By Jon Dunbar
FRYb, a small restaurant just south of Quy Nhon-gil in Seoul’s Itaewon district, describes itself as an “American Fried Bistro”.
However, members of the local Filipino community have noticed something else about it.
Perhaps it is the lower case “b” in “FRYb”, which officially stands for “bistro” but somewhat evokes the name of the Filipino fast-food chain Jollibee.
Not many would dispute fried chicken’s American origin, but a few distinct features in FRYb’s menu reveal that this is American food brought to you via the Philippines.