RDK lady: Hello?
Jules Y.: Hello! I'd like to place an order :D
RDK lady: Okay, what would you like?
Jules Y.: I'd like to order one roast duck :D
RDK lady: Okay, one roast duck?
Jules Y.: Yes :D
RDK lady: Anything else?
Jules Y.: No, that's all. Can I pick up at 430pm today? :D
RDK lady: Okay, pick up at 430. Don't forget to come pick up your order, okay?
Jules Y.: OK, I won't forget :D
RDK lady: Okay good :) What's your phone number?
Jules Y.: (808)xxx-xxxx
RDK lady: And your name?
Jules Y.: Jules
RDK lady: Okay, see you later today
Jules Y.: Yes, see you later today! Thank you! Bye bye :D
Is this how you order, too?
This is the way I've been ordering at all Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese restaurants, and I've been doing it this way for years. I'm half Chinese and I'm not sure but perhaps this is my trick to ordering success. I've learned from kid time that when you talk with ppl who mostly speak English as a second language, you have to talk in executive summary, maybe a little slower if you tend to talk fast, and mostly only answer when asked. Don't confuse the ordering by trying to do any chit chat in between or ask them how they are doing today. Don't be wishy-washy; do be confident yet cheerful while ordering; if you have a question, just ask. Only stick to what you are attempting to accomplish.
I've been ordering from this restaurant since I first read Ramfis B.'s review about this place quite awhile ago. (Thank you, Ramfis!!) And I have to agree that I sure love the food here. As a person who tries to avoid beef, pork, and chicken, it's really difficult to not order the cold ginger chicken, roast chicken, or roast pork bc they're so good! I'm not actually supposed to have duck either but duck is one of the few exceptions :P
So lately, I've been ordering duck. A couple of previous weeks ago, I had just ordered duck from Wah Kung Chinese Restaurant and was reminded what I don't like about duck not from this place! Don't get me wrong, I do thoroughly enjoy the food at Wah Kung. The Wah Kung duck was OK and tasted good but it was also colored red, it was boney in that the meat stuck to the bone so tight, and actually come to think of it after subsequently coming here, I realize that it was pretty darn dry.
In stark contrast to Wah Kung, the duck here is covered by a soft, succulent glistening chestnut-brown skin. The meat is fleshy, not all that stuck to the bone, fairly soft yet still firm with a really nice chew. The taste is of calm and subtle roasted duck, skin meat and fat combination that pleasures every bite, and entirely engages all of one's senses. It's such a clean, fresh duck taste that's hard for me to resist! Especially difficult to not want to eat it all when it's still hot! Hahaha!
Ducks are ducks not cows or pigs or lambs so there's only so much meat a duck can have on its boday. I don't really understand it when ppl complain about the duck meat they're eating is between a skin and a bone and yet how it's too thin. You know what those ducks look like swimming around? Hehe Ducks already don't have that much meat, not like a cow, pig, or lamb. They naturally fly walk around and swim constantly so they're not gonna be all that fattened up. Right? Haha!
Anyway, this is my favorite place to have duck so I'll order it on occasion for parties and get togethers. Sometimes I'll order one or maybe just half just to enjoy all to myself, but no matter what, I do realize that it is going to be a real treat! :D
What I also love is that they'll add in a few gau gee to the order! One time I forgot that they do this so I asked: Hey, did I order gau gee? The lady laughed and said, "Oh, that's on the house! :D" To which I replied: "THANK YOU!! :D" They taste so good! Sometimes I cannot resist and will eat one! :D Wait! Maybe all three! :P :D
Last thing. If you want to be sure you get half a duck, a whole duck, or a bunch of ducks, well, any duck for that matter :P, be mighty sure to place your order in the morning a little after they first open. If you call in the late afternoon, it might be a little too late to secure that duck you're dreaming of :(
One more last thing. This place is called Roast Duck Kitchen. It's not roast duck Restaurant. Kitchen means this is a meat shop like the kind at Chinatown. That they have a couple tables inside and outside is a give on their part but they are solely a meat shop that sells more than just meat. In no way are they out to be a restaurant. Order from here and expect to take it to go, and you'll be fine :)
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