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

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I ate the best fried chicken I've ever tasted at a small but rapidly-expanding fried chicken chain from Korea: Bonchon Chicken.

• Fried chicken is one of my favorite foods.
• I had some of the best fried chicken I've ever had at Bonchon Chicken, a fried chicken restaurant chain from South Korea.
• Bonchon's fried chicken was like candy: The skin's crisp was immaculate, the sauce was well-rounded and flavorful, and the meat slid right off the bone.
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I've eaten more fried chicken in the last week than I've eaten in the last year. I ate and compared chicken wings for my taste test to find the best.

I'm sick of fried chicken, and I love fried chicken.

But something good came out of all my heartburn: I ate the best fried chicken I've ever tasted at a small but rapidly-expanding fried chicken chain from Korea: Bonchon Chicken. The chain won my taste test, beating out all the classic American chains.

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Chicken and beer is a known phenomenon in Korea. And abroad, Bonchon Chicken is growing. Although there are currently 87 Bonchon restaurants in the US, the chain says it is looking to grow that number to 300-400 restaurants in the next five years.

I believe Korean fried chicken will take over the world. And all it took was one visit to an NYC Bonchon location to convince me.