The consolidated Peking Duck thread
Apr 23, 2017, 9:05 pm
#316
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pekin
May 8, 2017, 3:52 pm
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Not according to Wikipedia, which is probably a valid resource...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pekin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pekin
We will have time for 3 dinners there.
(Ah, that would be three different evenings, not one long caloric-overloaded evening...)
Thank you.
May 9, 2017, 8:08 am
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Moondog starts the china ambassadors, posts a twov thread with 348,000 views and then gets attacked. Some gratitude. LOL.
Well its the internet...gotta have thick skin.
Well its the internet...gotta have thick skin.
Feb 7, 2018, 10:14 am
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Just got back from a trip where I at at both back to back, and had duck both times. I think the Da Dong duck is better. The presentation etc. is also superior, between the more robust condiments dish and the airy sesame buns that you can put duck in, to me it's the better choice (but Made in China is no slouch).
Mar 4, 2018, 6:10 pm
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Just got back from a trip where I at at both back to back, and had duck both times. I think the Da Dong duck is better. The presentation etc. is also superior, between the more robust condiments dish and the airy sesame buns that you can put duck in, to me it's the better choice (but Made in China is no slouch).
Mar 4, 2018, 8:33 pm
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Also, very special at Made in China is the grilled giant Tiger Prawns the size of lobster tails. Terrific compliment to the duck.
I agree: back to back nights is best way to do it! Or, lunch then dinner.
Mar 6, 2018, 12:03 pm
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FWIW, we had only three dinners on the trip (3 nights not just 2!) - no way I was going to give up one or the other of DD and MiC.
Mar 7, 2018, 9:39 am
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Only slightly tangential, but the new Da Dong in NYC received a very tepid review in the NYTimes today. I don't think this is behind a paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/d...king-duck.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/d...king-duck.html
Mar 7, 2018, 3:20 pm
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Only slightly tangential, but the new Da Dong in NYC received a very tepid review in the NYTimes today. I don't think this is behind a paywall:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/d...king-duck.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/d...king-duck.html
Apr 25, 2018, 8:43 pm
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In Beijing now, and my mouth is watering. We have reservations at Da Dong tomorrow night - 3rd Ring Road location. Newbie question, but as a rule what does one order beyond the duck. We are two of us, just order a duck, or do most people order something besides, appetizer? Just don't want to either walk away hungry or look stupid!
As an aside, I thought 1949 - the Hidden City had been mentioned here, but maybe I read about it somewhere else. In any case, overheard at breakfast is that it is "temporarily closed" with one story about a water problem that needs to be addressed and another that their 10 year lease is up and that the "area" is up for reconstruction. Don't know how true that is.
As an aside, I thought 1949 - the Hidden City had been mentioned here, but maybe I read about it somewhere else. In any case, overheard at breakfast is that it is "temporarily closed" with one story about a water problem that needs to be addressed and another that their 10 year lease is up and that the "area" is up for reconstruction. Don't know how true that is.
Apr 25, 2018, 8:51 pm
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In Beijing now, and my mouth is watering. We have reservations at Da Dong tomorrow night - 3rd Ring Road location. Newbie question, but as a rule what does one order beyond the duck. We are two of us, just order a duck, or do most people order something besides, appetizer? Just don't want to either walk away hungry or look stupid!
As an aside, I thought 1949 - the Hidden City had been mentioned here, but maybe I read about it somewhere else. In any case, overheard at breakfast is that it is "temporarily closed" with one story about a water problem that needs to be addressed and another that their 10 year lease is up and that the "area" is up for reconstruction. Don't know how true that is.
As an aside, I thought 1949 - the Hidden City had been mentioned here, but maybe I read about it somewhere else. In any case, overheard at breakfast is that it is "temporarily closed" with one story about a water problem that needs to be addressed and another that their 10 year lease is up and that the "area" is up for reconstruction. Don't know how true that is.
Apr 25, 2018, 9:14 pm
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Thanks. "then the fruit platter" reminds me of the Chinese Banquet advise I received. "There will be many courses, you will eat forever and must sample each dish, then when you think you're finished the whole fish comes. When the watermelon appears you're actually finished. Then the drinking begins, avoid the Mautai."