The Colonel

This post pains me on two levels. The first in the post itself. Generally speaking I try keep nyesmind content original introspection on my time here by not to re-posting other articles. The second reason is in an admission that the post entails. When travelling abroad one should seek out new things. Food is a marvelous means to this end. So to eat one's own food in a strange land is a bit of a cop out and something I tend to feel both bad and a little embarrassed about. However, this article was on point enough to entail my breaking the first rule and coming clean about the second. What really got me was the line about Colonel Sanders' portrait being more ubiquitous than that of Mao. It's not an exaggeration. At one place in Tianjin there were literally two across the street from each other. So here goes... My name is Nylon and I eat at KFC at least twice a week. Oh, that bacon mushroom rice thing is my jam! There's a spicy variant I tend to opt for though. They've got these green crunchy things in them... no idea what they are but quite scrumptious. KFC is essentially impossible to avoid because there's one right across the street from my building and then another restaurant every three feet or so. You can only argue with the Colonel to such an extent before you give in.

Bloomberg article about KFC in China

For the record I also eat at the Yonghe King they mention pretty often too as there's one right next door to the KFC. Generally Chinese fast food restaurants give you a better bang for your buck and are really good, but for some reason I find them lacking in Dalian.