Daily Chicken Korean Fried Chicken, Bugis: Half-and-Half $34

Daily Chicken, at 200 Victoria Street, #B1-06 Bugis Junction, Singapore 188021, is a family-friendly Korean fried chicken restaurant in the basement of one of the city's busiest malls, a short walk underground from Bugis MRT. It is open Monday to Sunday from 11am to 10pm, with last orders at 9.30pm, and the menu goes well beyond a bucket of wings: crunchy bone-in chicken in four styles, sticky boneless gangjeong, gimbap, ramyeon and tteokbokki, all priced in Singapore dollars and built for groups to share.

Daily Chicken is run by Katrina Group, the Singapore restaurant company behind several casual dining brands. Its About section says it was created together with Daily Beer, the South Korean craft beer and fried chicken chain whose first international outlet Katrina Group opened in Singapore. Where Daily Beer is a bar, Daily Chicken is a mall restaurant for families, students and shoppers, with no beer list at the centre and far more rice, noodle and snack dishes.

The brand makes three promises on its homepage: the chicken is fresh and never frozen, many ingredients are imported directly from South Korea, and every dish is prepared in-house. There are two outlets, this one at Bugis Junction and a second at Waterway Point in Punggol, and the Korean name printed on the menu, Saenghwal Chicken, translates roughly as daily-life chicken, which explains the English name.

The core of the menu is a single recipe of crispy bone-in chicken that comes in four finishes. Original is the plain fried version and the right first order for judging the crust. Red is tossed in a spicy sauce the menu calls Angry Bird, Black is coated in sweet garlic soy, and Crunch is extra crispy with a cornflake coating plus garlic, sweet and spicy seasoning, which gives the craggiest texture of the four.

The September 2026 menu prices bone-in chicken by quantity. Three pieces cost S$10.50 and are served as random parts, five pieces cost S$15.50, six wings cost S$11, a half chicken costs S$20 and a whole chicken costs S$34. The smartest group order is the Half and Half whole chicken at S$34, which lets you choose any two of Original, Red, Black and Crunch on one platter. Pair Original with Crunch to compare two very different crusts, or Red with Black for sweet heat against garlic soy.

Gangjeong is Daily Chicken's other signature, and the restaurant marks it as delicious even when cold. These are boneless pieces glazed either in crispy soy sauce, the Black version, or a spicy red sauce, both scattered with nuts. Each plate costs S$18 and comes with rice cakes plus a choice of potato wedges or pop chicken kimchi dumplings. Extra toppings are S$2 each. If you are walking around Bugis, the cup gangjeong to go, with a soft drink, costs S$12.

For a solo meal, the Chi-Bap combo puts kimchi fried rice with two pieces of Original chicken or three tenders and a drink on one tray for S$15, and the Chi-Myeon combo swaps the rice for spicy Korean-style noodles at the same price. Daily Gimbap, rolled with mixed vegetables, spicy stir-fried kimchi and egg, is S$12, and the chicken tender gimbap is S$15. Hangang Ramyeon, the spicy instant-style noodle soup that Koreans eat by the Han River, costs S$9, or S$12 topped with crispy chicken tenders.

Skip the S$26 budae tteokbokki army stew if there are only two of you and you also want chicken. It is a full pot of rice cakes, chicken chorizo and noodles, and it will crowd out the fried chicken you came for. The S$24 premium fish cake soup is also better for a group than a pair. Two people do better with a half chicken, a gimbap and a ramyeon.

Bugis Junction gets busiest at weekday lunch from about noon, when office workers from the Beach Road and Victoria Street towers arrive, and again on weekend evenings, when families and students come in after shopping. Arrive when the doors open at 11am, or after 8pm on weekdays, for the shortest wait. Remember that the kitchen takes last orders at 9.30pm even though the restaurant closes at 10pm.

Prices on the menu are in Singapore dollars and are subject to a 10% service charge and prevailing government taxes, so a S$34 whole chicken costs a little more at the till. The website has a reservations page for groups, and delivery is offered through the major delivery apps for anyone who would rather eat at home. Gangjeong plates are marked as containing nuts, which matters for anyone with an allergy.

Daily Chicken makes an easy base for an afternoon in Bugis. Step out of Bugis Junction onto Victoria Street and cross to Bugis Street market, a warren of stalls selling snacks, cheap clothes and souvenirs. A few minutes further along Waterloo Street is Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, one of the most visited Buddhist temples in the city, with flower and incense sellers on the pavement outside.

Walk east instead and you reach Kampong Glam, where the golden dome of Sultan Mosque rises above Arab Street and the narrow lanes of Haji Lane are lined with murals, independent shops and cafés. The National Library on Victoria Street is another quiet option, with free public reading rooms and views over the Bras Basah area. A box of cup gangjeong travels well on any of these walks.

Address: Daily Chicken, 200 Victoria Street, #B1-06 Bugis Junction, Singapore 188021. Nearest MRT: Bugis, on the East-West and Downtown lines, with an underground link to the mall. Hours: Monday to Sunday 11am to 10pm, last order 9.30pm.

Budget: a Half and Half whole chicken at S$34 plus a Daily Gimbap at S$12 and two Yuzu Zest ades at S$4 each feeds two to three people for S$54 before service charge and GST. A Chi-Bap combo at S$15 is the solo lunch pick. For more Korean fried chicken around central Singapore, ask Karpo in the Karpo APP which restaurant near your MRT stop has a table free right now.