Gangnam Spice: Korean Fried Chicken In Jamaica Plain. A truck specializing in Seoul-inspired street foods gets its first brik-and-mortar.

Korean food from the Gangnam Spice restaurant

Husband-wife owners Richard Kim and Jiyeon Lee don’t come from the restaurant world. He was a mathematician working in AI; she was a beautician. Friends who enjoyed her home cooking encouraged them to start a business, leading to a food truck in 2024 and later their brick-and-mortar in Jamaica Plain.