KFC Dabbles In Fine Dining With 11-Course Degustation Menu

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For only three days, KFC is putting the “F” from its name back into “Fancy.” The fast-food chain has—in its own words—“gone boujee” and has introduced a fine dining menu in Australia.

The three-day popup in Sydney, planned alongside “Australia’s degustation king” Nelly Robinson, will serve inventive interpretations of KFC favorites for a “truly unique culinary journey,” according to the restaurant’s press release. The specials will only be available at one secret location in Sydney’s Alexandria from Friday, April 1, through Sunday, April 3.

For US$75 a head, diners will be treated to a selection of 11 posh yet nostalgic bites, along with wines. These include:

Potato and Gravy

(A candle with “wax” made of gravy that you can dip your potato bun into)

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Tongue Twister

(An edible, lickable portrait of Colonel Sanders)

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Popcorn Chicken

(Served with celeriac soup, mushroom gnocchi, basil, and edible floral garnish)

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Chocolate Mousse

(A decadent dessert dipped in nitrogen to retain its shape, before melting in your mouth)

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Other courses are ‘La Di Da Drumstick (aka Fried Gold)’, an Original Recipe drumstick is dusted in quinoa and edible gold; ‘Supercharged Wings’, chicken wings cooked over a bed of charcoal; and ‘Twister Sister’, a wrap topped with chicken tenders and served with pearl barley risotto, sun-dried tomato, and pumpkin. KFC Australia is choosing to keep mum about the other dishes, as “just like the Colonel’s 11 herbs and spices, there are some secrets we like to keep our sleeve.”

The Colonel’s branding will appear throughout the meal to bring diners back to Earth and remind them that, yes, tucking into the courses with their bare hands is still fair game.

Given the swing (or wing?) into fine dining, KFC will only be accepting reservations for the degustation. 100% of profits made from the campaign will be donated to charities The Black Dog Institute, ReachOut Australia, and Whitelion.

[via 9Honey and Mumbrella, images via KFC Australia]