Wednesday, July 4, 2007

A Thing for Wings

An anonymous commenter has asked about our recommendations for wings. A wonderful suggestion *commence drooling*.

Mo and I have a definite soft spot for Asian-style chicken wings - the sort with little or no batter/breading. Just dropped right into the delicious oil, so all your mouth tastes is deep-fried chicken skin and extremely hot (watch yo' tongue!) chicken meat. Fantastic stuff.

I have a theory that since there is so little batter, one feels a little less guilty about eating it. I mean, I know I feel better after eating some of my parents' fried chicken versus a KFC drumstick. Not that I don't get a craving for KFC from time to time, but you really can't go wrong with something that goes so well with sweet 'n' sour sauce.

Mo and I will continue to discuss our thoughts on wings and where to go to get some good ones. Perhaps we will start a local search for the best wings. I used to do this with turkey dinners, so it'll be good to pick up the routine again.

I'm not going to leave the veggies out of this one: Golden Era Vegetarian (http://www.goldeneravegetarian.com/) has amazing chicken drummettes. Pick 'em up if you're in San Francisco. Golden Era also has a sister city in downtown Oakland - Golden Lotus - but I've yet to try their version. Maybe we'll make that one of our future Wing Stops (har har).

We'll keep you posted.

3 comments:

Mo said...

Your parents should have made some wings to go with our ice cream tonight.

kat wong said...

is golden era the place we went for your graduation dinner with the dowels in the "chicken" and the posters of animals saying, "we pray for you?"

Nancy said...

I think the sweet 'n' sour sauce would've melted the ice cream too much for my liking, Mo.

And yes, Kat, Golden Era is that place indeed. You should also know that they've brought back the "we pray for you" chicken posters much to my delight.