Simon's Peiking Duck Restaurant

Where: Box Hill South, Vic, Australia
When: Tuesday 28th June, 2011, Dinner
Occasion: Dinner with Sam and Kat
Wine: Oyster Bay Sauvignon Blanc
http://www.simonpeikingduck.com/

On a lazy Tuesday night, Andrew and I were called up on the way home from looking a little Millie and asked if we wanted to join our friend's at the movies that night. They asked whether we had time to get a quick feed, so we jumped at the opportunity to try this local restaurant.

Andrew and I adore peiking duck so we could not go to a peiking duck restaurant without indulging in a whole duck. This restaurant prepares the duck for you in the traditional way, were the peiking duck rolls have the crispy skin in them then the duck meat is then transformed into another dish. Although the duck was beautiful, I as slightly overwhelmed by the amount of skin without any meat on it and searched out pieces of skin with some sign of meat. It was great that we saw the duck prepared before us, they then gave us a demonstration about how to make the duck pancakes then were left to wrap the 15 individually. Great!

Shortly after finishing these duck pancakes, a dish of duck meat and bean shoots appeared on the tabel. The meat was deliciously tender and I could tell that it was thoroughly enjoyed by all as we didn't speak whilst shovelling in this dish.

The next dish we shared was Timorese oven roasted boneless chicken marinated with tamarine, chilli, garlic, black pepper finished with fresh lemon, sesame seeds, spring onion and sweet soya sauce. I had to copy this description directly from the website just to help you understand the reason why we chose this dish. The flavours were intense without being too spicy. We quickly ate through the whole serve and left me wanting more!

The final dish we ordered was a deep fried flounder with spicy salt and chilli. Although this caused some challenges in understanding the best way to serve the fish, the flavours were amazing!


Overall, this local restaurant is fabulous and will be frequently visited by Andrew and I again for many years to come! We only hope we can have enough room for their dessert next time....