Duck!

One of my favourite dishes has always been Peking Duck Pancakes. There is something I love about being able to put together your own little parcel just the way you like it. When J and I share dinner at home there was always a mad rush to eat your share as fast as you can, just in case the other person gets it first. I just couldn't wolf down duck pancakes, so a prior 60/40 arrangement was agreed on. We could then eat at our leisure.

Over the years I have come to the realisation that there are certain foods that, no matter how hard I try, I cannot reproduce the real thing. Three that spring to mind are Sushi, Pad Thai and BBQ duck. I never imagined that any of these dishes would be particularly difficult to master but each time I've tried to make them myself they are nowhere near as tasty as what you can get in the restaurants. I always end up vowing to just leave it to the experts. And that is what I did with this BBQ duck. No doubt I could have attempted to BBQ/roast the duck myself but it was much easier to pop down to Chinatown and pick up a ready BBQ'ed duck. Some spring onions & cucumber, a dash of hoi sin sauce - wrap it all up and I'm in heaven.