Chicken in caramel sauce

It's amazing how intertwined Asian cuisines are. Southeast Asian countries have different versions of noodle soups, for instance. Chinese influence, definitely -- the Chinese have been trading with various Asian countries for centuries. In fact, in the Philippines, the Chinese have been doing business even before the Spaniards arrived. But the Chinese influence aside, the similarities in the local cuisines are endless, the variations are interesting but the differences even more so. For instance, while the Japanese teriyaki and the Vietnamese chicken in caramel sauce may appear similar...