Korean fried wings, Sweet potato fries, Beers (Burpple Beyond: $37.44)!
Monday dinner — Korean fried wings + sweet potato fries + beers $37.44 via Burpple Beyond. The Korean fried chicken + drinks combo.
Monday dinner with BB — Korean fried wings + sweet potato fries + beers at $37.44 via Burpple Beyond. The Korean fried chicken + drinks combo at the subscription discount.
We ordered (Burpple Beyond):
- Korean fried wings
- Sweet potato fries
- Beers
Total: $37.44 via Burpple Beyond.
The Korean fried chicken (KFC — Korean Fried Chicken, not the American chain) is the category that’s expanded significantly across Singapore through 2018-19. Multiple specialty KFC spots have opened (Chir Chir, NeNe, Don Chicken, BHC, Kkanbu Chicken, etc.), each running their own variations on the Korean style.
The Korean fried wings format:
- Double-fried chicken wings (the technique that produces the extra-crispy exterior)
- Glaze or sauce in various flavours (soy-garlic, sweet-and-spicy, honey-butter, ssam-style)
- Side of pickled radish (the standard Korean accompaniment)
- Sometimes additional dipping sauces
The double-fry technique is the proper Korean method. First fry at lower temperature to cook through, rest, then second fry at higher temperature to crisp the exterior. The double-fry produces the signature Korean fried chicken crunchiness that’s noticeably crisper than single-fry American-style chicken.
The wings probably came in one of the standard sauce variants. Soy-garlic is the conservative pick; sweet-and-spicy (gochujang-based) is the heat-leaning pick; honey-butter is the dessert-leaning pick.
Sweet potato fries were the side. Different from regular potato fries, the sweet potato variant provides the slightly sweeter character and the orange-flesh visual contrast. Properly fried sweet potato fries have the crispy exterior with the soft sweet-potato interior.
The beers were the proper KFC pairing. Korean fried chicken + beer (chimaek / 치맥, the portmanteau of “chicken” + “maekju” — Korean for beer) is the iconic Korean drinking-and-eating combo. The cold beer cuts through the fried chicken’s fattiness and the spicy sauces.
At $37.44 via Burpple Beyond for the spread of wings + fries + beers, this is fair value. Full pricing for the same spread would’ve been close to $60-70.
The Monday dinner at a Korean KFC spot via Burpple Beyond is the small Monday treat that uses the subscription stack to make the format accessible.
Overall: 4.5 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid Korean wings + beers combo — would chase more Burpple deals.
