Meet Momofuku mastermind, David Chang's new fast food brand Fuku, along with its star dish: the $8 spicy fried chicken sandwich.

This isn't any normal fried chicken sandwich. The chicken is sustainably sourced from small farms, and each element bears the Chang hallmark from the butter laced with fermented-chickpea flavor - developed in Chang’s culinary lab - to the steamed Martin’s potato roll. The small Fuku - in the former Momofuku Ko space - has only standing room available, and is only open for lunch from Wednesday to Sunday and dinner Friday and Saturdays. The small menu includes another off-menu chicken sandwich - the Koreano topped with julienned daikon radish - as well as steak fries and a seasonal vegetable salad. Interestingly, they have a liquor license and serve a bunch of fun cocktails.

This original incarnation of Fuku is a test site for the bigger concept, with branches and concessions popping up elsewhere on the East Coast. Chang has already rolled out Fuku delivery via app Caviar Manhattan. Fuku is, in his words, “our attempt to sort of honor the great fried-chicken places and fast-food concepts out there, to do our version of that, and hopefully, to make it better."

You can also get your Fuku fix to-go next time you're at Madison Square Garden. Fuku at the Garden offers the spicy fried chicken sandwich, plus fries and Milk Bar cookies. The stand is located in the SAP Madison Concourse on the sixth floor, and it's David Chang's first foray into stadium cuisine.

Ideal For

Eating gastro on the go

Signature Dishes

The Fuku spicy fried chicken sandwich with steamed bun and pickles

Signature Drinks

A michelada served in a Tecate can, the aluminium top slathered in the Momofuku-brand Ssäm sauce and rimmed with spiced salt