Nando's was founded in 1987 in Rosettenville, a suburb of Johannesburg. The restaurant serves Mozambique-Portuguese style cuisine and is famous for its peri peri spiced chicken.
2. Bristol, UK
Answer: Las Iguanas
Las Iguanas was founded by Eren Ali and Ajith Jaya-Wickrema in 1991. The restaurant specialises in Latin and South American cuisine. In 2003, the chain bought a Cachaça sugar distillery in Brazil and now makes and serves its own brand of Cachaça spirit.
3. Tokyo, Japan
Answer: Yoshinoya
The first Yoshinoya was located in the Nihonbashi fish market in Tokyo and opened in 1899. The chain spread throughout Japan and further afield with the first US outlet opened in 1975 in Colorado. The restaurant is famous for its Gyūdon or beef bowls, a Japanese dish consisting of rice topped with beef and onions cooked in a sauce.
4. Arlington, Virginia, USA
Answer: Five Guys
Five Guys was founded by Janie and Jerry Murrell in 1986. The couple had four sons at the time who, along with Jerry, were the 'five guys' of the restaurant name. The couple subsequently had a fifth son and the restaurant chain is still run by the five Murrell sons. The restaurant serves hamburgers and fries.
5. Busan, South Korea
Answer: Bonchon Chicken
Bonchon Chicken started in 2002 in the South Korean city of Busan. The restaurant serves fried chicken coated in a variety of Korean style sauces. The chain has spread throughout parts of Southeast Asia and to the USA.
6. Tampa, Florida, USA
Answer: Outback Steakhouse
Outback Steakhouse is an Australian-themed chain of steak restaurants that started in Tampa, Florida in 1988. In 2015, there were 978 Outback Steakhouses located in the USA, South America, Asia, Australia, the Caribbean and the UK.
7. Taiwan
Answer: Din Tai Fung
Din Tai Fung started off as a retailer of cooking oil and was founded by Yang Bingy and his wife Lai Penmei in 1958 in Taiwan. Once tinned cooking oil became widely available in the 1980s there was much less demand for the oil supplied by Din Tai Fung. To keep the business profitable Yang and his wife started making steamed dumplings called xiaolongbao, these proved so popular that they stopped selling oil and became solely focused on the xiaolongbao restaurant.
The chain has branches throughout Asia, the USA and Australia.
8. Carlton, Melbourne, Australia
Answer: La Porchetta
La Porchetta is an Italian restaurant chain in Australia and New Zealand. The chain was founded by Rocco Pantaleo, an Italian who had emigrated to Australia, and Felice Nania when they took over a Pizzeria in Carlton, a suburb of Melbourne.
9. London, UK
Answer: Pizza Express
Pizza Express was founded in 1965 after Peter Boizot brought a traditional pizza oven back to London after a trip to Naples. The restaurant mainly serves Italian style pizzas although it does offer a few other Italian-style dishes including pasta, risotto and salad.
10. Denver, Colorado, USA
Answer: Chipotle Mexican Grill
Chipotle Mexican Grill is a chain of restaurants that serves Mexican cuisine, particularly burritos and tacos. It is named after the chipotle chili, a type of smoke-dried jalapeño whose name derives from the Nahuatl word chilpoctli, meaning smoked chili. Chipotle Mexican Grill was founded by Steve Ellis in Denver in 1993.
The chain has locations in the USA and Canada as well is in parts of Europe.
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