Spring chicken from Arnold’s Fried Chicken. Essentially a one-way ticket to Facial Liu Sha Bao Station on the Fatsville Line but dang, it was an epic and memorable journey. The crispy and phenomenally tasty skin was the obvious star of the show, like KFC chicken skin undergone a flavour mega…
Chicken karaage ramen burger. Essentially the love child of a female Singaporean-Japanese ramen and a male American hairy-legged burger who goes for spin classes at the gym. The ramen patties tasted like an interesting crossover between mee goreng and eggy carrot cake, while the chicken karaage was tender and juicy,…
“Foot-long” fried karaage chicken & waffles. The white Béchamel sauce reminded me of the vanilla cream in the middle of those long buns we used to get from neighbourhood bakeries, and it went well with the rather dry pancake-esque waffles. The chicken karaage should give tuition to other joints serving fried…
Andong JJimdak 안동찜닭 – braised chicken leg, root vegetables, and glass noodles with Andong spicy soy sauce. The chicken may be softer and chewier than a baby’s bottom (does this mean you go around gnawing baby butts? – Editor) but the real star is the gravy, which is comforting like…
Secret Thai Chilli Chicken and Goddess Chicken. At the soft launch of The Betterfield, a cafe-bistro concept that serves coffee and cafe fare. I preferred the Secret Thai Chilli Chicken – the sauce is thick, limey, spicy and sweet, and coats the chicken very nicely. 3.8/5 The Goddess Chicken is…
Teriyaki Chicken Aglio Olio. The enjoyably sweet teriyaki chicken went surprisingly well with the salty spiciness of the pasta, and I was sufficiently distracted from the fact that chicken is merely the kept woman of aglio olio whilst his prawny soulmate was away for work. I wanted to say that…
Spicy chicken nanban. A Singapore-exclusive item, and essentially the concept of “dish localization” executed to perfection. The spiciness doesn’t just dwell in the sauce – it looks all creamy and harmless but oh, boy – but also in the chicken’s marinate. Thus, it’s spicy inside out yet restrained enough that…
Crispy chicken skin. Essentially the best bits from fried chicken minus the tedium of having to actually finish off the meat. Each individual piece is darned crispy and comes with a bit of meat and just a bit of fat, so it’s less KFC and more Har Cheong Gai-esque. Worthy…
Chicken aglio olio – linguine tossed with olive oil, garlic and fresh red chilli. Like the bespectacled geek with the decent face that you firmly believe has the potential to be the sort of stuff salivated over and reblogged on Tumblr…provided he went to the gym. The chicken was nicely…