Ch 16: Where Dreams Come True

China is a bizzaro world when it comes to western food. It's all backwards from how food is perceived here in the U.S. McDonalds and KFC are for moneyed people and fetch a premium price relative to the other foods out there. You can feed a family of four for the price of a meal for one at KFC (The four of us spent 21 Yuan for lunch consisting of noodles, meat buns, veg buns, and 8 drinks). It's 21 Yuan for 2 pieces of fried chicken, a side, and a coke. Yet the KFCs are huge here and always full.

McDonalds is the same price wise. Just out of curiosity however we tried a few of their localized drinks. Aloe with Sprite and cream. It was pretty damn good. The best drink I've ever had from a fast food joint.

I was actually in the mood for fried chicken after walking by a 3 story KFC. I was just curious but didn't want to spend the money bc I had already experienced how much further my yuan could go else where. Later on that night I wandered across a vendor selling fried chicken on on a stick. Could my eyes be decieving me? Chicken that's been breaded and fried. How ingenious and entreprenurial I thought. It's like they read my mind. And for 2 Yuan a stick it was a dream come true. Take that KFC!