Duck fried rice & duck noodles ($12++ each)!
Sunday lunch — duck fried rice + duck noodles $12++ each. Twin plates of the Cantonese roast duck format.
Sunday lunch with BB — duck fried rice + duck noodles at $12++ each. Twin plates of the Cantonese roast duck format at a sit-down restaurant.
We ordered:
- Duck fried rice — $12++
- Duck noodles — $12++
Total: $24++ (roughly $28 final after ++ for service and GST).
The Cantonese roast duck specialty restaurant is one of those formats that’s grown in Singapore through 2020. Roast duck across multiple formats — fried rice with duck, duck noodles, duck rice, duck pho. The restaurant builds the menu around the roast duck as the protein anchor.
Duck fried rice was the first plate. Short-grain rice wok-fried with diced roast duck, beaten egg ribbons, scallion, and a touch of soy. The duck adds the lacquered roast-pork flavour to the fried rice — different from the standard char siew fried rice in that the duck’s smokier roast profile gives the dish a different character.
The duck pieces in the fried rice came as small chopped chunks with the crispy skin still attached — the giveaway of real roast duck rather than steamed or boiled duck. The skin adds the textural contrast against the soft rice grains, and the rendered duck fat adds richness through the dish.
Duck noodles was the second plate. Sliced roast duck on top of either egg noodles (yellow wheat noodles) or hor fun (flat rice noodles), with a dark sweet-soy gravy or a clear duck broth depending on the restaurant’s preparation.
The duck slices were the headline. Properly roasted with crispy lacquered skin, tender meat underneath, sliced thin off the bone for the noodle topping. The roast duck quality is consistent at restaurants that specialise in the format — the kitchen runs the roast continuously throughout the service, ensuring each plate gets freshly-roasted duck rather than holding the meat under heat lamps.
At $12++ each (roughly $14 final) this is fair Chinese restaurant pricing for the roast duck specialty format. The combination of fried rice + noodles plus the duck format gives the meal variety across the two plates.
The Sunday lunch slot is the right venue for a Chinese roast duck restaurant. The format is the kind of casual sit-down dining that fits the weekend lunch slot.
The pattern through December had stabilised. Home weekend brunches + Sunday restaurant lunches + occasional sit-down dinners + the steady weekday rotation.
Overall: 4.2 / 5. 😋👍🏼 Solid duck twin plates — would re-order.
