NeNe Chicken isn't riffing on a popular song from a few years back - the name "Ne Ne" translates as "Yes Yes" - it's the first North American franchise of a popular Korean fried chicken spot that started over two decades ago.
Launched in May 1999 in South Korean, NeNe has since grown to over 900 restaurants globally to include outposts in Australia, the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore. Now the franchise is slinging fried chicken in Canada, with its newest location in Vancouver, at 1070 Kingsway.
The menu centres on fried chicken, available in pieces and in loaded burgers.
NeNe's fried chicken pieces comes in an array of flavours, from the straightforward original to what they call "Freaking Hot" for heat-seekers. They also do "snowing cheese" and "snowing chili" where the hot fried chicken is topped with cheese powder. NeNe also has soy garlic and green onion flavours for the fried chicken pieces.
Fried chicken can also be ordered up in half-and-half combos, if you can't settle on just one style, or you can get pieces in combos with a drink and sides like fries, onion rings, or slaw.
Burgers at NeNe are done up in all sorts of flavour combos, like "Mexi - Salsa," "Hawaiian," or even a fiery "Hot - Bling" version, for those in need of some spice.
NeNe officially opened to the public Wednesday, and is open Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 9 p.m. Online ordering is available from third party apps Skip The Dishes, UberEats, and DoorDash.
Check out a few snaps from NeNe Chicken in Vancouver:
