Jim, Megan, Kim, Ron, John, Andrew
Wine: The Ned Sav Blanc 2014, Waihopai River, Marlborough
Cape Mentelle Zinfancel 2001
The Tang Dynasty has reopened, including the horses at the
front door. Great to see them back.
And they have an all duck menu, so there was no debate on
what to have.
Duck pancakes to start with, decent, huge pieces of duck
not, as Ron said "just some died up skin".
The next duck course was noodles, with duck and
mushroom. It had flavours of ginger and
sesame all through the noodles. Maybe
there could have been a bit more of the duck perhaps, but otherwise lovely.The salad was maybe the favourite? It was mixed with crisp apple and maybe rice wine vinegar, it was refreshing and tasty.
The soup was the let down of the night, it just tasted like boiled duck, quite thin, the least interesting of all the dishes.
And of course, dessert was standard, but yummy.
Tang Dynasty is not your ordinary Chinese, it's a bit more
upmarket and the prices reflect that. But
for the extra, we get a pleasant ambience, tables not too close together, noise
not an issue, and wait staff who were attentive (including the magic show). Recommended!!
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