Hypothetical: if you were on death row, what would you choose as your last meal? (Also: what crime did you commit?) Easy decision for me. It’s got to be fried chicken. Funny enough, I actually don’t often eat fried chicken, given its problematic nutritional value. But when I do, it’s got to be KFC. That’s right, I don’t need anything fancier.
A close second to fried chicken would be roast duck. I loved roast duck when I was a kid. Anytime my parents bring home from a Hong Kong restaurant an entire roast duck, that dinner was special. I loved it so much that I vowed to buy and eat a whole one myself, when I become an income-earning adult.
Also funny enough, not once have I bought a whole roast duck and ate it by myself in one sitting. Similar to fried chicken, the nutritional value of roast duck is… not the best. These sort of fattening cheat foods are best reserve for just a few times year. Even though I’ve got enough money to buy all the fried chicken I want. That my friends is called self control.
This past Sunday I was at a Hong Kong restaurant for breakfast (I love porridge). Hanging near the window into the kitchen is the requisite BBQ selection. And then I saw the shocking price for a whole roast duck: $34! There’s inflation, and then there’s inflation. The current price for roast duck is the latter. I can remember a time not long ago it was half the price I saw. Are people still buying these days? I surely would hesitate, or buy way less often.
Things are not great in fried chicken land, either. $20 won’t even buy you a bucket of chicken at KFC. As of this writing, $23 only gets you eight pieces.
Good thing I seldom eat these two food items!
Ride into the danger zone.