Dale Rice has had a passion for food since his mother let him stand on a kitchen chair to stir the cake batter and then lick the bowl at the tender age of 5. Restaurant critic and wine writer for the Austin American-Statesman, he has been writing about the local food scene for the last 12 years. He lives in South Austin with 1,500 cookbooks and a 100-year-old wagon wheel for a pot rack.
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By Dale Rice
| Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 08:00 AM
BEIJING — After crisscrossing Beijing for two weeks, one thing that still amazes me is the number of KFC outlets in this city. They outnumber McDonald’s significantly, which was another surprise. The explanation is simple, according to several Beijing residents: KFC came first, and the Chinese prefer chicken over beef. But that doesn’t mean it’s a strictly fried chicken kind of thing. The chicken burgers at KFC are extremely popular, the residents told me. I can’t vouch for that, though; I haven’t dined at a KFC here to observe the frequency of various orders.
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