After a year of avoiding it, I finally had to go to Duck King. Everyone’s been raving about it and our good friend UE in the Philippines has been asking us to bring him home Duck King forpasalubong (a present usually given by one arriving from a trip) every time we come home.
The entrance is deceptively small. You’ll know why when after you walk through the maze of an entrance and see the entire floor.
I liked the sleek modern interiors, which was quite accurately grand! It is a massive restaurant that takes up the entire corner of the building floor.
Fried shredded chicken (appetizer)
The thing is I am not fond of duck meat and in a place like Duck King, it would be a waste to go there since my husband would have no one to share the duck with. This time around we were a group of 5 with his colleagues and it was the perfect time to finally try it out!
Chrysanthemum Tea, if I remember correctly
Their menu is as massive as their floor area. I swear I thought they were giving me a book. They had such a wide variety of dishes (some I’ve never ever encountered in other chinese restaurants before) that it took us a while to wade through everything and decide on our order. The menu printed on the placemats are not the same items on their “book” so we forgot to order dimsum from them. (Thank God because we over-ordered, as usual!)
My husband asked me to take a picture of this Coke, because he was ecstatic that it was a regular sized can. A lot of places serve the skinny can or the super tiny bottle or Coke Sakto as we call it in the Philippines. And he always has to order 2 of them because it’s never enough! More pictures of glorious food after the jump!
Crispy baby squid
Prawns in black pepper sauce - this was way too spicy for me. I couldn't even finish 1 piece!
I forgot the name of the vegetable that was cooked with garlic, but this is definitely something we've to order again! I wonder what sauce they cook this in? So simple yet so tasty!
Tofu with mushrooms. I prefer the Din Tai Fung version of this one. It was lacking in taste for me. But our friend liked this dish best of all, so taste is really relative.
I couldn't get enough of this fried noodles with seafood! So delicious! Basically a more glamourous pancit canton =P
Fried rice with dried fish. I was craving for the fried rice with dried fish we had in Crystal Jade. Unfortunately this did not make the cut for me. Next time I'll just have plane rice.
Expertly slicing the crispy duck skin off!
CLOSE-UP
The woman beside the guy carving the duck was expertly wrapping the skin
The highlight of the meal!
Okay I take it back. I don't eat duck except for peking duck skin! LOL! It reminds of me of pritchon (roast suckling pig skin in wraps similar to this)
We got a table by the corner and the view of the fountain was breathtaking. Unfortunately my photography skills weren't at that level where I could capture it yet. Pesky glass got in the way!
We had a wonderful satisfying meal. My last bite was (get this) the DUCK SKIN WRAP! Yummmm! In total it all came out to Rp 700,000. I think we ordered a meal for 6-7 people, not for 5. Or maybe 5 MEN but we were mostly women so we had some take-away. Next time we’ll other dishes and hopefully somehow find our way through their menu again!
On the way out, we discovered the aquariums with sea creatures so big they were almost mythical in my eyes! I’ve never seen live crabs, lobsters and shells so big! All for the consumption of Grand Duck King customers!
Does anyone know what these are called? And what they taste like? They don't look yummy in my opinion but I'd love some enlightenment!
That's the baby crab, the one behind it is one ginormous momma!
That lobster is bigger than my freaking head! WHOA!
- Grand Indonesia Shopping Town, East Mall Lv 3A – Garden District Unit 1-17
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