Thursday 23 November 2017

PERSONA A L'AST

London's countless fried chicken shops. The subject, sometimes, of the kind of palaver my old city does so well. Known for the sameyness of the logos which belie the fact that they tend to be small, locally owned businesses. Of these brands, the ones which cause me to glance most sharply are the ones in which the smiling rooster is clutching a bucket of chicken, proudly cannibalistic. It was this that came to mind when I was getting some winter sun on my face in Tossa de Mar this weekend. The signage of one bar/restaurant there flips the notion of 'man cooks chicken and chicken is happy about it':