M has never had Peking Duck. So, my mom, sister and I took her on Sunday night to our local duck house (call ahead to order your duck). It's not a fancy place and actually used to be a bar but the food is pretty authentic and we usually run into old friends there. M drove with mom front-seat driving. Normally, her pestering makes me furious but M and her were like a stand up comedy act. M drove through a yellow light and mom, knuckles white from gripping the dash, screamed, "Xiaoxin! Xiaoxin!" M doesn't speak Mandarin so we translated that it meant, "Be careful!" M laughed and said that she thought mom said, "Go faster!" Mom retorts, "I would never tell you to do that."We ordered what to me is a perfect Chinese dinner. A cold plate of jellyfish, ginger-scallion sauteed lobster, Chinese watercress sauteed with garlic and the Peking Duck. The duck arrived carved and sliced. Each tender roasted piece of meat had a piece of the signature crispy skin. We showed M how to take a crepe, add a bit of hoisin sauce, cucumber, scallion and duck and make a little wrap. She and D polished off at least 5 wraps each.
Beijing Duck House, 359 S. Washington Ave., Bergenfield, NJ 07621 (201) 385-2234
No comments:
Post a Comment