Rejoice, rejoice: the king of pork buns is deciding to reign over fried chicken as well. And all was good, as we think they say in the Bible.
David Chang dropped his announcement at this year’s SXSW keynote address, reports Eater. The restaurant will be called Fuku and take over the former digs at Momofuku Ko in Manhattan.
Coming soon pic.twitter.com/5xzjaQn2Q0
— Dave Chang (@davidchang) March 14, 2015
And uh, it sounds freaking delicious. From Eater:
He cites both Chick-Fil-A and In-N-Out as inspiration, noting that the first meal he had when he got into Austin was Chick-Fil-A. “We thought about taking both and merging them into one sandwich,” he says. “No one ever thought to do that. [What if you could] ask for spicy chicken Animal-style?”
Let’s just ponder what a fried chicken sandwich Animal-style would really look like, and weep with joy. Guess that explains all the experiments with “ramen fried chicken.”
Eater also says there is a mobile app similar to Taco Bell’s in development as well, which we can’t really wrap our brains around but WHO CARES FRIED CHICKEN.
No word yet on Fuku’s timeline to open; but, evidently, Chang dropped some other nuggets of wisdom while everyone at SXSW drooled over fried chicken.
"I don't think any food is worth waiting in line, even mine. Except for @FranklinBbq" – @davidchang #sxsw #momotech pic.twitter.com/VJuDvqzrPW
— A Taste of Koko (@atasteofkoko) March 14, 2015
"What if Denny's was genuinely where people wanted to go?" @davidchang "That's where I'm at in terms of food." #SXSW
— kerry diamond (@kerrydiamond) March 14, 2015
"We need to teach people how to cook again." @davidchang #SXSW
— kerry diamond (@kerrydiamond) March 14, 2015
'Failure is exciting. Failure is awesome'. @davidchang #sxsw @MaxusGlobal
— Angela Jones (@Girloverseas) March 14, 2015
"Innovation gets lost if not mixed with enough craftsmanship." David Chang speaks about technology on food and dining #tbwasxsw #Sxsw
— Racontr (@racontr) March 15, 2015
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