In Tokyo, the hot ticket for Christmas was the Japanese love for Kentucky Fried Chicken.
It's so popular that people line up for blocks to order KFC's Christmas Party Barrels or reserve the party barrel two months in advance.
The Christmas Party Barrel included eight pieces of chicken (either all fried or half seasoned with garlic and soy), a Caesar salad and a chocolate-mousse cake on a decorative plate, all this for $46. (only 8 pieces of chicken?)
But McDonald's refused to be left behind, offering its own version of the "traditional" Japanese Christmas chicken dinner at half the price.
It's not a festive package, but it's filled with three different types of McDonald's fried chicken. There are Chicken McNuggets, Juicy Chicken Selects, and Shaka Shaka Chicken, which is available only in Japan and involves some sort of packaged seasoning in which you "shaka shaka" (a.k.a. "shake") your order of deep-fried white meat.
It's not a festive package, but it's filled with three different types of McDonald's fried chicken. There are Chicken McNuggets, Juicy Chicken Selects, and Shaka Shaka Chicken, which is available only in Japan and involves some sort of packaged seasoning in which you "shaka shaka" (a.k.a. "shake") your order of deep-fried white meat.
So when next year, when Christmas comes around, start thinking about the drive through, a bucket of chicken and a yule tide order of fries.
