Tag: taiwanese fried chicken

For dinner on our wedding night, my new wife and I had the Signature Crispy Nuggets ($10.50) from Chicken No. 5. She chose the 中辣 spice level, and I spent our brief waiting period trying to convincer her that she had made a terrible mistake, and that 中辣 was in fact “Chinese person spicy”, rather than “medium spicy”, and would in fact be too spicy for her.

The chicken was pretty good but not particularly memorable. We enjoyed the brisk service, and sitting by the outside gas heater as we ate.

The spice level was indeed just a medium spicy – certainly more of a Taiwanese fried chicken than a Sichuan fried chicken. My wife informed me as I was writing this post next to her, that she hadn’t understood my joke about the spice level until now.

Chicken Number Five Darling Square
9 Little Hay St, Haymarket NSW 2000

My first ever experience of Taiwanese Fried Chicken Steak was at the now defunct 3Q Fried Chicken on George St many many years ago (or was it at Hot Star in Melbourne 2013 ? I can’t remember but I don’t want to lie to you, and especially not to myself). Since then I’ve had many different styles of Taiwanese fried chicken, at many different places. The sheer ubiquity of the Hot-Star brand, and the generally dependable quality of its food make them one of my go-tos.

While I’ve eaten at Hot-Star on Liverpool St many times, most of which have been late at night, I only have this single, poorly mosaiced photo to share. Hot-Star, for the uninitiated, specialises in large fried chicken, basically breast that has been butterflied and beaten into flat submission, battered, fried, and offered with either regular or spicy seasoning.

The result is delicious and always fresh. While no doubt offensive to the cardiovascular system, they are quite appealing to the senses.

Hot Star Large Fried Chicken – Liverpool St
96 Liverpool St, Sydney NSW 2000