I went to order a 30 piece wing meal. I was informed that if I want more than one flavor then the split has to be exactly half. I asked if I could do 10 in one flavor and 20 in another. The answer was NO. That's petty. The meal costs $45. All I wanted was two flavors. Their spicy wings are too spicy for the kiddos but perfect for the missus and I. The chicken tastes great here but if I'm going to spend that on an order I need more flexibility otherwise I'm choosing Wingstop or someplace else not as tasty but way more accommodating. read more

Small 10 piece half half wings Takoyaki Seasoned fries Wings- half red chili and half soy garlic. The limited time red chili has a little bit of spice that quickly disappears. The soy garlic was tastier but a touch salty. Good chicken wings. Takoyaki with a tiny bit of octopus and 90% filling Fries - good and crispy read more

I've been to different Bonchons (one in South San Francisco and one in the Philippines ) and they don't disappoint. Although the Bonchon in the Philippines offer more in their menu. We ordered the lunch special combo half and half. I gotta warn you, their spicy is really spicy! I love spicy food but I cried eating their spicy wings. So just keep that in mind when you order. Their takoyaki was good! But I wish it had more sauce. Also, I wish their wings came with a dip or something. I think that would be nice with ranch. The seasoned fries are very good! One of the best fries I've ever had. Their pork bun is amazing!! I highly recommend! The bread is soooo soft and the pork is so tasty! Their udon is also good! The place is very clean! They sanitize everything and follow social distancing. The workers are extremely nice! They kept checking in on us. Overall, a pleasant experience. Will definitely come back again but will stay away from the spicy chicken. read more

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Will have to hand to Bonchon for recognizing AZ as an up and coming state for the food scene. I'll be honest it's been boring the past few years cause getting a new restaurant/chain would be a big deal here and opening a Bonchon definitely surprised me. There's a saying that "Arizona is becoming Cali" / "All the restaurants from Cali are coming to AZ" is slowly becoming a reality. This is a huge step right after Gen and Zero Degrees opening and is happy to see that we can have a dedicated KFC spot. The baos are good and will have to say I understand that this just opened but it was overly cooked and soggy. Soggy buns no fun. Thank you to Trong and Nathan for taking care of my large party! I'll give it a few more weeks to work out all the typical kinks a newly opened restaurant to be solved read more

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Not at all like others I have been to. They deep fried items that were supposed to be pan fried. Really no flavor in the meat. One and done. Will never visit another location again. read more

Ah, Bonchon! Where do I start? All you have to say to me is "Korean fried chicken" and I'm there! I initially went during their first three weeks of opening so it was slightly chaotic and disorganized but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. The space of the restaurant is an odd shape but I feel like they do the best they can to customize the table size, which was smart for the design. The wait was also a little crazy but if there is a not wait, is the food even that good? I've been a total of two or three times and I've concluded that I would only go here for the chicken. Everything else is mediocre but the chicken is pretty excellent. The batter on the chicken is the perfect crisp and has great flavor! There are two flavors, a soy based one and a spicy one. From my friends who ate the spicy one, they said the spicy kind was certainly just that. Chicken options include wings, drumsticks or both. If you opt for the wings, note that it constitutes the drummette and the wing. So, if you're one who likes the wing of the wing, you get half of what is specified on the menu. You can also order drumsticks. Either way, the chicken are decent size and definitely be the only thing you eat to feel satisfied. We also ordered japchae, fried rice and bulgogi tacos. Like I said earlier, they were alright but I don't think any of it was stellar. The chicken is worth the wait. This wouldn't be a place I would go to all the time but a place that I probably wouldn't say no to. read more

Bonchon Tempe - Chicken wings! Look at that crispy skin! - Chicken Wings Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

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Updating my review, I'm a little late on this platform, but just want to call out Jessica the manager for solving the issue. She granted my refund, and they are working with the 3rd party deliver drivers to be more accountable. This situation did sit on DoorDash failing the restaurant and myself in the failed delivery and customer service. I was able to try the food and chicken was great. The doughnuts were the winner. read more

***rating 3.40*** Took awhile to come in and try this place. I have had Bonchon before in other states. So I kinda knew what to expect. Expectations was not overtly high. Large parking lot. Came on Friday night 8p. Had to wait for about 10-15m to get a table. Ordered: Just spicy wings 10 pieces. Price: $12 for 10 wings Taste: Like the fried and flavor of the outer skin. There is somewhat of a kick with the spicy wings, but tolerable. However, some of the wings, in the center or actual meat was dried. No flavor in the chicken, just main;y on the skin/crust. Also wings are on the smaller side. -Radish pickle was fine and what I prefer with the wings. I tried the soy garlic before in past, and was not a fan, so didn't even bother ordering it. Ordered: Bull Dak Price: $14 Comes with 1 bowl of rice, which may appear to be not enough rice to dish ratio. This was spicier than the wings. 3 rice cake in the fish. Chicken was basic. Sauce mainly the hot pepper paste plus a little something. Does go well with rice. OK dish, but not ok for the price. Server was friendly. Pretty quick to order Food didn't arrive as fast I would've like. Took maybe 20-25mins. Seating: Moderate amount of seating, but busy at dinner time. Prefer: Po Chicken (bigger juicy and wet/messy sauce wings) to Bonchon (drier sauce/glazed wings) read more

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Bonchon Arrived for lunch around 12:30 pm, ordered combo of wings and drumsticks in soy garlic sauce along with an order of Bulgogi. Restaurant was pretty full for a Monday lunch time, took our order right away and then waited and waited for our food. If you are on lunch from work the wait for food will kill your hour lunch and then some. Took 45 minutes to get the chicken, Bulgogi was 55 minutes. Then waited for our bill, total time from sitting down to leaving - 1 hour 25 minutes, for 2 entrees!! I understand that this is a newly opened restaurant, but one of the workers was working his tail off, while ours was just over whelmed. Good size variety of dishes and a big size menu. The garlic soy chicken is very good, wings are good size, drumsticks are very big The Bulgogi is bland and would not recommend, need some Bulgogi marination sauce on the meat. Says it is marinated in a homemade sauce, must of missed marination on this skillet. Even though it came on a metal skillet, I swear it seemed like it was boiled or steamed, probably the worst tasteless Bulgogi I have ever had! Seriously, did not want to eat anymore, made a doggie bag with the remaining rice, took it home and fed it to my dog. Overall, I really liked the Korean Soy Garlic chicken, stay away from the Bulgogi and they were either under staffed or the help was horrible. Come on 1.5 hours to eat here is unacceptable. read more

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Fried chicken was amazing and Udon was nicely prepared. Food and service was great overall. Will definitely be going back. read more

Bonchon Tempe - Udon Noodle Soup with bulgogi, Pickled Radish, Fried Chicken Combo with a side of fried tofu. - Chicken Wings Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

This is what happens when you become a regular customer. I can't say enough about their excellent service, the quality of their food (not even COVID got in the way) Always attentive, food comes out at a reasonable time, fresh and tasty as always. They are the perfect example of what good customer service is. Keep up the great job and amazing food. read more

Bonchon Tempe - My usual delicious soy garlic wings! - Chicken Wings Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

This place was amazing!!! Absolute delicious wings. Crispy. Flavorful. We got 15 soy and 15 hot. And we couldn't leave out some French fires. Everything was delicious. We will be back !! read more

I've been to the Bonchon in San Jose so I was excited to hear there was one in Tempe. We dined during lunch on a weekend. We were seated right away but unfortunately it was a table by the bathrooms and the kitchen. We asked to be moved but they said they were holding the other table just in case a big party arrives. We ordered the buns and the fried chicken combo with spicy and soy garlic and pickled radish. The buns came 3 to an order, a little difficult if there are 2 people dining. The buns were nice and soft and I liked the cucumber and cole slaw with it. The fried chicken as nice and crunchy like fried chicken should be. The spicy had a kick but not overwhelming. Our favorite was the soy ginger, it was a little sweet and salty. Service was attentive and quick. The dining chairs were not comfortable or very sturdy and I saw a little girl slide off. The have take-out service. read more

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Delicious! Fast, friendly service very attentive. The pork belly is a must try I went to sleep dreaming of these succulent little pillow heaven bites and woke up with them heavily on my mind. Delicious barely does this place justice it is a must try in the East valley. We will be back soon one of our new favorite spots. read more

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Food was AMAZING!! Has the spicy fried chicken , fried rice , & baos, very tasty food however the service was very bad. I'd go back to get take out but there was 2 servers and it wasn't busy and once they dropped the food off no one came to check on us , since the spicy flavor did spice we wanted some waters and they never brought them and every time we tried to call them we were being ignored , we ended up asking for a check and a water again because we were spiced and finally it came after asking 3 times lmao. Food 10/10, service 2/10 needs work read more

They're open for indoor dining again!! Yay! We got it to go plenty of times but the chicken just didn't have the same crunch as it does when you eat it fresh inside the restaurant. Menu was condensed and the salmon ball is gone. We were disappointed because that was our fav starter. But the chicken was still delicious. read more

My family and I used to come here many times, we were never disappointed. Food was always amazing and service was always perfect. Unfortunately today was just a disaster. We had all ordered our food and most of the appetizer or side dishes we want were no longer available so that was a disappointment. After that we had ordered our food and also ordered some chicken to go. The server then comes out to tell us that if we still wanted our to go orders, it would take over an hour to cook, so we canceled those orders. They brought out a stack of cups for us, but half the cups were still dirty and one had dish water still in it. Our food took over an hour to come out, overall, it was a terrible experience. On top of that, there were only 5 of us and they automatically included gratuity. The server did the best he could with what was given to him, but the girl in the back made this hostile comment towards him which made it uncomfortable. read more

The chicken is awesome, service is good. The chicken with bone and boneless are on point with the crispiness and flavor. I prefer the spicy sauce. (You may have to ask for Ranch) The coleslaw is good as well. Tried the Pork Buns (Pork Belly Steamed Buns) Great flavor, I just wish there was more filling cause the bun to filling ratio is off. All in all, I like this place and will keep returning. read more

Bonchon Tempe - Pork Buns (Pork Belly Steamed Buns) - Chicken Wings Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

I can't believe I haven't written a review for Bonchon. Been here four times. Twice in-house and twice To Go. Anyhow, one of my favorite Korean spots and one of the best Korean fried chicken wing in town Last time I ordered out and we had the Korean Soy Garlic Chicken wings. 20 count and sometimes we order even more when we have bigger parties. They are the best. It's so crispy yet moist inside and really like the soy garlic sauce on top. It's not spicy cause we have people who really are not spicy lovers. I can do both but soy garlic is very good. We always get the Japchae. One of my favorite and my wife loves it too. Usually don't find many dishes with the clear noodles and enjoy the veggies and beef. Then we get the Bobimbap. Another one of our Korean favorites. Rice bowl with all the veggies is so good. I added chicken this time and very good. Since my daughter joined us this time I was able to order a spicy dish and we got the Korean Spicy Chicken tacos. Just love it and it really opens your nostrils up. Just enough spices. So good. Anyhow, when they are open we love to dine-in. Totally different experience but it's understandable. The food is great whenever we are craving for Korean food but really Korean chicken wings. We will be back again soon. Enjoy we sure do. read more

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O.M.G. I had heard about Korean fried Chicken but never had it until today and I feel I will be forever changed. The food here was fabulous, truly. I could not get over how crispy the chicken was and that's on top of the incredible flavor. I've never had crispier wings or chicken pieces anywhere. We got the combo platter with wings and drumsticks (half spicy) with a side of coleslaw, seasoned fries and an order of pork buns. All of it was just amazing. My only complaint is that it's 31 miles from my house and I pray in the future the west side of Phoenix will get a location of this franchise! read more

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I have always enjoyed Bonchon's but the last 2 times their wings were awful. They were over cooked and no favor. The rice was mousy second time we order their spiced frys for $8.00 and they were as if they were at the end of the bags and very over cooked and hard. We order 10 barbecue and 10 hot could not tell the difference and they were as hard as a rock. So surprised and disappointed...have they change owners or cook?. read more

My buddy has been talking about this place for months. I finally had the chance to have lunch there with him. It didn't disappoint. I threw down some delicious wings and pork buns, which I never heard of until today. They are so good. Looking forward to going back and trying sone other items from their menu. #DukeOfEats read more

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I really like the chicken from here - super crispy. However, I do believe they use MSG which is not ideal. Would go back again! (Had delivered via Uber Eats) read more

Food was amazing feels like it only gets better every time I come back! Service was exceptional very attentive and friendly! Thank you bonchon! read more

Always super friendly staff and amazing food. Literally is great every single time and I'll be here faithfully for as long as they're open!

Only had the wings. They are top 3 in the city. And they are not number 3. Was ordering on Uber eats. Better in person when they are fresh

Talk about a great story. Bonchon was recommended by a good friend at work, she was correct, the food was great. If she mentioned I should take the order to go, the review might have been a five star review. In my infinite wisdom, I decided to dine in and the result was an absolutely ridiculous story I will never live down. I decided to join a friend from work and eat a lunch at Bonchon. We walked in, the place was clean, had enough seating, and the fried chicken aroma in the place was stellar. I was hungry, didn't have a meeting for another hour, and was pretty excited to give this place a try. I go to the restroom, wash my hands and return to the table. My friend ordered a soda, we had menus, so far so good. Waitress comes back 10 minutes later to ask what I want to drink. I order a water to drink. We put in an order for the lunch chicken strips and some fries. Half Korean BBQ half spicy. One order seasoned on regular fry. Nothing crazy. Our fries come out, one goes back because they are both seasoned fries. Waitress brings my fries and spills the ketchup directly on my shirt and pants. I get some napkins from the waitress and wipe up the ketchup from my clothes, phone, table, floor, this stuff is absolutely everywhere. It is comical how much ketchup came out of this cup. Thing is like a clown car. Whatever, it happens. I go to the restroom and wash up my hands. I come back and need to ask for another ketchup for the fries. I wore all of mine. Chicken strips show up. First order half and half, give it to my buddy. The second order comes out five minutes later, half in half. Solid. I then realize half the people look absolutely livid when we get our food. I watch a couple of to-go orders go out. The place has a table of five, three tables of two, a table with a guy sitting alone, nothing crazy. Nobody has food. They ring a bell on the counter every time a to-go order goes out. Dude sitting alone gets a beer, his food shows up. Table of five are looking a bit upset. Other folks food begins getting to them. A lot of orders are incorrect and go back. Not a good look. They drop some sides off to the table of five, at this point I am half way through my food and out of water. Waitress is handing out to-go orders and seating folks. She looks absolutely overwhelmed and out of her element. That bell is absolutely getting hammered. Bags of to-go food are flying out of this kitchen. I find out spicy tenders at this place are 9/10 crazy hot. My mouth is on fire, I need some water, I consider drinking ketchup from the new clown car cup. I am out of fries. I get some water 10 minutes later and start working on my food again. I get through a few more tenders but good lord these things are unreal. I know there is no chance at getting water in time to eat the rest of the food and make the meeting. We ask for a check and water. We get the water, no check. We ask for the check two more times. While I wait I talk to the folks at the table of five. They arrived an hour ago, got three people sides, and never got any more food. One of the cooks comes out, starts running tables, and puts the waitress in the kitchen. Guess I am not getting the check. I have never in my life seen that happen, I eat out daily and have for 15 years. The cook apologizes to the table, say the food will be out soon. Naturally the table of five asks how soon, five minutes tops. They reluctantly agree. I ask for a check again. New waiter, we might get lucky. I sit and wait for my check, the couples that came and sat down get their food. The people at the five person table start laughing every time someone gets their food. They ordered the same food. Absolutely wild. Food is going out of this kitchen, bells getting hammer, they are absolutely losing it with laughter. I feel their pain but understand the humor. I start to consider leaving cash and walking out. We are running out of time. I finally get my check 15 minutes later, from the new cook waiter, I am late to this meeting. No way to make it on time. No food for table five, 15 minutes into 5 five more minutes. As we pay our check, I ask him what's going on with table of 5. Waiter cook tells me that they will discount the meal. I mention the "discount meal" should be covered 100%. He says they can't do it, manager would never allow that. I actually laughed out loud, unreal. Waiter cook dips out for another to-go order and run the card up front, more table five laughter. I go up to get change for a $20. I come back, the remaining tender is gone. Table five no food. I am wearing ketchup stains, but hey the stains dried, and we are now late to the meeting. We walk out the door to the bell ringing for to-go food... on maybe it is table of fives food. My buddy hands me his half eaten container of ketchup. I walk in the meeting late, one of the guys says "Nice, did you decide to wear lunch?" I said "Yep." He wishes me Happy Birthday. I say thanks. I recommend him Bonchon read more

First time here and never coming back. Had a table of 5 and spent over an hour and a half waiting for our food while the rest of the restaurant was seated served and left. You could tell they weren't used to being busy and no one wanted to serve because how awkward it was and blamed everything on the kitchen. We had to say we were missing things 5 times and when we finally got it we left it because it was bad. The 3rd server that came out after the others disappeared was very friendly and apologetic but after almost 2 hours of a bad experience they only gave us a "friend's and family "20% off. read more

We were craving something Asian and came across this place on Yelp. We've had a good experience with Korean Fried Chicken in Georgia so decided to grab some chicken here. I think there's still a soft opening here since their soft opening sign is up. The place is a decent medium size with a more modern look to it and American pop music playing over the speakers. The servers are very friendly and polite. Now, let's talk about the food. My SO and I ordered 10 soy garlic wings, takoyaki, and a salmon avocado ball for lunch. The soy garlic wings are delicious-flavorful, but the sauce-to-wing ratio was a bit off. Because the wings were so meaty, there was no sauce of flavor by the time I bit into the middle of the wings. I'd recommend a dipping sauce on the side or a heavier drizzle of soy garlic sauce to remedy the blandness in the middle. The wings were crispy though and definitely my favorite dish out of everything we ate. The takoyaki dish came with 6 takoyaki balls on a small bed of lettuce or cabbage. It was decent-there wasn't much octopus in the middle so this was our least favorite dish and we probably won't get the takoyaki again. On the other hand, the salmon avocado ball is AMAZING and keto-friendly. It's a ball of seared salmon with an avocado, crab mix, mayo, and cucumber mixture in the middle. It was a good portion, especially with it costing about $10.95. The salmon was fresh, and the dish was overall simply refreshing. I would get this dish next time! We will definitely come back here for our Korean fried chicken craving! FYI- The company says that "Bonchon" means "My Hometown" in Korean. read more

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I placed an order for half soy garlic and half spicy wings, seasoned fries, and coleslaw. I received all cold spicy wings, cold fries and no coleslaw. I called back and spoke with the owner very nice lady who got my name and said she'd replace the order because the girl doesn't know what she's doing. Ooookaaayyy. So I called to place the comp order and they said the owner is only there sometimes and they don't have any information on that. The guy I spoke with was very nice, his name was Josh. However, I ended up paying for the order. My orders sat there on a counter forever before she realized it was there and I ended up with cold food AGAIN! I was a pretty faithful customer but I am so disappointed with them I may never go back. read more

One of our favorite places to eat! The food is always good. Our wait time is minimal and the atmosphere is chill. Love, Bonchon! read more

Bonchon Tempe - Bonchon addiction - Chicken Wings Near Me - Tempe, Arizona

Chicken legs were huge today and not very flavorful like I have experienced in the past. The guy who was running the front alone gave great service and was nice. the young lady came in clocked in and immediately began rubbing her nose and touching the menus and registers never once after she went in and out touching the door handles never used sanitizer. I will not be going back waste of 23$ for lunch. read more

I am giving 5 stars, because I love Korean fried chicken (KFC). Overall, the food was 4 star with KFC 5 stars. I first fell in love with KFC at Bonchon Manhattan and have since eaten KFC at various locations and cities. This location is not quite as good as Manhattan but the KFC is a MUST HAVE if you have never had it. The bulgogi is 3 Star, not great, and that is disappointing. The fried rice was not good and had weird flavor, 2star. read more

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As of 1/2/23: The food here has improved immensely since my last review. I haven't ordered the other menu items (ddubokki and udon) but the chicken tasted delicious. I managed to get back here twice because friends were insistent on dining here. I did not regret coming either time! Thanks Bonchon for restoring my faith in your franchise and specifically, this Tempe location. read more

Good Day, I reside in Phoenix, Arizona. I have heard plenty of great things about Bonchon. I decided to finally give it a try and I took a date to the Tempe location. The food was amazing, but the service was abysmal. I understand the popularity of Bonchon and maybe short staff might cause some longer wait times, but the customer service and speed of service at the Tempe location completely ruined my first Bonchon experience. At first, we were greeted within 2 minutes at the door. Waited 5m to get seated (even though it there was plenty of open tables). Once we got seated, we ordered ice water and few drinks. The water came with no ice but much to our surprise everyone around us had fresh ice water. Once we got settled in with our drinks, Anu was very kind and sweet. She took our order and was very patient. We informed her it was our first time and we are rookies. Once the order was taken, we were only checked on one time. We ordered these delicious starters (potstickers I believe), but they didn't arrive at the start. Our starter arrived with everything else. The spicy sauce is actually spicy as heck! Delicious flavor, but we underestimated the spice level. I only had my water refilled one time and my date only had her drink refilled once. I continued to make eye contact with the staff and manager with no service. I gave up about half way through my dinner because, without water and proper service/attention that customers deserve, I couldn't enjoy the deliciousness. Since I worked in the service industry for a decade in the past, I don't provide this type of feedback often. Once again, the cooks did amazing with the food. Food was very delicious and I would recommend the food, but I wouldn't recommend this Tempe location due to the horrible service. You could tell that they prioritized to-go orders vs dine in customers. Please help improve the locations we have in Arizona. Well at least this location. I'm not sure if I'm the only one who provided this feedback towards this location's service recently, but it definitely ruined my overall first experience with Bonchon. Thanks for your time read more

Ok...so first we fell in love with the Japchae, which we dove into. Savory, tender pieces of beef, glass noodles, and tons of veggies. The dish is decadent and more than enough for two people! But no...we also ordered the medium combo of drumsticks and wings...with the soy garlic sauce. You can also order it it spicy but I am a wimp! How to describe the chicken; first it takes time! The menu says about 30 minutes and no wonder. Cooked to perfection with a delicate crust that almost melts in your mouth. Not like American fried chicken at all! When someone asks about fried chicken, gonna have to refer them here! We also had a side of cole slaw, which was creamy and not sweet...yummy! Wife had the pickled radish, which she loved. I also ordered a side of rice...not needed! Great meal and we will be regulars! Want to add one more note: they've been open a couple of weeks...working through their soft opening. Staff is learning and challenges are being worked out. I say this because there are those who will expect perfection day one and restaurants don't work this way. We experienced no issues during our visit and found everyone to be friendly and helpful. read more

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My family and I love this place. Food comes in big portions and it's delicious. We never really have to wait either. Service is good.

Very nice new modern Korean barbecue hotspot. I can't seem to get enough of this place. The wings I think are the best in the business. Very distinctive. I use it as a treat for myself :) for good workout week and celebrations. And to impress some friends. My friends would ask what was the name of that place you took us to for Wings or where did you get those wings from at my workplace Lol. The service is good coupled with great food and good atmosphere. Great for lunch and dinner or to catch a game at the bar. Their drinks taste real smooth too ;) read more

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Really enjoy the food here! Have always done takeout, so I'm not sure about dine-in.

The food was hot and crispy and fresh. The flavor here is incredible I love every single dish i got read more

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