Festive Japanese Fried Chicken Basket returns to Flesh & Buns

This year, to honour the time held tradition of KFC for Christmas in Japan and following last year’s success, Flesh & Buns will put the JFC (Japanese Fried Chicken) Festive Feasting Basket back on the menu.

Available from now until Christmas, the sharing menu will provide the perfect alternative to turkey, instead offering diners a basket filled with tender buttermilk and shichimi fried chicken.

Since 1974 when KFC was first introduced to the Japan, it was cleverly marketed as a ‘Kentucky for Christmas’. At a time when turkey was not available in the country, families would buy a bucket of KFC to share instead. The strategy paid off and now the country sees an estimated 3.6 million individuals getting together around the iconic white and red buckets over the festive season.

Founder Ross Shonhan has travelled extensively through Japan and observed this unconventional way to celebrate Christmas; he thought it only made sense to bring this delicious sharing dish to Flesh & Buns, with their own take on fried chicken (not having the secret KFC recipe at hand).

The set menu for two kicks off with a Nagasaki Whisky Shake consisting of shiso leaf ice cream, Buffalo Trace bourbon and banana liqueur; followed by a steamer basket of half a buttermilk and shichimi fried chicken with BBQ mayonnaise, served alongside a green salad and steamed gua bao buns, unassembled for a build-your-own buns dining experience, and finishing with a Flesh & Buns favourite, the rich and indulgent Chocolate Nikka Whisky Cake.

Flesh & Buns have launched the limited-edition JFC Festive Feasting Basket, and the special will be served throughout the festive season until 24 December. The set meal for two will be priced at £37.00.