JOHOR BARU, Sept 14 - What is brined, baked and fried?

If you’re a regular at Happy Union Restaurant in JB, then the answer is guaranteed to be their house specialty, the Golden Luck Salt Baked Chicken.

Their traditional Cantonese style yim gok gai starts with a whole kampung chicken that is first marinated in Chinese herbs, before being wrapped in parchment paper and encased in coarse rock salt. Consider this the dry brine.