Peking Duck!

When we have no wish to eat beef (means no tomahawk or ribeye sorts), what better way to do a delicious low-carb dinner than to devour a whole Peking duck between three people? Went for an indulgent dinner at Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, and V picked up the bill, refusing to negotiate about it.

Low carbs don't mean low calories horrr. A whole Peking duck weighing about 1.5kg holds 1500 kcal or so. One serving of 50g including its skin would be ~115kcal + 14g of protein. The meat is low in carbs and high in protein. If we don't drizzle plum sauce onto the slices and its wraps, or go easy on the wraps, then we'll be able to keep dinner reasonably healthy.

The slices of Peking duck were absolutely lovely. I love duck when it's done like that. Tasty and tender. The duck breast is faultless, and the restaurant slices the thigh and dark meat just fine. V brought along a bottle of red that totally complemented the meat. We wouldn't be able to drink so much, so we didn't get another bottle of lesser wine from the restaurant (corkage would be waived if we do that). We'd rather pay the corkage.

I wanted greens. Found the simplest version that's just kai lan. I like stems. It was excellent. Beautifully sautéed and balanced with ginger and Chinese rice wine. I had no more space for soup since we were going to have a bite of the leftovers of the duck to be tossed in mee pok. I really didn't mind a bit of the carbs since this restaurant's mee pok is a good iteration.

It was a 6.30pm dinner, so there was plenty of time for our food to digest after. Didn't overdo the drinking either. Loved it. The company and conversation were both wonderful. I was full and super happy with the meal, but I wasn't stuffed. There was no need to go for a quick sprint before bedtime rolled around. (I hate jogging and try to avoid it if I can.) Stomach felt great when it was time to sleep.