La Porpo

I admit I wasn't desperate to return. But I'm won over by this off-menu dish. The sauce was done well, in a Malay style. The egg was also cooked beautifully.

A stall with an attractive menu, in both senses of the word. They also have geprek and green chilli, but I went safer. The smashed chicken was quite good, while the other elements were average.

Ayam Geprek - the huge fried chicken was tender and moist on the inside, and could be easily torn apart.

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When I read that La Porpo is Chef Bjorn Shen’s favourite ayam goreng place, I knew I had to check this place out! We headed there for dinner on Saturday and there was quite a snaking queue, but I gotta say it was worth the wait as their ayam penyet is one of the best I’ve had so far in Singapore!

The chicken is really thoroughly smashed, and had a super crispy skin yet tender, juicy meat! The sambal chilli that came with it is seriously no joke - damn spicy and I had to ‘steal’ my friend’s coke 😂 to deal with the heat!. My only gripe was the butterfly pea rice (not sure if this is the default with the set, as I’ve seen variations with green pandan rice too), which I found quite clumpy and lacked any fragrance.

But it doesn’t really matter as the chicken trumped all! Will definitely keep this on my ayam penyet rotation, and will check out their highly raved ayam geprek too!

La Porpo
29/31 Jalan Besar, Singapore 208798
Tue-Sun: 12pm to 9pm