For avid fried chicken followers you may have heard of Belles Hot Chicken in Melbourne. Nashville style fried chicken to be precise. It has a cult like following and it's reputation is wide spread. Fried chicken has definitely had lift off in Sydney over the recent months (in all forms).
I missed out on Belles on a recent visit to Melbourne, so I was super excited to hear they have a pop-up in Sydney at the newly opened Wulugul Pop Up at Barangaroo.
On a hot sunny Sunday afternoon we visited, we were amongst the first visitors for the day. After approximately 15 minute wait we were served our freshly deep fried chicken baskets.
We went with Medium spiced fried drumsticks with a side of coleslaw and are few pickles.
Three plump and juicy drumsticks with a really crunchy fried coating with a good medium kick of chilli. Picking it up with your fingers is a little hazardous from the heat but after that first bite you don't care.
The coleslaw is one of the better coleslaws I have had with a nice amount of mayonnaise.
The other dish is the Hot Wings (yeah we were to chicken to get the Really F*#k@n Hot!). Four big wings, again with the really crunchy fried coating with a Hot chilli coating. These were notably spicier (I understand the spice level doubles as you get Hotter). These are served with my favourite chip. Crinkle cut. They are hot and crunchy and seasoned with Old Bay seasoning (you can't get more Southern than that!)
I was not left disappointed by Belles Hot Chicken. It was everything I had imagined and I can't wait to visit again to try some of the other items on the menu.
Just as a note, when we visited it was cash only.
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