Came up to Canberra for the weekend & visited Wild Duck on the Kingston Foreshore on Thursday night. Service was lovely - very welcoming and attentive.
We ordered the Traditional Peking Duck for entree which was mouth watering - the duck was so tender and the hoisin sauce added that extra flavour.
For mains we ordered the Kung Po Chicken & Pork Belly in Lotus Leaf. The Kung Po chicken was a simple but well-cooked dish. The macadamia nuts added texture and complimented the chicken. However, despite being promised a 'spicy Szechuan', it was very mild. The Pork Belly was cooked to perfection - falling apart - and the sticky rice matched beautifully and worked so well with the pork b...
Came across Wild Duck when looking for another restaurant. Looked very inviting and it certainly was a warm welcome we received. A selection of interesting dishes which at first challenged our younger diners as they were different sounding to the normal Chinese menu. On tasting each of the very well presented options across the menu, no doubts remained. Fantastic flavours in lettuce cups and dumplings which continued in mains of beef cheek and chicken. Not something you usually associate with Asian restaurants, the deserts were remarkable in flavour and beautifully presented. A must is the chocolate mousse and the sticky rice. Good offerings of wine by glass too.A thoroughly enjoyable night...
A friend brought me to Wild Duck for dinner and I was pleasantly surprised. The menu has significant variety at reasonable price points. The atmosphere is congenial, the service is efficient and friendly, and the food is high quality.My friend had the pork belly and I the Kung Po chicken. I expected the chicken to be spicier, but it did have good flavor. We began our mean with wagyu beef dumplings, which didn't seem to be up to par with the main course.
This place is always good. Service attentive but not intrusive. Atmosphere restful and welcoming. We had the dinner banquet for 2, always a good choice as it's so hard to choose from the a la carte menu. The scallops and dumplings were superb, as were the prawns. The lamb shank in char su sauce also very good. Dessert was pandan creme brulee and five texture chocolate mousse, both to die for. Drank the featured wine by the glass (a GSM) and it was good.
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Ate at wild duck on a Wednesday after being recommended by a colleague. Was a quiet night... Food was ordinary at best. Beef salad was dry and tasteless, pork belly sloppy and tasteless, duck nothing special. Service was ok but the upselling by the waitress was so pushy it bordered on rude! All in all an ordinary experience from a pricey restaurant.
Had dinner here last Saturday night.
Excellent service throughout the night - polite and unobtrusive but we never lacked for anything.
The food was fantastic - we had the banquet for two and it was almost perfect. Good drinks menu with local wines and priced reasonably well.
Will definitely be going back here to try the other menu items.
This is a great restaurant if you want warmth, ambience, good service, interesting menu and conversation with your dining colleagues. There were only 4 tables occupied last night which was a Thursday and I'd guess this is due to the cost which is high. However if you want a quality experience, don't hesitate to come here.
Incredibly overpriced and ordinary. None of our $35 mains came with vegetables and the flavours were not particularly inspired. Small servings but we had leftovers of everything because it wasn't good enough to want more. Service was excellent but at $300 for 4 ( not including desert), could have done way better.
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We went yesterday for a romantic night out. The service is exceptional and the food is absolutely delicious. Everything was amazing but that Chicken really made my night... wow. And please do order the five texture chocolate mousse.
One of the restaurants which strives to perfect the east meets west cuisine. Serving on one big dumpling each was a bit odd. Flavours are good and service was good.
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