Korean Fried Chicken Is Becoming a Thing in Orange County. Here Are Three New Spots

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • March 23, 2017
Forget the Nashville hot-chicken craze that has LA in its vice grip. Here in OC, we’re experiencing a Korean fried-chicken boom, and the newest purveyors have now far surpassed Bonchon and Kyochon and the fad they ushered in nearly a decade ago....
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