherwise have much of a sports bar feel, there were posters advertising beer-and-sports-centered happy hours.

Like at many Korean restaurants, there were K-Pop and R&B music videos projected on the wall.

For 13.99, I received a 10-piece order of bone-in chicken wings.

You can choose two different flavors if you like, so I chose spicy and soy garlic.

I started with a spicy wing. It felt slightly heavier than an American wing.

As soon as I bit into the sweet, crispy, sticky skin, I knew I had an international treasure in my hand. The sauce was incorporated into the skin, yet it was super flavorful. It was savory, sweet, and brought the heat.

And under the skin, the chicken was just as melt-in-your-mouth juicy and soft as I'd hoped. It was flavorful without being oversalted.

Next, I tried a wing from the soy garlic sauce side.

While the skin was just as marvelously crispy and sticky, I found this sauce to be slightly too salty. The chicken underneath, however, was still perfect.

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Instead of sauce and celery sticks or carrots, Bonchon offers a choice of pickled radish or coleslaw. I chose the pickled radish because pickled things give me life.

These were refreshingly tart, light, and crunchy. They tasted like a dash of vinegar and salt, but the radish underneath was sweet and bitter. The perfect break from double-fried chicken wings.

There were about a thousand calories in ten wings, so I promised myself I'd stop after just a few. But they were just so...

Freaking...

Good.

In the end, I ate six or seven. But who's counting?

At the end of my meal, my stomach felt like it had been stuffed with fat, salt, and protein, which it had been. But my mouth was very, very happy. I guess that's the nature of candy: it's not good for you, but you want more.

And just like candy, every piece of Bonchon Chicken is a treat. Move over, Kentucky Fried Chicken, there's a newer, hotter KFC in town: Korean fried chicken.