Kemono

Kemono
171 Selegie Road #01-01

https://www.kemono.com/

Total Nutrition Power With Organic Chicken (SGD $14.90)

Yummy & Healthy Japanese Roast Chicken Delivery

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 8
Ambience & Setting: N.A.
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 8
Value for Money: 9
Spent about SGD $23 per person.

.....

Established in August 2017, Kemono is a Japanese takeaway kiosk and food delivery service that specialises in healthy, guilt-free, delicious roast chicken. Best of all, Kemono delivers anywhere across Singapore. Their eye-catching, off-beat branding and marketing is surely memorable, with various celebrities posing alongside their mascot (a perpetually stunned rubber yellow chicken), though such boldness also attracted some controversy.

Ambience at Kemono is non-existent as they operate a pure takeaway and delivery service. That said, their pampered cage-free chickens, raised on organic farms, surely have some fantastic ambience. Their chickens are treated to classical music from the likes of Mozart, in order to reduce anxiety and keep them stress-free. Feel inspired to do likewise while tucking into their delicious dishes! I also like that their packaging is designed to create visual anticipation.

Service at Kemono is seamless and efficient. Ordering is placed simply and quickly via their channels, and delivery personnel used to show up in quirky full-face masks - they formerly had options for 'spooky' or 'fun'. Their dishes are well packed, and are known to travel well, still visually appealing and presentable on arrival. I also like that they contact you post-delivery, to verify that everything was delivered correctly, and to check for feedback on the meal.

Food at Kemono is focused on Japanese style roasted chicken and pies. The roasting technique and recipe hails from the Meiji era in the late 1800s (which results in less fatty but no less juicy chicken meat), and they use only fresh chickens (never frozen). Each order is prepared from scratch, and takes up to 2 hours to fulfill. Portions are large for individuals. Prices are value for money, budget about SGD $23 per person.

.....

Kemono Logo

Kemono Meal Packaging

Kemono Disposable Plastic Gloves

The Cod Fish & Scallop Soup (SGD $10.90) has a properly thick and creamy soup / broth, rather like a chowder. There's generous chunks of diced carrots, celery, cod fish, and scallops within, lending a crisp chew to texture. With its bold vegetal sweet savoury milky flavours, this was a delicious, filling, and comforting soup / broth. Best shared. Good!

Cod Fish & Scallop Soup (SGD $10.90)

Cod Fish & Scallop Soup

Loved the freshness of the Avocado Salad (SGD $9.90), with crisp spinach, juicy Mandarin oranges, juicy sliced peach, crunchy almonds, and creamy avocado chunks. The combined vegetal fruity sweet earthy bitter nutty flavours are so enticing, and the overall salad feels so healthy. Highly recommended!

Avocado Salad (SGD $9.90)

Avocado Salad

The Mashed Potato (SGD $7.90) was perhaps the only disappointing dish we had. While the rich brown gravy carries yummy savoury salty flavour, the weak instant mashed potato has a tinge of sour, making it rather disagreeable. Wish they used better quality potatoes. Could be improved.

Mashed Potato (SGD $7.90)

Mashed Potato

The Teriyaki Grilled Squid (SGD $15.90) is delicious, though the portion size is a little small for the high price. I like the bouncy chew to texture of the grilled squid, and the rich sticky teriyaki sauce lends robust sweet savoury salty flavour, making this so tasty. Good!

Teriyaki Grilled Squid (SGD $15.90)

Teriyaki Grilled Squid

Among the more premium items on the menu, the Osaka Style Jumbo Grilled Prawns With Kemono Special Sauce (SGD $29.90) features 4 large jumbo prawns, grilled shell-on, dressed in creamy mayonnaise with milky sweet flavour, and a house special basting sauce that carries robust salty sweet savoury flavour. These complement the bright natural sweet savoury smoky flavours of the grilled prawns, so good. Highly recommended!

Osaka Style Jumbo Grilled Prawns With Kemono Special Sauce (SGD $29.90)

Osaka Style Jumbo Grilled Prawns With Kemono Special Sauce

The Total Nutrition Power With Organic Chicken (SGD $14.90) is an excellent bento rice bowl set meal. The base is a mix of multigrain organic black rice, red rice, and brown rice, with a fluffy moist texture and fragrant grainy sweet flavour. Accompanied with a beautiful fresh salad, featuring Japanese cucumbers, edamame / immature soy beans, cherry tomatoes, corn kernels, strawberries, lychees, silken tofu beancurd, and cashew nuts. The salad has juicy crunchy soft textures, with bright vegetal fruity earthy sweet bitter nutty flavours. Chose the organic roasted chicken leg, which has clean-tasting sweet savoury salty chicken meat that is moist, tender, and comes clean off the bone. So fresh. The chicken skin has addictive smoky salty savoury flavour, with almost no fat. A yuzu infused light soy sauce is served alongside, holding fruity salty savoury flavour. A satisfying and filling meal. Highly recommended!

Total Nutrition Power With Organic Chicken (SGD $14.90)

Total Nutrition Power With Organic Chicken

Total Nutrition Power With Organic Chicken

The Double Roast Chicken Leg Spicy Teriyaki Glaze With Rice (SGD $15.95) is a power packed protein bento rice bowl set meal. The base is fluffy moist Japanese white rice with a mild grainy sweet flavour. The star is the dual roasted chicken legs, which has clean-tasting sweet savoury salty chicken meat that is moist, tender, and comes clean off the bone. So fresh. The chicken skin is glazed with a sticky chili teriyaki sauce, which lends robust sweet spicy salty flavour, having a slight lingering burn. A sweet chili sauce is served alongside, holding sharp sweet spicy flavour. A perfect sharing meal. Good!

Double Roast Chicken Leg Spicy Teriyaki Glaze With Rice (SGD $15.95)

Double Roast Chicken Leg Spicy Teriyaki Glaze With Rice

Double Roast Chicken Leg Spicy Teriyaki Glaze With Rice

Double Roast Chicken Leg Spicy Teriyaki Glaze With Rice

They bake really yummy pies. The classic baked Chicken Mushroom Pie (SGD $10.90) features a crisp flaky pie crust that holds buttery sweet savoury flavour, and a generous filling of diced boneless chicken chunks with shiitake mushrooms and cream. The ingredients are so tender and juicy, with bright milky vegetal earthy sweet savoury salty flavour, warmly comforting and satisfying all at once. Soulful pie for a rainy day. Good!

Chicken Mushroom Pie (SGD $10.90)

Chicken Mushroom Pie

Chicken Mushroom Pie

The Tokyo Style Triple Cheese Beef Pie (SGD $10.90) features a crisp flaky pie crust that holds buttery sweet savoury flavour, and a generous filling of diced beef chunks with potatoes and 3 slices of American cheese. The ingredients are so tender and moist, with deep meaty cheesy salty savoury starchy flavour, boldly punchy on the palate with the distinct layered notes from the cheese. Feels just like a great-tasting Australian pie. Good!

Tokyo Style Triple Cheese Beef Pie (SGD $10.90)

Tokyo Style Triple Cheese Beef Pie

Tokyo Style Triple Cheese Beef Pie

The Hokkaido Style Fresh Milk Cream Puffs (SGD $8.90) is a unique Japanese pastry, with a soft chewy exterior to the puff pastry, having a grainy sweet buttery flavour. Within, the interior filling is a blend of custard and fresh Hokkaido milk cream, smooth moist and creamy luscious with milky sweet flavour. The cream just coats the palate so beautifully. Highly recommended!