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Dry Pot Duck Feet (& Teaching in China) // Chengdu: City of Gastronomy 46

4,257 views · Published 5 July 2018 · 16:44 · Indexed 10 November 2026

Channel: Itchy Feet · 2018 · Travel & Events

Talking Teaching in China Over a Sizzling Dry Pot of Duck's Feet
I usually love dry pot in China, but unfortunately the card is commanding me to eat dry pot with duck feet. Usually, I order dry pot chicken wings, dry pot ribs, or even shrimp... dry pot duck feet seems like a webbed slap in the face. Fortunately, I'm sharing this meal with my friend Matt, a history teacher in Chengdu who's from America. We're talking about teaching in China, what it's like, the advantages, the disadvantages, how it compares to teaching in America, and more.
Great conversation can sometimes even out a not-so-great meal.

But this meal wasn't all bad. The dry pot flavors were actually very good, but duck feet are mostly skin and fat with some cartilage crunch. Some people enjoy them for their ability to absorb the dry pot flavors, which are spicy, salty, and numbing, but the texture does take some getting used to.
When duck feet are food they are called yā zhǎng, or duck palm. This is because the best bit is the pad at the bottom of the foot. Of course, you also eat the skin all the way up the leg, and even the webbing in between the toes, but don't expect any meat at all.

WHERE TO GET DRY POT DUCK FEET IN CHENGDU
Even if you're not into duck feet (and I'm not sure you should be), there are plenty of other dry pot dishes that you really will love.
This chain restaurant has 33 locations across the city.
销魂掌 - Xiāohún zhǎng - Ecstacy Palm
Map: http://www.dianping.com/search/map/keyword/8/0_%E9%94%80%E9%AD%82%E6%8E%8C
Dishes: 干锅鸭掌 - Gān guō yā zhǎng - duck palm dry pot
干锅排骨虾 - Gān guō páigǔ xiā - Dry pot pork ribs and shrimp
锅边馍 - Guō biān mó - pot side buns
红糖糍粑 - Hóngtáng cíbā - Brown sugar sticks

In this series, I am eating my way through a deck of cards. I bought a deck of food themed playing cards that feature a different Sichuan dish on every card. Every week I'll shuffle the deck and pick one random card to hunt down and sample. Chengdu was the first Asian city to be named a UNESCO City of Gastronomy. It's full of incredible food - a lot of which you probably don't know about.

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Dry Pot Duck Feet (& Teaching in China) // Chengdu: City of Gastronomy 46

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