– Tasting Invite –
Chicken rice fanatics will get to enjoy a sumptuous Chicken Rice Festival Buffet at The Fullerton Hotel’s Town Restaurant now to 24 November 2013. The restaurant’s signature Hainanese Chicken Rice and four other delicious local variations of the dish will be available during lunch and dinner.
The spread of flavourful chicken rice dishes reflect the unique characteristics of the diverse local ethnic cuisines in Singapore. If you love your chicken, it is a chicken rice feast you never want to miss!
Popularly known as the ‘national dish’ of Singapore, Town Restaurant’s Signature Hainanese Chicken Rice is prided by the culinary team as the Best Chicken Rice in “Town”. Only the freshest chicken is used and the secret to achieving maximum juiciness and tenderness of the meat is by poaching the chicken in hot water for 50 minutes before soaking it in ice water for another 20 minutes. We tried it for ourselves and were pleasantly surprised by how tender and succulent the chicken was! Here’s a tip: go for the chicken drumstick! The accompanying rice is cooked with pandan and lemongrass, which is very fragrant and flavorful.
While I’m inclined to favor the Hainanese white chicken over the other variations, the roasted chicken and soy sauce chicken are also very delectable and juicy.
The Chicken Devil’s Curry is an Eurasian dish made with fresh chilli, blue ginger, lime juice, candlenut and mustard seed, cooked with chicken and bacon bone. Living up to its name, this dish is so devilishly spicy that makes eating it extremely pleasurable. The chicken devil’s curry is best enjoyed with steamed Jasmine Rice and pickled white radish.
The Chicken Nasi Briyani is a popular Indian and Malay dish which includes Saffron Basmati rice, an intense spiced flavoured chicken, crispy papadum and mango pickles. While I felt that the chicken could do with a more intense spiced flavor, this dish was mouthwatering enough for me to grab a second helping.
It was my first encounter eating the Ayam Cincalok in Penarakan Style. The spring chicken is braised for 2 hours with preserved spicy shrimp paste or Cincalok, a famous Penarakan paste made of fermented shrimps or krill. The cincalok has a very unique salty and mildly sourish taste which I find very addictive!
Also available at at the Chicken Rice Festival buffet spread is the traditional Indonesian Ayam Penyet (Crispy Fried Chicken) with Sweet Java Chilli Sauce.
Don’t forget to leave some room for desserts!
Town Restaurant’s Chicken Rice Festival buffet is taking place now to 24 November 2013, which includes a local spread with favourites like Laksa (Spicy Noodle Soup), Singapore Satay (marinated chicken or beef on bamboo skewer accompanied with spicy peanut sauce) and Bak Kut Teh (pork ribs served with spicy broth).
In addition to the spread of Chicken Rice dishes, enjoy ocean fresh seafood every Thursday to Saturday and an assortment of barbecued items including grilled lobsters.
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Town Restaurant
The Fullerton Hotel Singapore
1 Fullerton Square
Reservations: 6877 8128
Chicken Rice Festival Buffet
Available 11th to 24th November 2013
Mon to Fri:
Lunch (11.30am to 2.30pm)
Sun to Wed:
Dinner (6.30pm to 10.30pm)
Adult : $53++ Child : $26++
Thus to Sat:
Includes spread of fresh seafood
Adult : $69++ Child : $34++
Includes barbecued items & grilled lobsters
Adult : $89++ Child : $44++
