I was driving home from work one day (March 23, 2007 - yeah, I’m catching up..) from Fengshan City, just east of Kaohsiung on Jiouru Rd, a rather large 4 lane road in the middle of the city with NO farms anywhere nearby, so hearing chickens clucking was more than a bit odd and out of place. The fact that the intermittent sound of the chickens stayed ahead of me was also strange (I had originally assumed they were along the side of the road), until I realized that some farmer must be taking his chickens to market somewhere and I just hadn’t met up with the truck yet.
The biggest surprise came when I actually caught up to the chickens:
Roasted chicken, Taiwan style!
If you look very closely, you can see smoke coming from the chickens nearest the tailpipe, on the right (click the picture to view it full-size). I always knew they did something special to give Asian food that distinctive flavor..
I can’t exactly tell, but I think there are around 12 chickens hanging from the back of the scooter. Plus, the woman had a large laundry basket of chickens between her legs with five or six birds, and the basket on the front of the scooter had two or three more. I think it’s safe to say there are around 20 chickens on this scooter.. I’ve definitely witnessed some crazy things in traffic here, but this is definitely one of the most unique!
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