One of the things that really took me back in Japan? The alcohol culture in general is a hell of a lot more enlightened than it is in North America. We’ve all heard the stories about drunken salarymen making a mess of the streets of Tokyo, but I’ll take that over the wierd puritan love/hate relationship we have with alcohol here any day…
To that end, if you happen to wanna drop in to the local KFC for dinner, why not pick yourself up a nice big not-quite-a-pint of Kirin Beer? Beer: It really does go great with Fried Chicken.
(I couldn’t find any hint of this at the KFC site, which leads me to believe this is a more ground-level production… Or they want to keep it under the radar for some reason!)
– Christopher
Not everything I wanna say about Japan will be in 30-photo chunks… enjoy!
It is believed that beer is the best accompanying beverage for most fried foods. Episodes of Japanese cooking shows are sometimes devoted to the theme.
That makes SO much sense.
James – Agreed, I think. It’s a little strange that it took this long, when I could walk 15 feet and get fried chicken and a beer from a 7-11 and KFC went without.