wuzhou paper wrapped chicken?
In reading a guidebook on Guangxi, it says that in the city of Wuzhou, they make a very delicious paper wrapped chicken. Alas, what they don't say is what it is called in Chinese. Any thoughts? Characters appreciated................
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pepper_mil
Jun 12, 2009 01:18 AM
纸包鸡 zhi3bao1ji1, it literally means paper wrapped chicken.
My first guess was beggar's chicken 叫花鸡 jiao4hua1ji1、 which is found all over China. But that is wrapped first in a lotus leaf, then paper, then mud.
How do guidebooks like this get published? "Go to China! Go to.....a place. And eat.... stuff."
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re: pepper_mil
Thank you- I will take both bits of information and see what I get. I will be sure to report back when we return in mid-July. --I thought of beggar's chicken but didn't really know how to write/say that either.
Can't completely fault the book, I'm afraid---its actually a book on Guangxi province written in English and published in China. I think the operating thought is "those silly western tourists won't eat anything but mc donald's anyway so why waste space?"
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