This is a seasonal item available from boatHouse. Cempedak is a tropical jruit related to jackfruit. It tastes about the same – cloyingly sweet with a heady aroma.
Cempedak chicken is an entree that really challenges your palate – the chicken meat stuffed into the cempedak before being deep fried makes for an interesting sweet and salty interplay.
It’s crispy, greasy and juicy – the chunks of thigh meat inside the cempedak would likely burn your tongue the first time you greedily gobble it, but it’s awesome! 🙂
gotta say i’ve never had this combination before, maybe worth a try 😀
you should! it was pretty interesting… savoury and sweet in turns. i liked it!
Me too! I totally loved this one. 🙂
It is quite delicious! 🙂
Good stuff bro!
OMG, I think I can eat that non-stop! Look delish!
Yeah, the best dish I had that night bro! 🙂
Salivatingggg… always love “cucur” cempedak. And now with Chicken? Bonus!
Mmm…cucur cempedak eh? It sounds delicious! 😀
Problem is, cant get it at any day. Since cempedak is “seasons” fruit, like durian. Sigh.
Yeah, that’s the thing about seasonal fruits. You can’t have it all the time. 🙂
…but on the other hand, that makes it all the better when it comes around!
I remember fondly waiting for durian season as a kid. It was one of the highlights of the year. 😀
Now, when is the cempedak season? LOL.
I’m pretty sure it’s the same time as durian season bro. 🙂
I think this is going toi be nice. Very good idea – perhaps I can try with nangka…or the nangka-cempedak hybrid. I prefer those to cempedak.
Nice! I’ll pop by your place to eat it when you do your own version. 😉
Creative dishes are always worth a try! 😀
Indeed! I’ve always wanted to try this one but never got around to doing it. Heh. 🙂
i think of all the dishes we had that evening, this one was the most noteworthy. such a creative combination! i really like how the chicken meat was marinated/seasoned in something savoury before being wrapped with the cempedak. 😀
Yup, I enjoyed this one the most. I’ve always wanted to order it but for some reason it always slipped my mind. 😀
Gosh boringgggg…u guys never been to boathouse before and you dare urself to write a food blog? I wonder what u guys eat normally, mcd and kfc? Get a real job and earn more money plz. Dont always get left behind can? Oh btw their drunken prawns with emperor noodles is the best.
Erm, I’ve been to boathouse quite a few times. I wrote this coz I haven’t tried their cempedak chicken before. sixthseal.com is not a dedicated food blog. I suspect you run a dedicated one though, from my experience, anonymous cowards like you troll out of frustration. 😉
Btw i think u guys should stop acting like a beggar begging for free food from restaurant and write crap food review.
Dude we paid for our meal. I just haven’t tried their cempedak chicken and I wrote about it for fun. Well, go elsewhere if you don’t like it. Haters gonna hate. 😉
both of his comments here are very presumptuous lol.
Haha! (S)he is trolling, trolling USA. 😀
HB, I readed it smell like durian fruit which I still unable to get pass that yet. Found jackfruit in San Francisco and will try it first and move on to durian for I still want to learn to eat it. Maybe I try the durian ice cream in Asia stores they carry.
This dish look delish make me mouthwater for it too.
Hmm…it doesn’t. Cempedak has a very strong smell but it doesn’t smell like durian at all. 🙂
Yeah, if you like creamy fruits like durian you’re going to love this too.
i can already imagine how this tastes like. mild umami flavor paired w ith strong pungent sweetness followed by a little tart aftertaste from the cempedak. hehe
I couldn’t have described it better. Haha! Thanks Michelle! 😀
Eating cempedak = Urine…epic smell ! #####
Should try cempedak nut boiled till tender. Taste like mesh potato. 😉
Unripe flesh of Cempedak (shredded to bits) usually great if cooked with coconut milk aka. ‘masak lemak’ and add red chili for more spicy ‘kick’. Same goes to Jackfruit/Nangka fruit unripe flesh as well.
There is cross-breed Cempedak-Nangka fruit with yellow-reddish flesh and quite rare. Now that’s truly exotic tropical fruit!