Why did fried chicken dominate the brunch orders at House of Wheat?

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Fried chicken dominated the brunch orders because four diners used a table QR code that made their menu choices feel like a “mystery,” leading to repeated selections of fried chicken dishes.
The four friends had brunch at House of Wheat, located on the ground floor of Menara Mutiara Central in Cheras, and they ordered after the first cups of coffee arrived before the menus were properly studied. After ordering, they noticed that multiple main dishes centred on fried chicken, including Chicken Pancake Paradise, Blueberry Cheese Chicken Burger, and H.O.W. We Fried Chicken. The pattern only broke with the fourth main, Fried Kailan with Wild Mushrooms, which did not involve a bird.
Three main dishes kept the fried-chicken theme until the fourth order
The first dish, Chicken Pancake Paradise, paired crispy chicken with sourdough pancakes and an amaranth-infused maple syrup. The second, Blueberry Cheese Chicken Burger, featured a fried chicken fillet topped with blueberry jam, cheesy mentai sauce, and fries. The third, H.O.W. We Fried Chicken, brought buckwheat-crusted chicken with in-house pickled kyuri and honey mustard, making it the third fried-chicken-centred plate in the same brunch.
The table QR code turned ordering into a “mystery” that enabled overlap
The diners later tied the coincidence to the fact that they ordered via a QR code placed at their table. With choices made through the code, their ordering became less guided by a careful review of the menu, creating “the delicious danger” that two or more people could end up selecting the same dish. This is why they ended up with repeated fried chicken rather than four distinct mains.
Fried chicken shifted from an ingredient to a repeating “character”
As the third fried-chicken dish arrived, the chicken stopped feeling like a simple ingredient and began to behave like a recurring “character” across the plates. Each appearance came with a different “costume,” meaning different pairings and supporting elements, even while the fried-chicken core stayed consistent. By the time the fourth main arrived, the repeated theme was already obvious enough to prompt laughter at the pattern.
The outlier was Fried Kailan with Wild Mushrooms, the only order without a bird
The pattern ended when the fourth main, Fried Kailan with Wild Mushrooms, arrived with buttered quinoa on baked pumpkin, sautéed mushrooms, and feta crumbled over the leafy greens, served with sliced bread. Its title still included “Fried,” but it was the only order that did not involve a bird, making the contrast stand out. The group laughed at how the last dish finally broke the fried-chicken motif they had been seeing across the first three mains.

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