Da Dong

Posted Oct 24, 2006 7:41am by Batumi

Joined: Jun 25th, 2005
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I just read an article about Da Dong on China Daily web site. Wow. What crap. We ate there the other day, the one nearer to Chaoyang Acrobabts, and it was horrible. As far as food, duck, and other dishes go, I don't recommend it. And importantly, it missed a lot of the "show" that often accompanies ordering duck. Now, if the duck was damn good, I wouldn't have cared, but it wasn't, plus the service bored us.

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admin

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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: admin on Oct 24, 2006 7:51am

wow, you must have been there on an off night. You might try their new location at Nanxincang ... I've found the new one to be nicer. Maybe they moved the best duck roasters there.

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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: 4Q on Nov 23, 2006 5:38pm

Hmmm
i went last night.
i had a portion of fried prawns for starter then le bird.
all i can say is that i'll never be able to eat Beijing duck in england ever again after last nights meal.
the whole, performance, routine, show, should i say was absolutely fantastic. no greasy fat bird, no oil dripping down your chin. the waitress helped me out and showed me the 3/4 combinations of eating it with the wraps.
totally blown away. a great experience that i'm gonna have to repeat before i split next week.
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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: Brainfox on Nov 23, 2006 6:10pm

I agree, it's been delicious every time I've been there. Damn, I'm starving......

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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: admin on Nov 23, 2006 6:26pm

screw turkey, I'm having a duck for thanksgiving!

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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: 4Q on Nov 23, 2006 6:43pm

admin wrote:

screw turkey, I'm having a duck for thanksgiving!

great idea.. beats hell of of some steriod pumped bird anyday.

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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: Puddin' Head on Nov 23, 2006 6:46pm

4Q wrote:

Hmmm
i went last night.

Golly, I was there last night too!

My two fen: Very tasty. But not so different from my usual kaoyadian, which is 1/3 the price.

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Re: Da Dong

Posted by: 4Q on Nov 23, 2006 6:55pm

Puddin' Head wrote:

4Q wrote:

Hmmm
i went last night.

Golly, I was there last night too!

My two fen: Very tasty. But not so different from my usual kaoyadian, which is 1/3 the price.

small world. had we crossed paths i doubt you would forget me. not that i'm handsome or anything like that. i got some pretty distinguishing features.
i've not done other ducks here. time is limited but have been reading this forum since my first visit last year. had to go check out what the rant was about and it was a killa meal. am on holiday leg of trip so don't mind paying, if it was to become a regular thig i wold do some looking around just to see how good i had it at Da Dude. it blew me away, gonna hassle hell out of london duck from now on. won't eat it again till i return to Bjing