BANANACUE REPUBLIC
Vol. 1, No. 3-4, Sept 22, 2004
DRIVE THRU (Letters)
THE JOYS OF STREET FOOD
#020
I have a question for Dewi on
The Joys of Street Food. It all
sounded delicious, except that I was wondering about edibility of chicken
feet. Since birds feet are essentially bones with skin all around and claws
at the end, do you munch on the skin only ? -Joanne (QC, Canada)
Actually
yes, its edible. The chicken feet are thoroughly cleaned then marinated in a
special sauce. Me and my friends choose feet that are particularly fat and
when it's cooked it's quite crunchy. Of course you don't eat the bones. –dewi
How to
enjoy Chicken Feet Dish…
‘Chicken feet’
is one of the many dimsums you find in Chinese restaurants. It is prepared
spicy with black beans (tausi) and you normally find 3 feet in one tiny
saucer, not just a pair. It is a favorite “pulutan” among drinkers and best
eaten piping hot with a nice cold beer to chase it down.
Don’t be afraid to eat it -- it is clean. The feet are dipped for a few minutes in hot water, so you can peel the entire scaly skin plus nails from off the feet, like you would a pair of stockings. What is left are clean white legs of fat and bones.
So, how to
eat it? Just chew it down to a pulp with the spicy sauce and enjoy it with a
bottle of San Miguel beer. As long as you’re not looking for any
nutritional value and as long as it is enjoyed in the spirit of fun, Chicken
feet can be yummy, and fatty!
-Owner of Sim's Siomai Haus
GOOD LUCK AND CHEERS #021
Dear BQ,
One of your stellar writers - Dulz Cuna - invited me to your site. I'm not keen on webblogs, but my 20-something daughter is. Last night I told her about your site, and she just might surf into it one of these days, and perhaps leave you with some blogs of her own.. She has a personal website and another homepage that supplements her work as an English lecturer at a university here in Bangkok where we have come to work. Anyway, goodluck and cheers ! I'll be visiting your home every now and then if only to partake of those bits in your foodcart ... and to feel home.
ALV
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