In November this year, Singapore made history by being the first country in the world to approve the sale of lab-grown meat.
Less than a month later, lab-grown chicken, is being served at 1880, an upscale eatery in Robertson Quay.
The chicken meat, called GOOD Meat Cultured Chicken, is created directly from animal cells and was launched on Saturday (Dec. 19).
Here's a closer look at one of the dishes:
Photo via Eat Just
The company behind the cultured meat, Eat Just, also created a plant-based egg made from green beans.
S$23 for a trio of cultured chicken dishes
Since the launch on Saturday, a few photos of the cultured meat have popped up online.
Instagram user Ted Cowan posted photos of the dishes and the menu, which showed that a trio of cultured meat dishes cost S$23.
Photo via tedcown7/Instagram
Photo via tedcown7/Instagram
A media release by Eat Just highlighted that the three dishes are influenced by three top chicken-producing countries in the world: China, Brazil and the United States.
Twitter user Claire Psillides commented that the no-kill meat was delicious.
Sustainable meat without antibiotics & loss of animal lives
Co-founder and CEO of Eat Just, Josh Tetrick, posted a video of Hong Kong filmmaker Sean Lee-Davies trying the lab-grown chicken on Instagram.
Sean called the launch a "historic moment" as was the first time that cultured chicken meat has been made commercially available.
In the video, Sean added that it tasted just like chicken, and "is chicken", except that no animal was killed, and no rainforests were cleared to produce the meat.
Tetrick was quoted in Eat Just's media release as saying the launch "moves us closer to a world where the majority of meat we eat will not require tearing down a single forest, displacing a single animal’s habitat or using a single drop of antibiotics."
Four-course launch dinners sold out until end of 2020
Those keen on trying the sustainable meat will have to wait till next year, as the immersive, four-course launch dinners at 1880 are sold out till the end of the year.
Here are some photos of the experience:
Photo via Eat Just
Photo via Eat Just
Photo via Eat Just
In 2021, the restaurant is planning to feature a cultured chicken dish on its menu, which will be priced at the same price of a premium dish made with conventional chicken.
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Top photos via Eat Just