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Published: July 12th 2009
This past week I had the joy and excitement of trying
Pekingese Duck. I had seen these happy birds hanging in shop windows in Mong Kok, with their crispy orange skins, and wondered how they tasted.
I went with a couple of friends to the
Spring Deer restaurant in Kowloon to try it out.
The place was, as all popular local (read: Chinese) restaurants are,
bright, crowded, and noisy. There was no subdued mood lighting or sound-proof panelling: the walls were unadorned white, the lights were bright fluorescent, and the tables were all full. In fact, we were only able to get a reservation by agreeing to come at 9 pm. But that's not a problem, since it's open till 3 am.
It was kind of hard to find...we had to push our way past a gentleman's club (whoever coined that phrase deserves a medal), creep through a clothing store, and make our way up a staircase before we ever smelled food.
Our waiter's English was limited, as he threw down about 12 empty plates, bowls, and cups and
sprayed me with spittle while he hacked out some Cantonese to take our order.
When the
food came, it took my breath away. As you can see from the picture, there
seemed to be about 50 plates on the table, and all for just the three of us (in fact it was 22 plates). We started with spring rolls, but also tasted the most garlicky green beans I've ever met, a tofu dish, and endless pots of tea.
Then came the piece de resistance: the duck.
Unfortunately, they
hacked it up on a cart just out of my sight behind another table, then brought it out to us, breast meat nicely sliced on the plates.
They also brought out hoisin sauce, plates of green onion and celery, and what I am absolutely sure was essentially a
stack of tortillas. The idea is that you put one of these Chinese tortillas on one of your many plates. Put a couple slices of duck inside, along with the onion and celery, and season with hoisin sauce. Then you wrap it up exactly like a fajita and enjoy.
It was tasty, but after a couple of fajitas I found it to be
just too rich. Duck is a fatty food at best, and this was an extremely well-fed duck.
Needless to say, we had leftovers.
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Angelica
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Ooooh....duck
I had that in Foggy Bottom at some Chinese restaurant....I was so excited that I was getting 'peking duck' something I'd always heard about. I agree - too greasy, you treat it like a taco and it's not all that good. I'd rather Lauriol Plaza Fajita tacos. Mmmmm. Enjoyed hearing the review though.