Peking Duck

I am terribly confused by this waitress who talked to much. We ordered Peking Duck and she said they don’t have. They only sell Beijing Duck. I told her Beijing is Peking. And the conversation went on and on and the ducks turned into lor ark which is stewed duck. Confused? Yeah, me too. So, on the first trip to the restaurant, we skipped ordering any ducks. But found others people eating what we had wanted to order – Peking Duck. Or Beijing Duck according to the talkative waitress.

So, today we went back for dim sum brunch and this time we got what we wanted.

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A poor duck that was spread on all fours with the head in a nice S shaped. Poor duckie, duckie. Then the waitress who talked too much use a cleaver and sliced off all the crispy skin.

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The main attraction is the skin of the duck. All crispy with oil oozing. Crunch, crunch.

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To counter the oiliness, the Peking Duck is served with Mandarin crepe which is like a capati, made from flour. The above is a plate of cucumber, scallions (the white part of spring onions) and red chillie

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One will spread some hoisin sauce (or whatever it is called) on the crepe, put a piece of skin, cucumber and scallion and rolled up. Eat.

Meantime, the poor duck without its skin will be rushed to the emergency room, no, I mean the kitchen. They will sliced off the meat and stir fry. You have a choice of black-pepper or ginger and spring onions stir fry. We had to take the ginger/spring onions stir fry because of the kids. Not very nice.

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But the orchid is beautiful, ya?

Cost : RM34 per duck with the works
Place : Midland One-stop, Jalan Burmah
Next to Berjaya Hotel, first floor, on the corner
Decor : No tacky, red, Chinese decor. In fact, almost no decor at all!

A place where the waitresses all talked too much. Nice and friendly service. Food so-so but not expensive. Previously, the place was rather deserted but lately business seems to be picking up. Probably because of the price of the Peking Duck which is ‘On Offer’.

Posted by on July 2nd, 2005 under Food

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  1. Tinkerbell Says:
    July 2nd, 2005 at 4:03 pm

    AARRGGHH!!! You’ve got me salivating! That looks SOOOO delicious! Over here, peking duck is pretty good, though not as good as what you get, and more than 3X the price!

  2. athene Says:
    July 2nd, 2005 at 4:31 pm

    do you know where i can get halal peking duck? got guest coming from abroad, he’s been asking for this

  3. Acrix Says:
    July 2nd, 2005 at 7:03 pm

    Drooling!

  4. Makan Kings Says:
    July 2nd, 2005 at 10:59 pm

    Lilian,

    Wow!! Nice looking duck. Always loved Peking Duck but havent had it in ages.

    -Makan Kings-

  5. lilian Says:
    July 3rd, 2005 at 8:17 pm

    MK – Yalor, susah to find places with Peking ducks with the complete works.

    Acrix – Drool drool

    athene – I am not sure if the Chinese restaurant in Hotel EQ is halal. That should be the only available place to check. You can call them up and see?

    Tinkerbell – I believe those using real goose would have taste better. Never tasted them before though. The ducks seem too expensive for me when I was in HK. Can only salivating.

  6. momof2 Says:
    July 4th, 2005 at 11:16 am

    ei your peking duck is not promotional price lah… we used to eat it for RM28 per duck (in the same restaurant and also in the one in Cititel) :P

  7. fish fish Says:
    July 4th, 2005 at 2:33 pm

    RM34?? So cheap!! In Japan, it will cost at least 10 folds. -_-”

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