Word: friede
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
"The Colonel was a visionary," Mirwais says. "He was the first to envision fried chicken as a commercial food. I see myself as the Afghan Colonel Sanders." Indeed, Mirwais' chicken tastes, at least to the expatriate palate, remarkably similar to its American inspiration - and he's not disclosing the source...
As the sun sets in Kabul and the wail of the muezzin issuing from loudspeakers mounted on minarets calls the faithful to evening prayer, the fryer at KFC is being fired up for the evening rush. But Kabul Fried Chicken has little in common with the U.S. chain whose initials...
Kabul Fried Chicken is, if he is to be believed, the brainchild of Mirwais Abuldrahizmi, who long ago observed that the young people of the Muslim world like to express their cosmopolitan yearnings through their consumption habits. And returnee Afghans, like himself, bring with them visions from exile of girls...
Jamshed spits a bit when he talks - hopefully he cooks in silence. He claims that after being told by the (real) KFC regional HQ in Lahore, Pakistan, that opening a franchise in Kabul would cost him a few hundred thousand dollars, he opted to go the pirate route. He claims...
While I am sometimes thankful for all the conveniences of home whenever I want to eat quickly, part of me feels guilty for failing to take full advantage of my trip to China—even if my version of China is dominated by futuristic Pudong—when my...