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Ever had Peking duck?

Yes. It's worth the wait. :awe:

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_duck
 
never had the $30/24hr advance one...


the one by the pound cut up at the asian supermarket is pretty good though. get some red roast pork too.
 
I had it in China at some chain that specialized in it. It was really good, there were like 6 courses, each part of the ducks was served in a different way.

I haven't been very impressed with what I have had in the US.
 
Friend of mine went to China and bought peking duck right off the street for $5. He said it was better than any stupid restaurant version he'd had.
 
Mixolydian said:
I want to try it but it costs $30 and requires the order to be placed at least 24 hours in advance. Worth it? :hmm:
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I've had it once, and it was awesome. It's not an entree for one, so the price should be divided by how many people are fighting over it.
 
That is regular roast duck which is still pretty good but not pounded and prepared like real Peking duck.
 
make sure you finish it in one sitting. These thing are good but not when eat the unfinished left over hours later.
 
Its good but hard to replicate at home unless you have a nice wood fire oven. The ones in china town are like the McDonalds of Peking duck unless you had it from Quanjude (doing it for over 150 years) or a similar place, you have not fully experienced what real Peking Duck is.
 
All the time...

What I HATE about it is that they usually make it a two parter: cut off thin slices of meat and skin to let you make wraps, then take the rest of the duck back to the kitchen, strip the meat and stir-fry it. The second part is usually shit. Just fillet the bird and give me the juicy clean meat.
 
i'd say.. no.

if you are buying it from the 24-hour advance places, it's probably crap.

go to your local chinatown, and find a restaurant that has the ducks hanging in the windows.
 
DigDog said:
i'd say.. no.

if you are buying it from the 24-hour advance places, it's probably crap.

go to your local chinatown, and find a restaurant that has the ducks hanging in the windows.
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Them be Cantonese roast duck, not Peking duck.
 
Yeah its good. If u eat a normal portion, a duck can be split with 3 people as long as you get another dish to go along with as a full meal. If you go just for duck, then 2 people.
 
ThinClient said:
Friend of mine went to China and bought peking duck right off the street for $5. He said it was better than any stupid restaurant version he'd had.
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/because stupid.

REAL peking duck is really good. Not everyone likes it. If you like duck, then the real one is way better.

However; every 'asian' style restaurant seems to offer it and most it's bad duck at best.

I don't care for it so much but the restaurant I worked for would prepare it for parties and the leftovers were ours to enjoy (same thing every night, but the normal buffet didn't have peking duck).
 
Imp said:
All the time...

What I HATE about it is that they usually make it a two parter: cut off thin slices of meat and skin to let you make wraps, then take the rest of the duck back to the kitchen, strip the meat and stir-fry it. The second part is usually shit. Just fillet the bird and give me the juicy clean meat.
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You could ask for that.
 
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