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Peking Duck & Beijing Dumplings

Posted by pesky | May 10, 2008 .

Or should that be Beijing Duck & Dumplings?  What, in any event does this have to do with walking?  Well Dina Quirky and I decided we’d treat ourselves to a Yum Cha after a traumatic week at work, however our favourite Yum Cha restaurant the West Lake, was full and Quirky had neglected to book a table.  I proceeded further along Little Bourke Street with Dina and Quirky in tow & suggested we go to the Da Hu Duck Restaurant.  Quirky, as to be expected, was unsure as he’d had his heart set on Yum Cha.  However when Dina pointed out to him that the Da Hu offered Spring Rolls (a Quirky favourite), the deal was clinched and we headed upstairs.  As we were mindful of our calories, we confined ourselves to half a duck (with pancakes, sauce, spring onion & cucumber – scrumptious!) as well as several entrees including the obligatory Spring Rolls, some steamed Beijing style dumplings (delicious), seafood san choi bao (average), and some Shandong steamed buns (glorious).  For good measure I had a small serve of Suan La Tang 酸辣汤 (Hot & Sour soup).  As we were all (incredibly!) still a bit “moreish” we finished off with the pepper squid, which we all agreed was sensational.  Needless to say this was all washed down with Chinese tea and some lubricious libations generously supplied by Dina.  We then had our walk back to the office………

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