Comments on: Beggar’s Chicken (Step-by-Step Eating Guide)

By: Flavours of Peking, Castlecrag « The Food Zoo

Flavours of Peking, Castlecrag « The Food Zoo — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 12:43:53 +0000

[...] Beggars chicken, not my cup of tea but the boy insisted after reading some reviews online. Such a strange name! So one does what one must do… Google it the moment I get home! Legend has it that a homeless, starving beggar had a chicken but didn’t have a stove to prepare it. Desperate for food, he came up with an idea. He killed the chicken and covered it with mud and baked it with fire… For more information, click here. [...]

By: Les Idées Jaunes » Blog Archive » Hong Kong ce soir - Les carnets de Mark Raison, consultant et facilitateur en créativité chez Yellow Ideas

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:44:55 +0000

[...] du lever du jour à deux heures de l’après-midi. Ce soir je crois que j’irai manger un Beggar’s Chicken (叫化鸡) “poulet du [...]

By: Aneesa

Aneesa — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:25:07 +0000

Beggar chicken is best in Hangzou. Try the restaurant Lo Wei Lo on the West Lake for excellent beggar chicken.

By: peggy

peggy — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:38:36 +0000

Is there a place near Wash.DC where it is served or can be ordered?

Thanks.
smv

By: Farina

Farina — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:09:55 +0000

Definitely something that I can’t prepare at home but I sure do want to try it. Maybe can ask your friend Ale Ong to prepare it for us at your place? hehe.

How come all the good restaurants are located in SF ya? Come to OC lah wei! :P

By: Jason Sandeman

Jason Sandeman — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:44:10 +0000

Alexander Ong,

That is truly awesome! I have found only one thing that even comes close, and that is lamb that is cooked in a terra cotta clay pot. Thinking about this dish just makes my want to visit your restaurant just to order it.

What would an establishment charge for something like that?

Thank you for lightening up a cynic. Every once in a while, something comes along that makes my day. Reading this dish was it. Hard to concentrate on inventory. LOL.

By: NYMY

NYMY — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:31:27 +0000

Betelnut San Francisco?!?! I used to travel to SF a lot back in the days and this was 1 restaurant I couldn’t miss. But I don’t think they served this Beggar’s chicken back then. I wonder how this beggar’s chicken compared to the salt baked chicken back in Malaysia.

By: food-4tots

food-4tots — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:55:27 +0000

Had tried beggar chicken in KL but have no chance to try it when I was in Beijing. I love Peking duck. Will be heading to PEN tomorrow. ;)

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:32:51 +0000

Are there any beggar’s chicken in Penang? I had them at wedding dinners for sure but doesn’t seem to be common in choo char places or restaurants.

By: Rasa Malaysia

Rasa Malaysia — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:31:46 +0000

Jason – please read Alexander Ong’s reply to you below. Hope it helps. :)