Restaurant review: Pinot Duck, Stanley - new spin on Cantonese duck dishes
Classic crêpe wraps (HK$68) were delicious, with the richness of the meat and skin balanced by the leek and cucumber. They're expensive, though, at HK$68 for two, so for four of us, it came out to HK$138. At some Beijing restaurants you would pay that for a half duck.
Shop G07 Stanley Plaza, 23 Carmel Road, Stanley
Tel: 2772 0060
Open: noon-10pm
primarily modern Chinese, specialising in duck and pinot wines, especially pinot noir.
about HK$260 without drinks or the service charge.
the ground-floor space has folding doors that open onto Stanley Plaza, so, weather permitting, you can sit outside, as we did.
classic crêpe wraps (HK$68) were delicious, with the richness of the meat and skin balanced by the leek and cucumber. They're expensive, though, at HK$68 for two, so for four of us, it came out to HK$138. At some Beijing restaurants you would pay that for a half duck. We couldn't detect the Sichuan peppercorn or cumin in the crispy duck pieces (HK$88), but we liked them anyway; they were tender, moist and crisp. Eight treasures duck leg (HK$198) had an enticing aroma and complex flavour from ingredients that included lotus seeds, dried shrimp, chestnuts and shiitake mushrooms. Duck fat artisan noodles (HK$98) with small pieces of duck bacon had a deep flavour from the confit spring onion, and were delicious with a drop or two of the chilli oil that came with the duck leg.
the waiters were helpful, although it might have been because there were only two other groups of diners on the night of our visit.
oyster deep-dish omelette (HK$68) was too mixed up with its ingredients: the hoisin sauce on top obliterated the other flavours. Lotus and cucumber salad (HK$98) was the worst dish — the dressing (with salted lemon and Sichuan pepper oil) sounded interesting but didn't have much flavour.
Desserts sounded creative and interesting, but we were too full to try them.
