It’s been a while since I last ate a bountiful serving of Chicken Briyani 😅. Last night, I crave for it so I went to one of my favorite spot to get one. I’m lucky that they still have available Briyani even though it’s already late. In my previous visits, I wasn’t lucky enough as it’s always sold out. It’s frustrating because Briyani is not quite common in Indian hawker stalls but they don’t have it through out the day. It requires many hours of preparation so they can only make one batch per day.
There are plenty of restaurants that offer Briyani but there’s a particular chain of restaurants that I like and they have branches around the city. It’s the ABC Indian-Muslin restaurant. Their green and yellow signage is visible from a distance.
I think that Briyan is one of the best dishes in Indian cuisine so people are willing to pay more for this dish. Some people will argue that this dish has high calories and fat content that's why it can't be consumed every day. For me, I think that it's a good dish to have every week or twice a month.
There are different versions of this dish which are chicken, mutton, and fish. The most common and most affordable protein is chicken. Every briyani restaurant that I've been to follows this pricing model.
The version that I'm having is the deep-fried chicken and then it was soaked in a spicy curry sauce. I've tried the other version where they used a regular chicken curry but the meat is too soft for this dish so I prefer the deep-fried chicken version.
The ABC Indian-Muslim restaurant is probably one of the most successful restaurant chains in the city. It's not a high-end place but the food is good enough to compete with the expensive ones.
