For Robin

My friend Robin requested that we eat something weird for her. So, this isn't really that weird but I thought that I would post some pictures of what I am talking about when I say that they give you the WHOLE chicken... it's kinda weird eating drumsticks with chopsticks, or picking a tiny bits of meat off a piece of chicken rib cage. Then there is the ever present feet and head... so weird. This chicken was Dong'an chicken and it was actually pretty good!

 

*Side note: EVERYTHING in this province (Hunan) is spicy... I like spicy, so that's fine, but it's weird that everything leaves that tingly feeling on your lips. Everything. Even when we say 'bu la', or not spicy. When we walk down the streets where people are cooking we try not to breathe in the air because it BURNS your throat if you get some of the fumes from their pans of cooking food. And your eyes start to sting and you lose all sense of direction and you start to feel dizzy and see your life flash before your eyes and you wonder why you ever came to a country with no salty crackers... okay, so that was a little bit of an exaggeration, but you get my point. Also... sorry, you can probably tell that I am a little bit obsessed with food right now. I would probably kill someone right for a big slice of homemade bread (of any variety) with some BUTTER on it (there is noooo butter to be seen, even at the store with Peanut Butter). I do like the food, but man, the cravings for stuff that you can't get are never ending. My name is Kristal, and I am a foodaholic.