#smoked duck

[buffetlicious]

Was invited to my colleague’s Wedding Lunch at Conrad Centennial Singapore last Sunday. At the entrance a large stuffed teddy bear caught my attention as I proceeded up to the second floor to register my attendance. Checked which table number I am assigned to and dropped in the Ang Bao (红包) or red envelope into the collection box. A total of four tables (of 10s) were set aside for current and ex colleagues with many dressed to the nines for the occasion. After the cocktail reception outside the ballroom, we proceeded to our allocated table. As I was the first to be seated, I got to choose one facing the stage where all the activities will be happening.

In front of me is a Wedding Favour enclosed in a red and gold cardboard box. Inside are two squares of chocolate with one being orange flavour. Got a cup of Chinese tea, a glass of red wine and passionfruit drink from the wait staff.

When the time comes for the Luncheon to be served, I was wondering why they did not remove the bowl of flowers on the lazy susan which is the norm so the dishes can be placed there. Turned out the staffs just bypassed the wedding guests and brought the dishes straight to the serving station to be portioned into individual serving plates. Contradictory to the fact that the chefs spent much time on the presentation of the food; ended up the diners never even got a glimpse of it. I would love to see the medley of different appetizers arranged on the Happiness Platter but all we got was this miserable small plate of crispy shrimp ball, tea glazed smoked duck, chicken moneybag dumpling and marinated baby octopus all lumped together. Don’t they know, nowadays the camera eats first. Presentation aside, the items were actually pretty tasty.

The highlight of the lunch must be this Lobster Broth in Mini Pumpkin served in a small pumpkin bowl. The slightly starchy broth is choked full of chunky lobster meat, braised with fish maw, conpoy, bamboo pith and you get to dig out the soft and sweet pumpkin flesh.

[icleanedthisplate]

Smoked Duck Caesar. Cache. Little Rock, Arkansas. 5.2.2024.

NOTE TO SELF: This is the best addition to my downtown regular lunch rotation of the year so far.

Currently ranked first of two May meals.

[kosmogrl]

there's a gif of this duck for every situation

[nevesceramics]

🦆 🦆 🦆 wips through their second bisque, time for a black wash and clear glaze 👀

[spllwys]

endless ghifs 11/? ⛧ source — "I don't wanna end like this—"

[diogxnxs]

Why blame it on the rhythm of the samba, when you can just blame it on each other?

[whatamirolling]

Will always crack me up that duck newton was a high school burnout and yet got a degree in forestry or whatever and became a forest ranger???

[mschismosa]

a fun little request from twt of young van zieks & klint

i dont care how close they were i know what siblings are like FOR REAL

[adelphenium]

saw this guy on campus the other day and i just thought. tzegras

[dubaipenthouseupdates]

A Vile Hunger for Your Hammering Heart

[buffetlicious]

Colleague invited me and some of my other colleagues to her son’s Wedding Dinner at Goodwood Park Hotel (良木园酒店) last Saturday. The heritage hotel in Singapore is situated in a 6-hectare landscaped garden on Scotts Road. It was first built as the club house for the Teutonic Club serving the expatriate German community in Singapore and later converted into a hotel. The Tower Block of the hotel has been gazetted as a national monument of Singapore.

Have a peek at the Dinner Menu and Wedding Favours which is a heart-shaped condiment bowl or a round bottle opener. My trio of drinks from left - orange crush, Chinese tea and red wine, along with condiments of three types of chilli – pickled green chilli, chilli sauce and red chilli in soya sauce. One of my colleagues was already red-faced and half-drunk even before dinner was officially served.

Let’s start off with the Appetizer Platter comprising of five smaller dishes. From the bottom clockwise, we have the golden brown Suckling Pig Slices with crispy skin. Happy to say that the roasted piglet did not disappoint, after all I expect no less from a 5-star hotel.

Up one dish partition is the Chilled Marinated Baby Abalone with Thai Sweet Chilli. While the spicy and sweet abalones were good, the mountain of raw shallots used to prop up the mollusks were too pungent to eat on its own.

I have never seen unagi as part of the cold dish platter but this Teriyaki Eel was a delight to devour. With hint of charred smokiness, this freshwater eel was sweet and soft. Crispy Sesame Seafood Roll was the next dish I tried and it was still warm and shattering crispy with filling of crunchy prawns and other bits of seafood inside.

Sliced Smoked Duck was served with drizzling of diced mango & spicy plum sauce. The tangy and fruity sweet sauce paired well with the savoury smoked duck breast. Overall to say, this is the best appetizer platter I have ever eaten.

[popping-your-culture]

Lea Thompson, putting on a leg show for the ages. 😱 🤤 🔥

[descendantofthesparrow]

Nobodys home-by Avril Lavigne

based on @c-rose2081's pink lady diner au/fic/concept where Audrey, after the scepter incident, ups and leaves Auradon city/her role as princess and ends up in a no-questions-asked diner called the pink lady, gets a job, and picks up some bad habits.

[gummmy]

[diogxnxs]

Content Warning: Horrors of War, PTSD, Trauma

"Thanks, Joe. What would I do without you?"

[mayziii]