Duck for dinner

Cheok Kee Duck Rice at the East Coast Lagoon food centre is my favourite braised duck stall. Articles and plaques from various food-variety programmes, like "Yummy King", line its display window, proclaiming the popularity of this hawker stall.

Getting into the packed lagoon carpark is a regular nightmare on typical weekend evenings, but Monday nights are nice and quiet. Just the way we like it.


Cheok Kee Duck Rice

In fact, since it was so quiet, they bade us sit and brought the food directly to our table. Normally, it's a story of self-service and long queues, but there was no queue tonight. The hawker recognized J with a smile, and doled out our usual extra bowl of thick, smooth sauce... mmm. Cheok Kee's duck meat seldom fails to satisfy; we cleaned out the whole plate in short order.


Extra sauce for dipping

I prefer this stall over the "famous" one at South Buona Vista Road. It's so much closer to home, too. One of these days we should try the main stall, which I think is somewhere in Whampoa.