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KC · A DinnerMMXXVI
KitCat,
Can I take you to dinner this Monday?

I've been thinking about chicken and champagne.
Which is inconvenient.
Because now I have to propose a dinner.

Champagne poured over fried chicken, engraved illustration
Section I · The Arrangement

Dinner, elevated & lowered at once

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Monday · July the Sixth

Choongman Chicken · Soi Sukhumvit 63

257/1 Room A10 · Khlong Tan Nuea · Watthana · Bangkok

—until chicken o'clock
❧  Directions

Korean fried chicken. Cold champagne — the bubbles chosen with appropriate seriousness.

Real candles. Red plastic cups.

Once upon a time there was a fried chicken & champagne place on Sukhumvit. It closed. Rumor is you've been patiently waiting on the owners' new project.

This is it. Reopened for one night, for their best customer.

Section II · Le Menu
Le Menu
Tasting Order

plastic forks · pinky out

A bucket of fried chicken flanked by two champagne flutes, engraved illustration
Originals
Golden Fried Chicken฿159
A study in restraint. Twice-fried to a shattering crust, tender within. Unadorned by design.
Soy Sauce Chicken฿159
Lacquered in a sweet-savory soy reduction with whispers of roasted garlic. Quietly addictive.
Spicy Yangnyeom฿159
Signature gochujang glaze, sweet heat over crisp. A slow build, never a burn.
Sweet Yangnyeom฿159
Honeyed and burnished, fragrant to the last piece. Crisp giving way to soft.
Specialties
Cheese Tornado฿179
Dusted in rich Korean cheese powder. Savory, faintly salty, indulgent.
Currycane฿169
A mellow curry emulsion with a gentle spice register. Deceptively refined.
Red Hot Chicken฿159
For the bold. Deep gochujang lacquer with an unapologetic, smoldering finish.
Soy Sauce & Spring Onion Chicken฿179
Sweet-salty soy glaze crowned with a bright tangle of fresh spring onion.
Supreme Chicken฿279
The house showpiece. Three celebrated sauces in one composition. Order it when you mean it.
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Paired with — Champagne in the finest polyethylene.
The bubbles chosen seriously. The cups, deliberately not.
Section III · On the Record

A few things I've noticed

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Carlo

Exhibit A · her taste, visualized

Section IV · Unfinished Business

We never finished discussing

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  1. 01
    Whether 6:45am is too early for fried chicken. Preliminary finding: not if there are mimosas.
  2. 02
    The definitive ranking of Bangkok fried chicken — KFC, Bonchon, random street uncle. All masterpieces. All deserving of a toast.
  3. 03
    Why UNESCO is running its superhero to her limit. Unlimited venting time provided. Champagne included. Red tape left at the door.
  4. 04
    The systemic, structural and societal failures of Thailand. You said that was "for another convo." Monday is another convo.
  5. 05
    What we'd do with three lifetimes.
Section V · Should Monday Go Well

Possible sequels.

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The fried chicken world tour, Bangkok chapter. Every bird deserves the right glass. Tap to pre-approve — selections are non-binding, but they will absolutely be brought up at dinner.

01
The Bonchon
Soy garlic + Krug rosé. Exactly as prescribed.
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02
The Street Uncle
Soi chicken + Dom Pérignon. He fries it, we buy it.
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03
The Colonel
A bucket + vintage Bordeaux. He deserves better glassware.
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04
The Burger Detour
Burgers + red wine. You asked if there's a place. There's a place.
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05
The Khao Man Gai
Pratunam chicken rice + white Burgundy. Humble bird, serious pour.
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06
The 6:45
Breakfast fried chicken + mimosas. The doctrine, tested.
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Section VI · R.S.V.P.

So… Monday?

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Two options are provided. Choose wisely — there is really only one.

C

It's a date.

Monday, July 6. Chicken, champagne, candlelight, plastic cups — the whole ridiculous, beautiful thing. Wear something you can get a little sauce on. See you there, KitCat.