Tonight my family went to a Buffalo Wild Wings in Secaucus, New Jersey. The place was packed even on a Tuesday, obviusly very popular for all white meat enthusiasts. It had the sporty ambience, with at least 9 large monitors showing sports events, and T-shirts of most likely famous athletes framed and hanging on the walls (sorry I am not as conversant with who wears what numbers on shirts.. I only remember Jordan's 23!).
As we started to review the menu, I was amazed at how many choices they have of sauces and spices on chicken wings. There were at least 17 choices for sauces, and at least 5 on spices. Depending on your palate's readiness - from mild to wild to blazin - may include salt and vinegar, sweet bbq, lemon pepper, teriyaki, parmesan garlic, bbq sauce, spicy garlic, Thai curry, carribean jerk, jalapenos...name it! Didnt realize ordering chicken wings is not always that simple or straightforward.
I thought the Philippines was tops in the way we have enjoyed chicken dishes -I know we have a recipe for every part of the chicken - inside (innards) and out (i.e. skin) , and chicken delicacies could be from its head to feet. We also have several ways of cooking chicken - adobado, sinigang, tinola, nilaga, afritada, sa gata, sandwich spread, not to mention the many ways we use chicken in vegetable dishes and soups.
But when it comes to wings, the place we just went to, at least in my opinion, is hard to beat. It made me think even more about how life in America is so much about choices - there are always too many options in everything. Ordering eggs for breakfast in a typical diner, for example, can run from simple fried to overeasy, scrambled, soft boiled, hardboiled, poached, omelette, yoke only, white only..etc. It's the same thing with potatoes. Do you want fries, hashbrowns, baked, boiled, sauteed, with skin, without skin, cheesy, plain, sweet, salty? Having been to many parts of the world, most of them developing countries, I know that having this choice is a luxury. When you dont have much food to eat, you cant be choosy! So having any kind of egg or potatoes, with even a tiny piece of chicken would already be a special treat. I am so blessed to have choices in life. Thanks to my family for the dinner treat! The chicken wings were awesome. Go chicken, stay versatile!
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