Ayam Penyet: Wong Solo vs Ayam Penyet Ria

After our numerous trips to Batam, we (okay, I) became slightly obsessed with ayam penyet and decided to go on an ayam penyet hunt around Singapore one week. We managed to try 2 places out before I decided it was enough, much to the husband's relief.

The first place we tried was Wong Solo in the basement of Far East Plaza. Apparently the husband had been catering from this place for dinners during night shifts, and he thought the ayam bakar was very good.

We ordered a soto to share, this was not great not bad...pretty normal I guess.
The ayam penyet ($6.90) arrived, with lots of chilli on top.
The ayam bakar was also $6.90. The husband was right - the ayam bakar was really nice, with the sugars in the sweet sauce caramelising nicely over the grill.
Another shot of the super fiery chilli - I loved the chilli but it was just a bit too hot for me. I ended up painstakingly removing most of the chilli seeds, and panting like crazy. The ayam itself was reasonable, I suppose - there was nothing really outstandingly good or bad about it, it was just normal fried chicken.
We normally would have ordered an avocado juice, but did not feel like paying $5.20 for it, so the meal felt slightly incomplete.

So shortly after Wong Solo, we headed to Ayam Penyet Ria at Lucky Plaza. The husband thought it was a branch of the one we normally eat at Nagoya Hill in Batam. At this place, the iced avokat wasn't so expensive, and so we ordered it. Nice : )

We ordered a serve of tempeh and tau kwa to share - this was all right.
The chicken here was pretty juicy and tasty, but I think Wong Solo's chilli is still better. Ayam Penyet Ria's chilli was too similar to sambal belachan, so it felt more like ayam goreng from a nasi padang stall with sambal belachan. Not a bad meal though, just wasn't what we were expecting. Their respective websites are here: http://www.wongsolo.com.sg/wongsolo.html and http://www.ayampenyetria.com/home.html