Braised Chicken Feet $2
The photo of chicken feet should elicit one of two responses. Some would cringe, whilest others would start linking their own fingers!
Yes, this is the stuff of "Who Dares Wins" -- for people in the west that is. For us here in Asia, chicken feet are feet linkin' good, especially when they are braised till the tendons have all been gelatinized and the flavours of the braising sauce have totally penetrated down to the bone. The wonderful thing about eating chicken feet is how much mileage you actually get out of it. A plate of these would set you back $2, but you would spend at least a good 15 minutes nibbling on the soft bits, getting at the crunchy bits and spitting out the spent metatarsal bones. And after you finish the whole plate, some might go back to the pile of bones to polish off any bits that you might have just missed out on.
Yes, this is the stuff of "Who Dares Wins" -- for people in the west that is. For us here in Asia, chicken feet are feet linkin' good, especially when they are braised till the tendons have all been gelatinized and the flavours of the braising sauce have totally penetrated down to the bone. The wonderful thing about eating chicken feet is how much mileage you actually get out of it. A plate of these would set you back $2, but you would spend at least a good 15 minutes nibbling on the soft bits, getting at the crunchy bits and spitting out the spent metatarsal bones. And after you finish the whole plate, some might go back to the pile of bones to polish off any bits that you might have just missed out on.
If you love chicken feet, you are going to love this place. Two adjectives that make every Singaporean happy are used to describe the food here -- Cheap and Good. Cheap is great and Good is good, but put them together and you have basically promulgated our Singaporean manifesto. How cheap? Well a plate of wonton mee with chicken feet, pork ribs, char siew, fried wanton and boiled wanton will set you back $3.50. A plate of three chicken feet, (that's nine long fingers of shiokness, 3 stubby thumbs of delight, plus 3 pads of pleasure) will only set you back $2. How Good? Well, the chicken feet come to you intact and only fall to pieces when you wrap your lips around it and start applying negative pressure. That perfectly fried skin which has been braised till its like soft tau pok skin slides right off so that you can spit the bones out in one breath. And the flavours are just perfectly balanced so that your whole mouth is tingled all at the same time. 4.5/5
Conclusion
Cheap? Cheeaaap. Good? Not good, verrrry Good. If you haven't learnt about the pleasures of braised chicken feet, this is where you might want to start.
Da Jie Famous Wanton Mee 209, Jalan Besar (Sam Leong Road)
96670087
7am to 2pm daily
Closed on Sun and PH
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I'm gonna love this place. The chicken feet looks A-AWESOME! : )
I was eating at this store recently by my friend whose office is nearby there.
The chicken leg is awesome, wanton mee was nice, the wonton soup deserve a big mention, nice fragrance and taste!
Would love to eat again when I drop by my friend's office again !
JH
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Da Jie Wanton Mee anytime.
I tot you blog this sometimme back
Yeah, I am just revisiting some of the stalls to make sure they are still maintaining their standards.
Ieat, when I read "Da Jie Wanton Mee, I was thinking this update is to tell us Linda (Da Jie) had risen to the challenge of producing king kong ping pong sized wanton but alas it was not to be. http://ieatishootipost.sg/2008/02/da-jie-wanton-mee-simply-divine.html
chaozhouzi
i cant control myself. the photo is so lovely. how did u do that?
Wow, the chicken feet do look fantastic!! (And I LOVE chicken feet! Steffen cringe at the thought of our eating them!) I should eat that sometime soon now that I have another month in Singapore! :)
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