Gà Tần

Gà Tần is a Vietnamese chicken stew dish made from a grey-footed variety of chicken that is stewed with medicinal herbs and eaten with friend bread. Recovering patients and over-worked persons feel in better conditions if they have this dish regularly.

In Hanoi, a quarter of a chicken is jammed into Coke cans along with an assortment of medicinal herbs, roots, seeds and berries and sat to steam in a big old pot of simmering water. This unique 'soft drink' is called ga tan, which essentially means 'fall-off-the-bone chicken'.

Originating in China, the dish is said to have restorative benefits, including easing of ailments such as constipation, asthma, backache and menstrual cramp. Add in diarrhea and hangover assistance and the chemist would be out of business.