Chicken legs
by ~ February 27th, 2005. Filed under: Food.
Either this photo turns you off, puking and grossed out or make you feel like rushing out for a plate of braised chicken legs. I hope I have captured this photo in its most appealing and appetising state, with the right angle and lighting. I had ta-paued (take home) these legs and hence, able to experiment with the photo taking. I took the bowl of legs from room to room for the ideal photo due to bad lighting at home. (My camera only bad point is its sensitivities to poor lighting. Moreover, when one capture photos in macro mode, one cannot use the flash or else the photo will be too bright.)
There is an art to eating braised chicken legs. Put the whole leg into the mouth. Twitch, suck, twitch the mouth and ptttooooi/spit, out comes the bones. Tiny pieces of bones all over the table. If you are eating in a group, then, compete and see whose pile of bones is the highest. But certainly do not order chicken legs on your first date! Horrors!
Usually, braised chicken legs have dried Chinese mushrooms. It is basically, chicken legs deep fried in oil (or some don’t fry them) and braised for a long time in soya sauce, cinnamon, star anise and 5-spice powder (my guess only).
The end result is sticky, gelatinous, mush of skin with a nice soya sauce base. I don’t fancy chicken legs but for the sake of this blog, decided to get some for conversation piece. Remember, many poor chickens are sacrificed for this blog. There is also duck’s web which is much tastier but rare. And goose’s web is considered a delicacy, not easily found in Malaysia.
So, are you game enough to try eating some chicken legs?
February 28th, 2005 at 12:08 am
Hahaha I eat ‘em! Though most of my friends don’t.
February 28th, 2005 at 12:10 am
Yummy yummy chicken feet! I wish I can have some over here. I remember when I was a little girl, I never ate them because they looked extremely weird. When I learnt how to appreciate them.. they’re yummy! One of the best food in the world!!!
February 28th, 2005 at 12:10 am
My second sister used to like it very much until my mum decided to stop it.For me,i dunno how to eat ler.:(
February 28th, 2005 at 12:24 am
Penang people - Tell me where is the best place for chicken legs? I only know one place, very gangster area, behind Kim Novak, near that Wembley or something cinema. Fuyoh, eat time, I really nervous the gangters there suddenly ‘piah tin’ (gang fight), take chair and break people’s back or something like that.
Jason - learn, you must
Eileen - do they serve this in Kelantan too?
GUB2 - Delicacy indeed.
February 28th, 2005 at 2:55 am
ooooo.. yummy yummy…
my colleagues and I gila chicken feet.
we love to go for the buffer tim sum and just order at least 10-15 “steamer” of the feet, eaten by 3-4 persons.
we have even converted one person to eat it too!
February 28th, 2005 at 11:36 am
I was drooling over the memories of eating chicken feet yesterday after reading ur blog, and was lamenting my miserable fate of studying in singapore. No more chicken feet. But today when i went for breakfast in my hall, they were serving chicken feet! Bliss! What a great coincidence!
February 28th, 2005 at 5:02 pm
My mom is good at coocking this dish. At one time she cooked so frequently until everybody feels jelak. I don’t think it needs 5-spice powder la…
February 28th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
They do serve in Teow Chew restaurants- esp during lunch times. I hardly ear out- Mommy’s the best cook!