What is ‘second-hand fried chicken’; how snack becomes popular in Philippine slums

A decades-old staple in the slums of the Philippines, known as pagpag or “second-hand fried chicken”, has unexpectedly trended on mainland social media. Videos of Chinese influencers and bloggers filming themselves trying the food have gone viral. Pagpag, which literally means “to shake off dust”, has been eaten in poverty-stricken parts of the Philippines for decades. It is made from discarded leftovers which are cleaned, re-seasoned and deep-fried before being resold as “reprocessed...