Sweet and sour sauce, pickled daikon, cucumber, cilantro, jalapeño. $7
DragonEats, San Francisco CA
This sandwich wasn’t very big and there wasn’t much fillings either, but the duck did taste pretty damn good! Yummy!
Goat stew with fingerling potatoes, beet salad with walnuts, fried piri-piri potatoes with saffron aioli, bacalhau (salt cod cakes), Achadinha Broncha cheese with honey, smoked duck breast with moscatel glaze, Pacific albacore tuna ceviche. $32
Tasca Tasca, Sonoma CA
This was a great Portuguese restaurant in Sonoma especially since there aren’t a lot of Portuguese restaurants out there! I loved all the different options they had on their menu and I thought that everything we ordered was really tasty. Noms!
Braised duck legs, San Marzano tomatoes, garlic, whole wheat radiatore pasta, smoked parmesan, pepperoni bread crumbs. Tasting menu $95
Volt, Frederick MD
I thought that this was a very successful dish. I loved the combination of the duck, whole wheat pasta, smoked cheese, and breadcrumbs. It was a hearty pasta dish, but the flavors were great and you can’t get it anywhere else!
Confit, sunnyside up egg, roasted potatoes. $15
Le Diplomate, Washington DC
Mmm, I love Le Diplomate. The service is wonderful and the food is very tasty. This duck dish was certainly heavy but it tasted great and the hollandaise sauce was surprisingly bright. Noms!
Pimm’s Cup: Pimm’s no. 1, cucumber, L’Esprit de June. $10
Bread basket. Complimentary
Omg, this bread basket is glorious!
Morning at Thomas Circle.
Duck confit, toulouse and garlic sausage, and white beans. Three course dinner prix fixe $35
Cafe Bastille, San Francisco CA
I love cassoulets because they’re so hearty and delicious. And with both duck confit and sausage, you really can’t go wrong. This duck was nice but I actually liked the sausage even more. Noms!
Le Parisien: raspberry coulis, passion flavored cognac, champagne. $11
1/4 duck deep fried and served with sweet chili sauce. 390 PHP
Mesa, Boracay PHILIPPINES
This duck was ok. I think it was over-fried in my opinion, but I found that this is how many of the fried proteins come out. They tend to be too dry and tough for my liking. I guess that’s why they always come with some kind of dipping sauce.
Stir fried vegetables in garlic sauce.
Roast pig displayed at one of the restaurants along the beach.
Vit cuon sa nuong. Served on lemongrass stalks. 135,000 VND
Hoang Yen, Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM
Mmm, these were really tasty especially when dipped into the different sauce they provide. The duck was tender and juicy and packed with flavor. Noms!
Tiger chai beer. 21,000 VND
Place setting.
Typical lunch cart on the street.
Cari vit. With potatoes, and served with fresh basil and French baguette. 75,000 VND
Duck Deli, Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM
Mmm, this duck curry was SO good. I actually loved all the bones and skin still attached to the duck. It’s so much more flavorful and fun to eat that way. And how can you deny the bread in Vietnam?! I definitely gained a few pounds on this trip.
Bitexco Financial Tower.
Goi vit. With sweet/spicy dressing, mixed greens, and roasted peanuts. Small 125,000 VND
Duck Deli, Ho Chi Minh City VIETNAM
Wow, this was delicious! I wish I knew what all the stalks and shaved stems were, but they all tasted great with the duck and the gingery fish sauce dressing. The duck had pieces of chopped bones in it, but I didn’t mind at all. I always think that bone-in is more flavorful anyway.
Hotel de Ville de Saigon (City Hall) and Ho Chi Minh statue.
Brunch special with duck egg, Fresno chilies.
The Coterie Room, Seattle WA
The has was pretty tasty and filling, but the duck egg on top was kind of unappetizing because it had a weird texture as if it had been sitting under the warmer for too long. I also wish that you could taste more of the fresno chilies in the hash.
Seattle Great Wheel from the Alaskan Way Viaduct.
Butter beans, chorizo, farm egg, Italian parsley, grilled bread. $25
Town Hall, San Francisco CA
Oops, I guess you really can’t see the duck, but I swear it’s in there under the farm egg. This dish had good flavors, but it was salty. I think the presence of duck confit and chorizo really upped the saltiness from the start, but I swear they must have added even MORE salt because there was too much! At twenty five bucks for this bowl, I think the execution could have been better.
View of downtown from the Castro.
Red bell pepper, basil, coconut milk, ordered “hot”. $8.99
Sweet Basil Thai Cuisine, San Francisco CA
Mmm, this was really tasty! I loved that the duck still had all its bones because they’re always more flavorful that way. I just wish there was more duck in there! The rich coconut curry was delicious and very filling.
Cartoon animal skeleton sidewalk stencil.
Vittle Monster 