That’s Shu Qi
Probably most remembered in the West for Transporter, but I think of her for Stormriders and So Close…and in the ‘don’t tell my wife’ department, Sex and Zen II.
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Probably most remembered in the West for Transporter, but I think of her for Stormriders and So Close…and in the ‘don’t tell my wife’ department, Sex and Zen II.[/QUOTE]
well, she’s lovely. 
KFC chips
Just like the cherry blossoms, KFC potato chips return to Japan this spring!
Casey Baseel 23 hours ago
Last year, something beautiful came to Japan. It was only here for a short while, but in that time, it left a deep impression on many people, including us here at RocketNews24. And while we were sad to see it go, it’s time to dry our tears, because this spring, it’s coming back again!
So, all excited for cherry blossom season? That’s great, but what we’re actually talking about right here are Kentucky Fried Chicken-flavor potato chips.
Once again, Japanese snack company Calbee is teaming up with the world’s most famous fast food fried chicken outfit. Whereas last year’s version was billed as “Colonel’s Crispy-flavor,” this new batch of fried chicken-inspired fried potato slices emulates the taste of KFC Japan’s honenashi Kentucky paripari umashio, or Boneless Kentucky Crunchy Delicious Salt flavor.
We’re a little puzzled by the “Boneless” part of the product name, since we don’t recall any bone-like flavors in the KFC chips we tried last year. In more specific terms, Calbee says the chips draw out the natural deliciousness of chicken with a simple mixture of salt and pepper, so you can be assured that they make use of at least those two of Colonel Sanders’ 11 herbs and spices.
In a rarity for Japanese snack foods, Calbee is leaving pricing up to individual retailers. The larger, 83-gram bags are available exclusively at Japanese convenience stores starting March 2. A smaller 58-gram bag will go on sale March 16, and both packages will include a coupon for a discount on an order of Boneless Kentucky Crunchy Delicious Salt chicken at KFC locations in Japan, in case munching on the chips has you craving the real deal.
In another similarity to the cherry blossoms, though, the new KFC chips will be gone come mid-April, so if you’re planning to pair them with some Kentucky bourbon, you might want to check now to make sure you have ice in the freezer.
Unless you’re planning to drink straight from the bottle
Source: Entabe via Peachy, Hachima Kiko
Top image: Calbee
Insert image: RocketNews24
Why does KFC get its own thread here? bawang? 
I knew this was fake…
…because if any Colorado Fast Food chain started selling weed, it would be Taco Bell first. 
Sorry, KFC isn’t going to be selling weed in Colorado restaurants
At least not anytime soon
CHRISTOPHER HOOTON Wednesday 04 March 2015
The internet has been salivating at the prospect of getting stoned and eating fried chicken this week, after reports circulated that KFC is to become a marijuana dispensary as well as a restaurant.
A story on Racket Report claimed that with tax revenue from sales of the drug being so high in Colorado, KFC wanted a piece of the action, with the added benefit that its chicken would see a boost in sales thanks to the munchies.
It looks to be false for several reasons however:
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Racket Report has carried a lot of hoax stories in the past
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KFC hasn’t mentioned marijuana on its official news page
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Marijuana sales are currently cash only which would make things tricky for the chain
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Marijuana is still in somewhat of a legal grey area and probably not crystal clear enough for a giant brand to start slinging it
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KFC doesn’t even sell alcohol, so they’d really be jumping in at the deep end A mock-up of how a KFC dispensary might look on Racket Report
While weed might not be hitting KFC any time soon, with sweeping legalisation in the US this sort of thing is inevitable.
Only yesterday, Ben & Jerry’s said they’d be up for creating cannabis-infused ice-cream once it’s completely legal.
Update: KFC confirmed it. Not happening.
This has bawang written all over it…
KFC Japan adds more breast to their chicken with ‘sexy’ new LINE character
Jessica
8 hours ago
We all know Japan likes to have a character for just about everything, and we also know the country has a long history of sexualizing things that really don’t need to be. So KFC Japan’s new mascot character of a sexy anthropomorphized chicken with huge boobs should surprise no one. And yet, I confess myself surprised. Or maybe creeped out is a better way of putting it.
The character is promoting KFC Japan’s new boneless chicken pieces and is part of a set of free stamps for the popular messaging app LINE which can also be used as coupons at the fast-food restaurant.
As you can see, the booby chicken is the main star, but there’s also a male chicken character—with a bone, naturally—and a very pervy-looking cartoon Colonel Sanders.
The characters even have a whole backstory. The male hunk of meat is Momofu (roughly “thigh guy”), while she’s Muneko (“breast girl”). Apparently, they are a newly married couple. He proposed to her with a manly hone-don (a play on the kabe-don meme using the word “hone” or “bone”) and she keeps things hot and heavy with her sweet sayings and poses.
I’m not sure there could be anything more wrong with this, unless they wanted to add a touch of cannibalism by having Momofu and Muneko themselves chow down on some KFC. But then again, the campaign has just started, so maybe that’s down the line. And it wouldn’t really surprise me either.
I find it rather disturbing. It’ll probably give me nightmares. :o
Kentucky Fried Thread… Kentucky Fried Movie
Did anybody else ever see this movie. slap-stick comedy. late 70’s/ maybe early 80’s. some short clips-
zinc oxide skit-
mutant chickens
Fast food operator KFC is demanding 1.5 million yuan in compensation from three Chinese companies accused of spreading false information about its food through social media.
One of the most damaging and disgusting of these claims is that the chickens used in Colonel Sanders’ greasy buckets o’ meat are genetically modified to have six wings and eight legs, KFC said in an announcement posted to its website. Obviously, the company has denied this.
Shenzhen-based Yingchenanzhi Success & Culture Communication Ltd., Shanxi Weilukuang Technology Company Ltd. and Taiyuan Zero Point Technology Company have all been accused of spreading the rumors through WeChat, and Shanghai Xuhui District People’s Court will be taking on the case against them, Associated Press reports. Aside from the 1.5 million yuan, KFC is asking that all three companies make an apology… and mean it, **** it!
Similar rumors about KFC’s “mutant chickens” surface on US social media sites every so often and are continually disproven.
Still, the company has seen no shortage of scandal, especially in China. Yum! Brands, the company behind KFC and Pizza Hut, is still doing damage control after 2012 reports about the eateries purchasing chickens pumped with antibiotics and unapproved growth hormones. Last year’s expired meat controversy didn’t help matters at all.
And let’s not forget about this little incident (not really a nationwide scandal—we just like to gross you out).
Fortunately for the company, this is China, where you can get 16-year-old teenagers detained for spreading all the other “inaccurate” information online.
8 legged chickens - the ultimate GMO
Rat - extra crispy
Can I get all white meat on that?
Horrified Man Finds Deep Fried Rat In His KFC Bucket
BY : SAM RIDGWAY | 17 JUNE 2015 |
Devories Dixon
A man from California was horrified when he sat down to eat his KFC takeaway and discovered what he thought to be a deep fried rat.
Devorise Dixon was tucking into a box meal in Wilmington, California, when he realised that one of his breaded chicken pieces had a tail and looked somewhat like a rodent.
At first, he thought it was just a strangely shaped bit of chicken, but on further inspection, he believed it to be a genuine rat.
Speaking to the Mirror, KFC bosses stated that no evidence was found to support Dixons claims, but did not confirm exactly what the food was.
Dixon took the above photos and posted them on his social media, before bagging up the rodent and putting it in his freezer.
Devories Dixon
Speaking about the incident, a KFC spokesperson said:
[QUOTE]This happened in the US and, following an immediate investigation, no evidence was found to support this claim.
Food safety is our highest priority worldwide and we take allegations of this nature extremely seriously.
Whether its a rat, or just some unfortunately shaped chicken, I think Ill be swerving the fried variety for a short while.[/QUOTE]
i had uighur serve me rat kabab and that is just a piece of chicken.
LAWSUIT INCOMING
That was surprisingly well played bawang
Turns out it was chicken after all.
Mystery of the rat-shaped KFC chicken is solved: It’s a bird
Customer say KFC served me ‘finger lickin’ rat
A Los Angeles man says KFC served him a fried rat. KFC says it’s a hoax.
By Veronica Rocha
Independent lab test shows ‘finger-lickin’ rat’ was actually a piece of chicken
That rat-shaped piece of chicken is most definitely chicken meat, KFC says
KFC is asking for an apology after man claims fried piece of chicken was a rat
A now-viral photo of a piece of KFC chicken that resembled a crispy, fried rat drew skeptics and shocked others on social media.
Many wondered if it was a golden piece of chicken or a fried rat, as Los Angeles resident Devorise Dixon claimed.
The photo showed a large rat-shaped piece of chicken attached to a longer string of fried breading, appearing to be a tail.
Now the results are in.
A third-party independent lab tested the suspicious meal and determined it was undoubtedly a piece of hand-breaded chicken–an assertion KFC stood firm on.
Man claims he got served fried rat at KFC
KFC says Los Angeles man’s claim that he was served a fried rat at a KFC restaurant is a hoax. (KFC)
KFC is now sorta asking for an apology.
“The right thing for this customer to do is to apologize and cease making false claims about the KFC brand,” KFC said.
It’s unclear whether Dixon will apologize or move forward with any legal action. Dixon retained an attorney, who agreed to turn over the piece of chicken to the lab, KFC said.
Dixon, they said, has refused to communicate directly with KFC officials.
On June 12, Dixon posted the photo on Facebook, and within hours an investigation was launched.
Dixon claimed to have purchased the meal at a KFC at Wilmington Avenue and 120th Street, but the restaurant owner said security video doesn’t show him as an actual customer.
From the beginning, KFC said Dixon’s claim was a hoax.
On Wednesday, the company released a photograph showing various angles of the chicken. It appears a bite was taken from the rat-shaped piece, exposing white meat.
But Dixon said last week he knows what he bit into.
“Honestly, it doesn’t matter what others think I know what I bit into and what it looks like never in life have .. seen a chicken strip with a long tail,” he wrote.
KFC & Alibaba
Doug Young
Contributor
I follow technology, media and telecoms companies in China.
Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own.
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McDonald’s, KFC Go High-Tech In China With Customization, E-Payments
Bottom line: KFC’s and McDonald’s latest moves to add high-tech elements to their China stores are a savvy way to update their images, and could help to attract a younger trendy crowd that has abandoned both chains in recent years.
Leading global fast food chains McDonald’s and KFC are both in the headlines as we head into the heart of summer, each trying new high-tech approaches to reignite their faltering China stories. Announcement of these latest initiatives seems especially appropriate right now, as we’re approaching the first anniversary of a food safety scandal that dealt a major blow to both chains in China.
KFC’s deal will see it pair up with Alibaba to offer its affiliated Alipay electronic payments service at hundreds of its China stores. The McDonald’s news is similarly high-tech, and will see the chain extend its new state-of-the-art hamburger customization program to the China market.
Both initiatives are aimed at breathing new life into these 2 chains that were early pioneers in China’s restaurant scene but have lately become stale due to the entry of many younger, trendier brands to the market. Both KFC and McDonald’s were already struggling when they suffered a major setback last July after an investigative report showed one their main suppliers regularly sold meat that was past its expiration date. (previous post)
The pair had each separately launched a major re-branding campaign even before that scandal, and these latest moves look like extensions of that overhaul. Let’s begin with KFC, whose alliance with China’s leading e-commerce company should help to win the company new customers among the millions of users of Alipay, a Chinese equivalent of PayPal.
According to the reports, the alliance has seen KFC recently start to accept Alipay for electronic payments at 700 of its stores in Shanghai and nearby Zhejiang province. It plans to extend the program to the rest of its 4,500 China stores nationwide, as part of a campaign by both partners to build up their online-to-offline (O2O) businesses that brings together traditional retailers and Internet-based service providers.
In another prong of its high-tech push, KFC said it already has rolled out wi-fi in 2,200 of its China stores, and 500 stores now have an online menu app. This kind of overhaul looks smart, and should appeal to the new generation of online-savvy young Chinese consumers. KFC’s China restaurants are expected to return to same-store sales growth this year after a long period of declines, and these kinds of steps might be the medicine it needs to sustain that growth over the longer term.
Have It Your Way, High-Tech
Next let’s look at McDonald’s, which is preparing to roll out its “Create Your Taste” program in China that lets customers customize their hamburgers with the condiments they want. McDonald’s launched the program in the US on a trial basis, and has been expanding it aggressively there since late last year. The program is decidedly high tech by allowing customers to use kiosks to customize their burgers, in another variation of the O2O drive to be trendier and more gadgety.
McDonald’s will take a slow approach in China with the concept, which will be limited this year to a pilot program of 3 stores in Shanghai and one in the southern city of Guangzhou, according to a company executive. The program will be expanded next year to the cities of Beijing and Shenzhen, though the pace of expansion will be determined based on results of the pilot program.
The fact that McDonald’s is moving the program so quickly to China reflects the importance of the market, which will become only the company’s 6th worldwide to trial the program. Like the KFC tie-up, this program also looks like a savvy move with high-tech overtones that could help McDonald’s start to regain some of the momentum it has lost in China over the last few years.
I seldom visit either McDonald’s or KFC in China anymore, partly because I’ve become more health conscious, and also for the same reasons that many Chinese consumers have abandoned them. But I’ll admit that many of these initiative are piquing my curiosity and tempting me to return, which could bode well for both chains’ turnaround prospects if Chinese consumers feel similarly.
Doug Young is a former China company news chief for Reuters who teaches financial journalism at Fudan University in Shanghai. To read more of his commentaries on China tech news, click on www.youngchinabiz.com.
For more on Alibaba, see Jet-Li-s-TaijiZen-International-Cultural-Development-Company
So ttt-able
Osaka fried chicken is sibling devourin’ good, implies morbidly funny ad
Casey Baseel
2 days ago
Japanese culture has more or less made peace with the fact that the things we eat used to be alive. Part of the reason people in Japan say itadakimasu, literally “I will receive,” at the start of a meal is to verbalize their gratitude for receiving the life of the ingredients that make up the dishes. Sashimi that’s served still moving is considered a delicacy, because what’s fresher than seafood that’s arguable not even entirely dead?
Still, even Japan generally has limits of how much it wants to imagine the former life of the tasty morsels it’s dining on, which is why one startling fried chicken advertisement is drawing a mixture of gasps and chuckles.
The two things the citizens of Osaka are best known for are their passion for business and boisterous comedic sense. Both of those come together in this ad spotted in the city for Nambanaka Fried Chicken.
The photograph of two chicks staring at a piece of fried bird might seem like gallows humor enough, but the real gist of the joke is in their dialogue.
Chick 1: “Huh, is that you, Big Bro?”
Chick 2: “Yup, that’s totally him.”
Making things even more awkwardly morbid is the fact that the price quoted on the poster, 480 yen (US$3.80), is for three pieces, which seems to imply the two younger siblings are the prime candidates for the rest of the package.
On the other hand, the poster does confidently assure us that this fried chicken is “THE BEST,” so maybe it’s time to toss sympathy to the wind and chow down.
Nambanaka Fried Chicken – It’s family devourin’ good!
I love how Nambanaka mimics the Colonel’s style
KF Salmon?!
Kentucky Fried Chicken becomes Kentucky Fried Salmon with Japan-only seasonal specials
KK Miller 2 days ago
Every season brings with it a different set of delicious food offerings, and no country seems to take advantage of that fact more than Japan, where supermarkets aisles are always adorned with special seasonal displays in order to entice shoppers and capitalize on the time of year. For those of us who live in areas where you can buy pretty much any food item at any time, you might find the idea of seasonal products to be a bit strange, but restaurants all over Japan take advantage of the seasons to lure in customers.
This fall, KFC in Japan is trying something a little bit different. If the idea of fried Hokkaido salmon has you salivating, you might want to head down to KFC to see what the Colonel has to offer.
KFC in Japan doesn’t want you to think the only thing they do is chicken. In fact, they’re welcoming in the new season with two brand new menu items that salmon lovers are sure to enjoy.
The first new seasonal addition is a fillet of fried salmon in breadcrumbs which will set you back 230 yen (about US$2) a pop. It’s coated with delicious panko bread crumbs, making it different from most other fried salmon you might have tried in Japan—breaded this way, the outside is wonderfully crunchy while the salmon inside is still soft and tender. Topped with a little tartar sauce, you have a wonderful fall snack. It’s kind of like a half-size, Japanese version of fish and chips!
The second new menu item is a fried salmon sandwich (390 yen/about $3.25) that will surely beat any other fish sandwich offered by other fast food chains. This tasty treat uses the same panko breaded salmon as the salmon fillet, but offers it sandwiched between a pair of extremely soft white buns. It’s dressed with what they’re calling “western-style condiments” which consist of basil sauce, tartar sauce and finally lettuce—we’ve been chops-on and can safely say that the combination is genuinely delicious.
These delightful salmon goodies will likely only be available during the fall season. With the weather being as fickle as it is, you can never tell when the first snowfall that marks the beginning of winter will arrive, so be sure to grab one of these salmon eats at your local KFC before they swim away, up the river.
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I would totally try this. If only I was in Japan…
Fight over fried chicken turns fatal
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Fight over fried chicken turns fatal in W. Houston
By Jennifer Radcliffe Updated 6:55 am, Tuesday, November 3, 2015
A roommates’ fight over fried chicken turned deadly Friday night in a west Houston apartment, police said. Photo: Metro Video
A roommates’ fight over fried chicken turned deadly Friday night in a west Houston apartment, police said.
Houston police found a man later identified as Darwin Perez Gonzalez, 34, lying dead around 11:30 p.m. outside near the entrance to the Monte Carlo Apartment Homes on Lakewood Estates Drive.
Several witnesses saw the fight, which started between Gonzales and roommate Reinaldo Cardoso Rivera, 38, over the last piece of homemade fried chicken, a drumstick. They went outside to fight over the chicken, and that’s when Rivera allegedly stabbed Gonzalez with a steak knife.
Four or five Cuban men live in the apartment, police said.
“There was a single drumstick in the pan,” according to HPD Homicide Detective Fil Waters. “You can’t script this stuff. It’s someone getting killed over a piece of chicken. Pretty tragic.”
The suspect fled the scene, but returned and was arrested around 4 a.m., Waters said.
What goes on in Houston nowadays?
The Colonel of Two Worlds
Oh DC. At what price? :rolleyes:
Watch Colonel Sanders & the Flash team up to fight evil The Hard Way in a new comic book from DC Comics! Read it and then check out more of the Colonel’s adventures at colonelsanders.com.
This thread has been surprisingly fruitful when it comes to Asian news
I’m sure the Dalai Lama is tickled about this one.
Yum Brands will open Tibet’s first ever KFC next year in downtown Lhasa
Fast food monsters Yum Brands have no plans to simmer down. Despite various controversies and subsequent sales slippages, the corporation plans to expand in the Chinese market next year. The first step is to open the very first KFC restaurant in Tibet.
The company’s ambitions are to nab more franchise partners and triple their restaurant numbers in China to 20,000 units. Among these will be the brand spanking new KFC joint in the middle of the Tibet Autonomous Region capital of Lhasa, expected to be in operation in the first half of next year.
The exact location of the seminal fast food establishment has not yet been announced, though we think it should be able to blend right in within the Jokhang.
However, this won’t be the first attempt, back in 2004 similar plans were halted on the grounds of KFC not being “economically feasible” in Tibet. However, since then Tibet has entered its “Golden Age,” so they are obviously raring to take another stab.
Contact the author of this article or email tips@shanghaiist.com with further questions, comments or tips.
By Shanghaiist in News on Dec 10, 2015 6:30 PM
ttt 4 2016!
I’m beginning to think this thread is our best China barometer. :rolleyes:
Oh hey. (Reuters / Aly Song)
WRITTEN BY Alison Griswold January 16, 2016
China has been a very sore spot for KFC since the third quarter of 2014, when sales plunged 14% due to a tainted meat scare.
But earlier this week, the fast-food chicken chain had a sliver of good news to share: same-store sales in China grew 6% in the latest quarter. They fell 8% at sister chain Pizza Hut there, but overall the results were still positive enough to boost parent company Yum Brand’s China division by 2%.
In October, Yum announced plans to spin off its China division as a separate publicly traded company. The spinoff is designed to insulate Yum from the economic turbulence that’s plagued its China brand. The decision was also announced five days after an activist investor who had suggested a Yum China separation joined the company’s board. About three quarters of Yum’s China profits came from KFC in 2015, and one quarter from Pizza Hut, according to Yum.
At an investor conference in December, executives said Yum’s China units, which currently number 7,000, could grow threefold. “The investment thesis is high growth, pure play, on what we believe is the growth in the China consuming class,” said Greg Creed, Yum’s CEO. Micky Pant, CEO of Yum’s China division, called KFC “an integral part of life.”
Even with the latest positive results, though, there are some big catches to those rosy statements.
First, Yum’s recent history in China is checkered at best. When the tainted meat scandal hit in 2014, Yum had just recovered from another steep dive tied to Avian flu and and problems with one of its chicken suppliers. For a long time, KFC benefitted in China from the perception that its US-branded restaurants were cleaner and safer than local options. Repeated food safety incidents have eroded that advantage.
Second, it’s unclear how good Yum’s outlook with Chinese consumers actually is. Yum’s share of fast food in China fell 1.6 percentage points from 2012 to 2014, according to data from Euromonitor, even as the market itself grew by about $19 billion. McDonald’s, the second-biggest fast-food brand in China after Yum, also lost share from 2013 to 2014. One theory for that decline is China’s aging population—“a demographic that doesn’t tend to buy a lot of chicken nuggets,” as Bloomberg View’s Adam Minter put it in October.
Third and finally, China is attempting to transition from a manufacturing-driven economy to a consumer-based one, and it’s been rocky, to put it kindly. Markets are perilously low after a new bout of turbulence that began last week. When Yum’s same-store sales in China fell 10% over the summer, the company chalked it up to “tremendous unprecedented economic events.” But such events are becoming all too common in China.
Mutant chicken was a hoax
KFC China Triumphs in Lawsuit Over Mutant Chicken Rumors
by Dana Hatic Feb 3, 2016, 3:30p @DanaHatic
The chicken chain received nearly $100,000 from three companies who spread the false allegations.
Three Chinese tech firms were slammed with fines this week after a court determined they spread damaging rumors about KFC on social media, according to Reuters. The companies were ordered to pay a combined $91,191 and issue an apology for circulating allegations that Yum Brands chicken chain KFC had served genetically modified chickens with “six wings and eight legs.”
The original claim against the companies, filed in the Shanghai Xuhui District People’s court, said the defamatory messages that circulated social media had damaged KFC’s reputation and business.
The lawsuit arose in the midst of concerns over food safety in China, and the resolution comes just days after 10 people were jailed for an incident back in July where KFC, McDonald’s, and several other chains unknowingly purchased expired meat from a supplier. KFC is now fighting to redeem itself from these debacles and restore its reputation across its 4,600 restaurants in China.
While KFC asserts it was definitely not serving so-called “mutant chicken” in China, perhaps the idea isn’t so far-fetched: After all, the company did once imagine a future in which chicken had no bones.
Nevertheless, it’s been really bothering me that KFC is now offering Nashville Hot Chicken. Nashville ain’t in Kentucky. It’s in Tennessee, same state as Tiger Claw's east coast branch.
AUTHENTICALLY NASHVILLE! ALSO AUTHENTICALLY HOT. ALSO AUTHENTICALLY CHICKEN.
Get that flavorful, spicy, smoky Nashville Hot Chicken. Now with pickles! It’s finger lickin’ hot! (The chicken, not the pickles. The pickles are more like soothing lozenges for your mouth.)
Try our Nashville Hot Tenders also!