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Extreme Job (극한직업)

Film · 2019

A narcotics squad goes undercover running a fried chicken shop — and accidentally creates a hit: Suwon-style wang-galbi fried chicken, glazed with rib marinade. One of Korea's biggest box-office comedies ever, it sent real chicken shops scrambling to add galbi chicken to their menus.

Foods seen in Extreme Job

Wang-galbi fried chicken

01 · Wang-galbi fried chicken 왕갈비통닭

Plot centerpiece

Fried chicken brushed with Suwon-style galbi marinade — the fictional dish that became a real menu item nationwide.

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The scene → Related: Korean Fried Chicken

Famous food scenes

왕갈비통닭 · Wang-galbi fried chicken The Wang-Galbi Chicken An undercover narcotics squad's fried-chicken front becomes an accidental sensation when one detective glazes the birds …

Filming locations

Suwon 'Chicken Street' (Tongdak Alley) · Suwon, Gyeonggi — The film's galbi-chicken idea traces to Suwon, whose decades-old fried-chicken alley now serves galbi-marinade chicken to film fans.

✓ Verified — editorial research · LA Review of Books — Korea Blog ↗

How to experience it

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