My Unusual Travel Eats

Korean black chicken soup uses the Ogol chicken or Silkie chicken. Check out the NY Times write-up on this Korean delicacy. In Dec 1992, I went on a FamTour to Seoul, Korea on Korean Air Lines (round trip business class, meals plus 2 nights @ Seoul Hilton for only $250 - a TEErific find!!!). KAL representative took us to this restaurant where we sat on a heated floor. We were served Korean black chicken soup (recipe). It was very tasty despite the skin color of the chicken. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped and sampled some of the street food displayed by the various vendors. Unfortunately I used a disposable camera at that time. My photos are not as good as the one from Fatman Seoul. From the time I boarded the plane until my return to USA our group was always served some form of ginger. With all that ginger beer, ginger tea, ginger candy, pickled ginger, ginger this and ginger that... I was really looking for more kimchi instead.

Beggar's Chicken The NY Times recounts the Chinese tale. In Hangzhou, China (1997) I was fascinated with the story about the beggar's chicken that I wanted to try it out. It had a wonderful aroma and was absolutely delicious. A side note, I was amazed on how popular KFC franchise was in China. The Chinese people had their own version called CFC (Chinese Fried Chicken).

Check out Gadling's The Weird Things People Eat Around the World. Happy Eats!!!