There's a Ayam Penyet rage going on right now among some foodies in Singapore. The AP dish which originated from some place in Indonesia, comprises of fried chicken smashed flat (dunno for what?) before being served in a nice platter with sambal and some cucumber or lettuce salad, and rice.
On a trip to the Changi broadwalk over the new year, I saw the AP dish at the Changi hawker centre and I must say the presentation looks exactly like the Balinese bbq chicken I had (picture below).
Balinese styled BBQ chicken with rice and Soto Ayam (chicken soup)
Note the nice little touches in the presentation: the rice is topped with fried shallots for colour and flavour, and placed on a flower-shaped paper before being placed in the basket; the chilli sambal is freshly grinded on the spot...oishi!
I read a discussion on some food forum where some folks wondered how the chicken in the AP dish was smashed. Well, someone suggested that after chicken was fried, some one, like a fat lady would be asked to sit on the chicken and that is how they smash the chicken!
Wahahaha!!
Picture by Ken S
2 comments:
the ayam penyet looks nice!
luckily, i have got over the urge to eat oily, fried food.
success is sweet!
No lah...the tale is like this....
Someone fried the chicken and placed it on a chair to cool it down and then this sotong fat lady did not look where she was going and just sat on the chair with the fried chicken. So the chicken got smashed and in order not to waste food, that someone ate it lor. And it tasted good because the meat is now flattened. And so this person started selling this flattened chicken and it became ayam penyet.
Hahaha....
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