Ever had Peking duck?

[Mixolydian]

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:

 

[SKORPI0]

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking_duck

 

[LagunaX]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4geCelkihsw

 

[PottedMeat]

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.

 

[brainhulk]

Peking duck is amazingly delicious. Especially with the plum sauce.

 

[quikah]

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.

 

[ThinClient]

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.

 

[xaeniac]

It's greasy and has some weird seasoning on it, but it's good

 

[Markbnj]

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:

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.

 

[sdifox]

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.

That is not peking duck...

 

[LagunaX]

That is regular roast duck which is still pretty good but not pounded and prepared like real Peking duck.

 

[MongGrel]

 

[dn7309]

make sure you finish it in one sitting. These thing are good but not when eat the unfinished left over hours later.

 

[Lyfer]

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.

 

[EvilYoda]

Done properly, absolutely.

 

[uhohs]

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:

24 hours in advance? wth?

Location: Barrington, IL

oh. ok. ^_^

 

[alzan]

dang, beat me to it

 

[Mixolydian]

24 hours in advance? wth?


oh. ok. ^_^

BITCH, you wanna go??!!

 

[Imp]

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.

 

[DigDog]

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.

 

[sdifox]

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.

Them be Cantonese roast duck, not Peking duck.

 

[Tiamat]

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.

 

[alkemyst]

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.

/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).

 

[alkemyst]

Them be Cantonese roast duck, not Peking duck.

QFT, just baked/roasted/whatever duck labeled as Peking.

 

[alkemyst]

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.

You could ask for that.