San Francisco

Now here’s a chicken wing that may not be your regular on game day, but shift it into the rotation and you may be surprised. I can’t think of a more perfectly crispy skin, and with the proper addition of piri piri, these wings could fly miles above your stampede of the buffalo variety. A pile of these is a bundle of joy, practically a steal at eight bucks. And there is no better place to get them than San Tung, a well-trafficked joint in Inner Sunset. The dry fried chicken (wet) is doused in a succulent garlic sauce, but 74 is the number to point to for crispiness: This truly mouthwatering item is the original dry fried chicken (dry). If you can’t get enough–and trust me, you can’t–the dry fry preparation works its magic on proteins besides chicken: Beef, flounder, shrimp and calamari. Collect all five!

Photo:  David MacFadden