The Weirdest Chicken Nankotsu Karaage

At a restaurant recently, I saw that they had nankotsu karaage (fried chicken cartilage).

I thought "hey, I have not been to an izakaya for a long time. Maybe this can satisfy me".

I expected something that looks like popcorn chicken, but instead, I got these strange arrowheads...

They were chicken cartilage alright, but with no meat attached at all.

I am not sure which part they are from exactly, but they were also very dry and not that fun to chew on.

They end up being one of the strangest things I have eaten in Japan, and I did not enjoy them at all. A disappointing way to spend 550 yen.