Wild Duck 24 July 2013

Wild Duck 24 July 2013

Wine: Krinklewood 2012 Verdelho

St Hubert Rutherglen Cab Savignon 1993

We had:

Roast Duck Paper Rolls
Shao Lin Tofu Puffs

Xinjiang Lamb Skewers

Cripsy Xiang Sui Duck

Yu Xian Pork

Massaman Beef Cheek

Dragon Cut Baby Eggplant

The duck pancakes were lovely and tender, tasty as always.

The lamb skewers came with a yoghurt honey sauce and an onion tomato salsa.  Jim loved it with the honey flavour balancing well the cumin flavour on the lamb.  It went extremely well with the Verdelho.

The tofu puffs were very interesting, very different.  The fritters had a mixture of tofu, veges, water chestnut, very unusual.  It was served with some silken tofu and a small salad mix of funghi and cashews.  I really enjoyed it (I like tofu) but it was something completely different and tasty.

The pork was shredded with veges and funghi.  It had a strong underlying flavour whith was balanced well with the mantou sweet bread, a fried chinese bread with a sweet flavour.

The duck was fried, crispy, shreds of duck in a batter with no strong sensation, no unique flavour, a bit of a let down “doesn’t hit a taste bud climax” (who said that?).

The eggplant was crisp on the outside with a beautiful soft flavour on the inside,  the texture was lovely.

Mussaman curry was liked by the blokes, it had a balance between, the meat and the veges, the meat was tender with a strong beef flavour.

The restaurant is situated in "New Kingston" amongst all the new apartment blocks.  The ambience is pleasant, not too crowded, not too noisy, decor refined..  The waiter was friendly and knowledgeable.  It's not a cheap eat but  not top of the range expensive either.  There were a couple of dishes that didn't stand out but overall,the quality and variety of the food was great.  Recommended.