The signature dish in Tapai Tang restaurant is their salt baked kampung chicken 鹽焗雞.
Tapai Tang uses kampung (free range) chicken, so it is lean and has little, if any body fat.
The complex blend of flavours of this exquisite salt baked chicken is all very subtle, delicate and mild. When the neatly arranged chicken arrived at the table, there was a gentle herbal aroma of Chinese herbs. Don't let the name "salt baked chicken" worry you - when we bite into the tender, juicy chicken flesh, it was only suggestively salty. Chewing into the moist flesh, our taste buds were treated to the chicken’s natural sweetness.
Dipping the bite sized chicken pieces into the tangy hot chili sauce enhances the taste for those who like more spiciness in their meal.
Personally, I prefer to savour the natural sweetness of the chicken and the mild hints of saltiness from the traditional baking process.
This unique taste can be achieved only when the salt baked chicken is cooked using the old, tedious method i.e. the chicken marinated in herbs and spices is wrapped in layers of parchment paper and buried in a heap of coarse rock salt, and then baked. The alternative (short cut) method is to simply marinate the chicken in brine (salty water) and then bake it. I don't know what the alternative tastes like as I have never tried it before and I won’t be wasting any calories to find out ;P
I will definitely be back for Tapai Tang’s salt baked kampung chicken as well as their other famous dishes such as its fried tofu and fried spinach.
Restaurant name: Restoran Tapai Tang 鹽焗雞
Address: 128, Jalan Chengai, Taman Melodies, Johor Bahru
Hours: 10:00am to 4:00am daily
Non Halal
Date visited: 29 Mar 2012
Date visited: 29 Mar 2012
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