More on Fish and Poultry!

Haven't had any chicken since we've been here, and so today I asked one of the girls in the office to ask the cooker where would be a good place to buy chicken. They discussed a bit in Chinese between themselves, and then told me that I should go to the second floor of the market where I had seen the cooker buy fish. They informed me that it' a good place to buy a live chicken, and the vendor could help me kill it. What???? I was thinking boneless skinless!

Even though I have no intention of buying a chicken and getting help killing it, my curiosity and my camera lead me to the second floor of the market. Do you see a chicken here that you'd choose for dinner? Tonight  I informed Christine and Kynza that we will be sticking with pork, which has become our staple.

There is a small seafood restaurant next to the building where Christine works, and I walk by there every day and smile at the folks. Since I'm one of the very few non-Asians they see, they definitely notice me. Today I couldn't resist stopping with my camera, and they were very kind to me, and enjoyed watching the videos I took. The grandma sits out on the sidewalk cutting up greens for hours on end every day.

The young men kill, clean, and cook the fish... The kitchen opens onto the street, so I took all of these pictures just standing on the sidewalk.  The floor seems to be the proper place to kill a fish in this country! They first give him a bang of the head, then watch how they remove the scales while his tail's still flapping! 

And I love how they cook in these giant woks... 

I feel like I should have lunch at their restaurant some day if I'm going to continue to walk by and be friendly with them. sizzling in that giant wok should kill anything the fish might have picked up on the floor, shouldn't it? Will keep you posted.