Yoon Jong-gye, the founder of Mexican Chicken and widely regarded as the creator of Korea’s signature sweet-and-spicy fried chicken, has died after a long illne
TIL that the inventor of Korean fried chicken got his sucess via a restaurant chain called Mexican Chicken
In 1985, he formally launched the Mexican Chicken brand — though unrelated to Mexico — and made industry history by airing South Korea’s first television commercial for fried chicken. The chain expanded rapidly, operating about 1,700 outlets nationwide at its peak.
TIL that the inventor of Korean fried chicken got his sucess via a restaurant chain called Mexican Chicken