Posted on 05/08/2021 6:43:33 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Talking Point host Steven Chia puts his health on the line again, this time as he digs into Singapore’s love affair with fried chicken. Is there a healthier alternative?
There have been several fried chicken trends in Singapore since the first fast-food fried chicken chain, KFC, opened in 1977.
There was ayam penyet (Indonesian smashed fried chicken) from around 2007, Korean fried chicken from around 2010 and gourmet fried chicken from around 2017, said food writer Annette Tan. The result is a “nice variety of fried chicken” available.
Eateries specialising in fried chicken that have opened in recent years include Birdfolks and Arnold’s. It is also among the top orders on food delivery platforms foodpanda and GrabFood. These days, one can even have it with ice-cream.
So it sounded like a foodie’s dream assignment to tuck into fried chicken daily for a fortnight. After a similar experiment with bubble tea, Talking Point host Steven Chia took up this challenge befitting Colonel Harland Sanders himself.
Along the way, he found out why fried chicken is irresistible to Singaporeans, the health effects of bingeing on the dish, and ways to make it more palatable to consumers watching their cholesterol and waistlines.
Eating fried chicken is a sensory experience, said chef Sameer Chablani, who was a cashier and one of the kitchen staff at KFC when he was only 14 years old.
There is the smell that entices customers before they enter the outlets, as well as the sight and sound of others biting into the batter. “Before you even get to the taste … your mind’s been made up,” he said.
Effective marketing, such as the launch of limited edition flavours, also keeps customers coming back. According to Chiara Ang, a senior writer and host at food site EatBook, audio marketing is an
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Wow, that looks awesome!
My Vietnamese friend told me that when she was growing up she thought Colonel Sanders was Santa Claus.
And although her family is Buddhist, they celebrated Christmas by eating KFC.
It works for sure.
Un-coated Chicken deep fried in lard, and a little bit of salt!! Yummmmmmm! Health food!
Fried chicken make good house pet!
I know people that still like potted meat who have actually made mechanically separated chicken.
Freegards
Pogie processing plant (source of ambergris substitute material) would give any chicken processor competition for malodorous air. The guys that work there have a car reserved for use during the season—can’t get the smell out of the car or wash it off in the shower.
Such BS. Yawn.
Fry chicken at home in olive oil. Or leaf lard for that matter.
Eh.
If you eat too much fried chicken you end up full of chicken shit.
When Stacey Abrams eats chicken, all you are left with is an empty chicken coop, feathers, beaks, and a few legs.
#22. Re Vietnamese eating KFC fried chicken. It’s also deeply ideological because “KFC” means, in the hidden language of the Resistance, “Keep Fighting Communists”. /sarc
My first full time job in the summer of 1975 was working in the pineapple fields in Hawaii. Hot, back breaking work, $1.80/hour. It took almost ten years before I would eat pineapple after that.
I remember when I lost my sense of taste after radiation. I made so much fried chicken and mashed potatoes. this went on for months and months. Even though I could not taste it, the texture of both was still so satisfying. My family did not complain at all!
Singaporeans don’t like to admit it, but they love Jollibee and ChickenJoy
That’s hysterical.
Singapore probably has the only Popeye’s you can eat at without getting shot at or witnessing a riot from yutes.
I travel around the East Bay all the time in San Leandro Oakland Hayward Union City
Nearly every block her every other block is it churches fried chicken deli fried chicken or one of four or five other brands
They actually have little churches inside gas stations very often actually
Me? I’m a vegetarian but I do love their JoJo’s that are fried in the deep fryer with the fried chicken juice
Mmmmm mmmmm good!
The only thing this makes me think about is my Grandmother, who picked up two chickens in both right an left hands and spun them like a top. Put both beneath her armpits and pulled their heads off. Then we had her fried chicken. And it was wonderful. My Grandmother... If ALL women were like her, there would be A LOT LESS trouble! She was tough as 60 grit sandpaper to wipe your behind. But... She was tender and loving, impossible to describe.
Speaking of chicken,
Ayam Penyet (Indonesian) or Lechon Manok (Philippines) is probably the best, IMHO…
KFC? Kababayan Filipino Chicken :)
Freid chicken is...
yummy. Yes, I said it.
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