LOL...No soup, sides or anything that might even prove a distraction to my singular focus on enjoying my duck! I was by myself, no obligations, and completely free to be as uncivilized and unrestrained as I please. Oh, for tradition's sake, I did order a plate of Yeung Chau Chow Fan, and instructed my server to place a small portion in a bowl to end the feast.

Sorry. I should have clarified. First course of peking duck is the pancakes/skin/meat thing. Second course would have been a stir fry with the leftover meat and lettuce cups or a soup made from the bones or maybe a fried rice with the leftover meat (in some places that's second and third courses). Basically so as not to waste any of the duck (if only the first course is ordered, restaurants often toss the carcasses into a pot for their "daily" (read free) soup for someone else.

Got it. No, told them to skip the pancakes and side stuff, and just wanted the entire duck; no soup, stir fry or any of that--I just wanted the duck meat & of course the skin on a large plate fully de-boned and sliced into bite sized pieces.

Ah. So Friday night carnivore dinner. Gotcha. Duck isn't cheap these days. Would love to do that sometime in the near future. (although I like the stir fry in the lettuce cup as well.... I just don't have the patience to ripping all that additional meat off the bird). Maybe I'll do it sometime in the near future. It's good stuff when I'm trying to game.

Campbell's cream of mushroom soup with additional mushrooms that I had laying around and some crusty italian bread to mop up what was left.

Marcello’s pizza, SF

pepperoni slice
salami & mushroom slice

Sushi -- shrimp tempura roll and king crab roll.

Last night in one of my favorite HK restaurants.

Traditional 3-course and 1 soup dinner, ordered a la carte, of course. Started with Shark's Fin soup, followed with braised fatty pork, sliced abalone, and a steamed fish as my 3 entrees. For dessert, very dark chocolates (80%), cigar and XO after dinner, then stroll to admire the HK Central skyline in all of it's evening glory.

After evenings like this, I always think this is the greatest city in the world.

Didn’t finish it all, but I stopped for a half slab of ribs and a side of fries this evening from one of our local BBQ joints. It was delicious!

Chicken biryani

Self made?

David

Nope. If I tried, I might get a few dirty looks from my neighbours (although that's not necessarily a bad thing). Would be a first for me so it would have likely been a disaster.

Hot Jamaican beef patty with some pigs in a blanket. Gourmet? No. What I craved? Absolutely.

Kraft dinner with sausages.

Grilled fresh Pacific halibut with grilled lemons & browned butter
roasted baby potatoes
Broccoli and cauliflower