Restaurant chain from Vegas opens new location here

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Las Vegas-based restaurant chain CrunCheese Korean Hot Dog has opened its first Florida location at Waterford Lakes Town Center in Orlando.

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CrunCheese offers a twist on the traditional American corn dog: The base of the CrunCheese dog is either sausage, cheese, rice cake, or half-sausage and half-cheese. The dogs are coated in batters including panko, a squid ink batter or a panko batter with potato cubes. Toppings include a garlic Parmesan sauce, cheese mustard, or hot sauce.

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The Waterford Lakes location at 465 N. Alafaya Trail was a perfect choice, said Orlando franchise co-owner Danny Huang, because it’s close to the University of Central Florida while having the foot traffic of a large shopping complex.

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