What's your all-time favourite fast food? I had a Big Mac Craze for awhile, then it was Long John Silver's Fish Wrap and Fries. But nothing really beats Colonel Sanders and his secret blend of spices and herbs!
For fried chicken, no one really came close to challenge KFC, though Popeye's is trying hard (notice how they are expanding aggressively into the heartlands?)recently. And now, we have Texas Chicken in the picture!
I first heard of Texas Chicken when reading a post on IeatIshootIpost, but had no idea of it being in Singapore before. Now, the franchise has been brought back by Select Group (Better known for their catering, didn't know Lerk Thai and Peach Garden was under them too) with two outlets in Expo Centre and United Square, the latter barely a week's old!
Coleslaw, Biscuit (additional at $1.20 each)
The 3-piece meal ($9.60) came with a choice of sides (Coleslaw, Fries or Mash Potatoes) and a single biscuit, we liked how our shredded colslaw was crunchy and thankfully not soaked in sauce.
To put it simply, the biscuit was just fantastic. Slightly crisp and caramelised on the outside, the fluffy dough was very rich and buttery in taste. With only one other place to hold reference to, I thought that Texas's rendition was on par or even better! If only they provided fruit jam as well!
Large Onion Rings ($3.50)
Been quite a while since I had diced-style onion rings! We liked how the skin managed to stay crispy throughout, with the onions bits releasing tiny bursts of juices. The oil used, on the other hand, could be so much improved, as it tainted our rings dark brown, presumbly after many rounds of recycling.
Available in Spicy or Original
Of course, you would be eager to know how the most important item fared! The original had a crunchy battered skin that was so much better than KFC's dry, salty creation, though the very tender and juicy white meat was rather bland in taste.
The spicy had the same good batter, but with pepper-like seasonings that was more fiery than its competitors, surprising me as I was expecting a more subtle level of spiceness. Oh, the chilli sauce seemed to be more spicy than other fast-food joints too. Not bad at all!
Now, do I think that this would really give KFC a run for its money? Honestly, with the brand so entrenched and Singaporeans so used to its flavour, Texas Chicken will face a terribly difficult task to take the fried chicken lead. But with its awesome biscuit and relatively cheaper price, it can well be up for number 2, and already is for me! Now just open more outlets please!
Texas Chicken
101 Thomson Road, #01-02/03 United Square
Opening Hours: 7.30am to 10pm
1 Expo Drive #01-42, Singapore Expo (Outside Hall 4)
Opening Hours: 8am to 9pm
Check their website for menu
Taken with Nikon D70
13 comments:
Seems like it's a general consensus that the meat is bland. I've heard similar comments by others too.
Not sure if you remember KFC's vegetable salad from long ago, the one that comes with crunchy turnips & green peas. That was my favorite. I was terribly saddened when they took it off the menu. Never knew why.
This looks like another Popeye Chicken. haha
Hi! I can't believe it, we used to have each other on MSN. During secondary school days and prolly because we share the same birth date. HAHAHAHA. Happened to chance upon your blog cos I'm looking for food reviews (to be taught to my Secondary 2 kids in school). :) Btw, I've 'koped' a sentence from your food review but I did credit it in my slides! Hope all's well for you! :)
ice: Haha, I will gladly overlook the bland meat when taken with its crispy skin and chilli sauce though. Hmm.. I think I vaguely remember the vegetable salad. Guess it wasn't popular with Singaporeans!
Angeline: I would say its better than that! Since Popeye's buttermilk biscuit has been the only pulling factor for me.. and I'm kinda irked by their small portion and top-up-to-change-parts policy.. haha
J: Hi! Ahh I'm so sorry that I don't remember you exactly, but I do remember looking for people with birthday on July 7th as well! haha.
By all means go ahead, I'm just a little curious to know what kind of lessons need reference from a food blog, given that my English can be really bad too.. or is it a negative example? haha.. Take care!
are those buttermilk biscuits even better than popeye's? (:
Daniel! I just went to try this and came back home and saw your blog post on it! Hahaha it reminded me so much of popeyes. I like that the spicy is really quite spicy!
Jer Lin: If you like your biscuit really buttery, then yes! =)
Dorothy: Haha! And I remember you saying that you are a popeyes fan eh! Yup the spicy was surprisingly good.. Shall try their burger next time!
HAHAHA it's okay that you've already forgotten about me. :)
Definitely not -ve example! I'm teaching the kids how to write reviews - the structure, language and all. Was just looking for food reviews written using past tense.
I shall tell them how I managed to find an old 'friend' through preparing the lesson. HAHAHAHA. :))
J: Oh dear, some of the words I used were not even proper English.. haha! But I believe that you will do a great job of filtering the bad ones! =) Enjoy the rest of the week!
the chicken is indeed bland
Hi Singaporefoodlover! Thanks for dropping by. Yes it was bland, but at least it was still reasonably juicy!
May I know how much do the 2-pieces chicken cost?
Eve: Hi! Since a 3 piece meal costed $9.60, I guess a 2 piece will cost about 2 dollar lesser?
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