Friday, Friday, gotta get fried chicken on Friday, lookin’ forward to the weekend-oh sorry, I simply had to sing the praises of Kongsee’s Fried Chicken ($32++). What appears to be half of an abnormally colossal chicken is coated in a fabulous prawn paste batter and deep fried to absolute golden perfection, and served with sriracha mayonnaise on the side.⠀
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Despite being one of the simplest sounding dishes on the menu at The Kongsee, it was arguably the best. Each part of bird, from the breasts to the thighs, was deep fried to perfection. The breast cut was astonishingly moist & supple despite being the breast, and the the wing was unusually large. The entire bird had been fully permeated with the delicious, savoury aromatics of the prawn paste marinade. As addicting as the chicken is, the sriracha mayo just propels it to an awesome new level. Subtly spicy, ridiculously rich and charmingly creamy, this stellar sriracha mayonnaise would be excellent with absolutely anything.
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The result was an insanely delicious chicken, loaded with the umami of the prawn paste and coated with a terrifically thin and crunchy batter. And that is the reason why the Kongsee Fried Chicken (KFC) is absolutely amazing: the supple, juicy chicken is juxtaposed against the crunch of the batter, and every last morsel is full flavoured with the savouriness of the prawn paste. The Kongsee’s KFC is the yin & yang of food: crispy yet juicy, flavourful yet restrained, savoury yet not surfeiting. A masterful masterclass in deep fried chicken, if you ask me.⠀
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Many thanks for (over)feeding us, @thekongsee.sg & @kevin._.ngan, and thank you for hooking me up @wobblethebui!