In Praise of Poultry

WAGYU may be all the rage, or grass-fed lamb, and who hasn't been lusting after Dingley Dell pork chops? But in all the fuss over prime meats, little is said about the humble chicken - the most diplomatic meat that cuts across all races and religions so long as it's bred and slaughtered appropriately.

Blame it on the horror stories of battery-farmed birds, or chicken's reputation as cheap, tasteless meat. But of late, forward-thinking farms in Malaysia have upped the stakes with credible and affordable alternatives to exorbitantly-priced imported organic poultry.

NTUC FairPrice supermarkets, for example, stock Sakura chicken, a breed reared in Johor using high tech husbandry methods and humane practices. The birds are fed a special diet containing lactobacillus to boost their immunity naturally.