While tradition calls for feasting on "auspicious" foods, many will also munch on staple snacks like "phoenix claws," the Chinese name for chicken feet. For the uninitiated, chicken feet have a chewy, fatty and succulent texture, bordering on the gelatinous. Or they can be paired with a beer while watching football matches, said Leung Kin-keung, who runs a chicken feet stall. "I grew up eating chicken feet," said Leung. ———Associated Press video journalists Josie Wong in Hong Kong and Joeal Calupitan in Manila, Philippines contributed to this report.

Source: ABC News January 28, 2017 01:29 UTC