It has been a while since our last post. Sorry folks for the dormancy. Although Chinese Lunar New Year celebration has just officially ended on 17.02.2011 (i.e. Chap Goh Meh), Salt n Pepper would still like to take this opportunity to wish all our readers a Belated Happy Chinese New Year and Gong Xi Fatt Chai.
Recently during the CNY holidays, we went to have one of our lunches at Imperial Duck Restaurant. Coincidentally, the day we went was also their first business day of the lunar new year. We have had this opportunity to witness the lion dance show as the 'taukeh' (i.e. owner) of the restaurant invited the lion dance troupe to perform as this would bring about an auspicious beginning for the year.
A short video clip of the lion dance show.
Let's move on to the foods here. As the name suggests, the signature dish here would arguably be the roasted duck. If not mistaken, there are three (3) different methods of serving styles but we could only remembered two (2) so far as we only ordered these two (2) before. The two (2) are Roasted Duck in Hong Kong Style and Roasted Duck in Mango Sauce.
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| Roasted Duck in Hong Kong Style |
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| Roasted Duck in Mango Sauce |
Although the roasted duck is their signature dish, we think that the roasted pork served here is also one of the best in town. This dish without having any difficulties easily became our most favourite order. However, the percentage of we managed to order it is not high as it always run out of stock. So the tip is to reach early (best is before 12.30pm) in order to have a taste on this dish.
If you order specifically just the roast pork, the way they served and cut it is in big and thick piece with nine (9) pieces per plate. There is also wasabi sauce served as condiment for this dish.
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| Roasted Pork |
If you are ordering a combination of roasted duck meat and roasted pork, the roasted pork is cut in thinner slices.
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| Combination of Roasted Duck and Pork |
Salt especially likes the fried rice here. There are two types namely Yong Chow Fried Rice and Imperial Duck Fried Rice which both are as nice. Yong Chow Fried Rice would need no further introduction but the Imperial Duck Fried Rice contains some special ingredients such as small piece of duck meat, salted egg yolk and anchovy.
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| Yong Chow Fried Rice |
There are also other meats and vegetables dishes on the menu but we have yet to tried all of them.
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| Pork Rib With Pepper & Salt |
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| Kailan with Oyster Sauce |
Apart from foods, they do serve dim sum as well. Overall, it is a nice eating place and is also one of our favourites eating places. The restaurant is located along the row of shop houses that housed the infamous Lok Thien Restaurant. For those of you who do not know, Imperial Duck Restaurant's owner is also the same owner of Lok Thien Restaurant. Maybe that's one of the reasons the restaurant is located nearby with Lok Thien.
