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The centennial roast
Since 1911, Tong Lee has roasted its duck for many many so many years - now a century in service. Hundred of food critics, guide books and tourist programs had her in coverage.
My find of its centennial-recipe roasted duck is just average to my palate. The meat is not moist and not so chewy-kind-tender. The duck skin is just semi-crispy. The good is the dressing that pour on the duck meat, flavorsome with depth but not salty. Unbearable is the two dipping sauces. One is the thick dark (cheap) sweet soy sauce while the other is fish sauce with chilies. Chinese doesn't eat roasted duck with fish sauce, so this universal Thai sauce just lost in a culture shock!
order a bowl of rice to go with a portion of roasted duck (order by small or large dish, half or whole duck), the more enjoyable way to eat them, not roasted duck on rice
Overall Tong Lee's roasted duck is still eatable, slightly better than those served in M.K. and Coca. Maybe the younger generation of Thong Lee lost his great grandpa's recipe, and perhaps low cost in concern! If this is the case, why not sell iDuck instead?
Tong Lee Restaurant ***
213 Sukhumvit Road
corner Sukhumvit Soi 15
Wattana, Bangkok 10110
Tel.: 02.251.5262
Open daily (except Sunday): 11:30 am - 3 pm, 5 pm - 8:30 pm
Pay (food only for two): around THB 250
13 comments:
Roasted duck for 100 years already?
Have I been here yet my dear?
Roasting for 100 years? Not easy, but soi 15... Mmh...
Stella, if you wanna go there, please go there in sunny day time, though they close at 8:30pm. :)
a hundred years restaurant in a haunted soi, what a match!
This sounds like we have some friends from the 3rd world here.
I never have a chance to meet them so this may be a good idea.
I shall bring my mom here too so she can preach to those "friends".
Slightly better than MK and Coca Suki! So also no need to try. TC, your pen is quite mean now. Many restaurant upset you recently?
Maybe TC gourmet journey hits the rock these days!
/Sam
Hi Tommy,
You are brave to say that TC's pen is mean.... Thank you for saying that so I don't need to. Ha Ha Ha.
I think since these restaurants cannot satisfy TC's stomach and that is why....
Mean to tell them to wake up. Lenient to tell them they can sleep forever. When I was a kid, I used to cook some aweful meals for my grand ma's spirit for about 2-3 weeks. There are often some fish that needs to be with the belly and things need to be cooked not like what we take. You know why. It's because we need to hint those spirits "there are no tasty food in human world". So this way they won't get lingered back to the human world as it's very cruel for them to become astray spirits.
yes i will unmask more substandard restaurants in 2011 so friends may avoid wasting time (and money) on them ..
TC's comment does justify my cooking style is right(no taste for a purpose)...
Good to hear that even food heaven BKK still has some restaurants that deserve TC's mean comment.
Sorry it was SEA's comment not TC's.
Agreed. When we say something good, we need to have something bad to balance, or vice versa.
Stella, then don't bring your family to MO restaurants anymore. Next time I have many inn choices for you.
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