TacoCat's TrEats #4: Singaporean Fried Chicken 🍗

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I think the one thing I really miss about Singapore (other than all our local hawker food) is fried chicken! We never expected there to be no KFC here in Finland, which is really strange. In Singapore we have so many KFC outlets that we just assumed a big country like Finland would have at least a few.

Personally, chicken is my favourite type of meat and I like crispy stuff so I've really been craving fried chicken for a while (despite the fact that I don't eat it that often back home). Singapore has so many different types of fried chicken, and so many different restaurant chains that we kind of take it for granted. Maybe I'll post about all those different restaurant chains another time, but today I want to talk about the "lesser known" fried chicken sources we have in Singapore.

1 ) Har Cheong Gai 虾酱鸡

Literally, "shrimp paste chicken", har cheong gai is probably one of the most popular fried chicken dishes in Singapore. It is made with fermented shrimp paste and a whole host of other spices and ingredients which include chinese wine, white pepper, garlic, ginger, etc.

Har cheong gai can typically be found in normal hawker centres from the Tzi Char stalls, with prices that can range from $8-$12 (for 6-8 wings). It's one of my favourite dishes to order when eating tzi char but since it's quite pricey (and unhealthy), I only eat it when I'm craving it.

2 ) Old Chang Kee

Old Chang Kee is renowned for their curry puffs (Curry' O), which is arguably #1 in Singapore, with a long history from 1956. However, Old Chang Kee also sells a myriad of other fried stuff like fishballs, gyoza, spring rolls and more.

Normally, I'd only buy their curry puffs but the other day I just wanted a singular piece of chicken so I tried their fried chicken wing and it was surprisingly good and very crispy! Their secret batter is actually really tasty, and it could probably rival that of KFC, but with less flour. From what I remember the wing was fairly pricey, at around $1.80, but it was pretty big for 1 wing so it's still okay I guess.

3 ) Yon Yan 永焱

I haven't tried this one yet, but I've read many many posts online saying that it's good, and upon reading that even PM Lee queued for 30 min for their fried chicken, I'm quite curious as to how good it really is.

Their old stall was located at Redhill, which was where PM Lee was cited queuing for it. Since then, they've relocated to West Coast Market Square in Clementi West (S120726).

They also sell economic bee hoon (at $0.60!), but their previously priced $1.20 chicken wings has increased to $1.40 each. It's kinda steep, but still cheaper than the Old Chang Kee ones. Regardless, I read that people queue up to buy the chicken wings by the dozen! (Man, the money people will spend on food here) It must be pretty good, so I'm excited to go back and try it for myself. 😋

Hope I didn't clog your arteries with this post (hehe)!
Where do you typically go to get your fried chicken fix?

Thanks for reading!

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TacoCat's TrEats #3: Singaporean food in Helsinki! 🍲