Chicken Boo Novels & Stories

She grabbed the phone and brought it back to her face. “Makes me hungry. I’m going to grab some chicken from KG Wings after here,” Cleo said. I tried to figure out if she chose chicken to annoy me. I agreed to believe chicken was what she craved. Not everything had something to do with me. “Enjoy your chicken. I hope it’s marinated properly,” I said to Cleo. I surprisingly meant it. “Bye,” Cleo said at first, then added very quickly, “Feed your family because that’s what Enzo is and that’s not going to change soon. Bye!”

Local favorites include BBQ pork (cha siu)– juicy cuts of pork slathered in a gravy of spices, wine, maltose and soy sauce, roasted in a cylindrical oven until the maltose caramelizes; roast pork (siu yuk)– an entire hog roasted on spits over an open fire, with a puffy crackling so crunchy you can hear its crunch with every bite; suckling pig (yu zhu)– the most tender meat topped with a paper-thin, unbelievably crisp crackling that shatters like glass; and roast goose (siu ngo)– roasted until the skin is bronzed and crisp, seasoned with an aromatic mix of five spice powder and wine, and served with a sweet, tangy plum sauce that cuts through the richness. Beef brisket noodles consist of tend