Spring Deer : 鹿鳴春飯店

i was in the mood for a bit of deer.
you know, the long slender legs, big innocent eyes, prancing proudly through the foliage.

yeah right.

i wanted some spring deer. as apposed to autumn deer?.

god knows where the name came from, but spring deer is actually the name of a peking duck restaurant here in hong kong.
if you can figure that one out i will shout you a beer.

i did a post on this historic hong kong favorite a while back (you should check it out here, no, your really should) but it deserves another bash.

unlike last time, i booked in advance so there were no doubling-over with hunger pains business before digging into some duck.
speaking of duck, you have to be a bit careful where you ask for duck in this part of the world.
if you ask for a "duck" in some triad controlled back ally of mongkok you will get just that; some mongkok.
yup, a duck or an "ap" (鴨) is also a rent-boy.
but don't worry, the meat served here is all duck.
the quack quack kind.

oh, be careful where you ask for chicken around here too...

but since my blog isn't rated with a content warning page let me get back to the food.

decided to go for one of the four-people set meals for $700.
either we all have very small stomachs or they served up way too much food because although everything tasted amazing we could have feed a small army with our left-overs...
in my previous post on spring deer i ranted and raved on about how one should have shark fin soup, but this time we decided to give it a go.
i've had it before but i think the shark fin soup at spring deer is the best so far; however i still don't agree with this dish even existing in this day and age!
but very tasty and obviously popular with the amount they were dishing-up at other tables.



i'm not that fond of cold platters but this one actually went down pretty good; especially with a cold beer!
it consisted of celery, brightly colored no doubt cancer causing orange tofu, beef tongue, bamboo shoots (maybe), beef, and crunchy jelly fish.



added to our set the yummy egg white dish (賽螃蟹) which was a bit hit last time we dined here.



and of course peking duck (北京填鴨).
not a dish that you would wanna eat on a daily bases, but always good once in a while.








next up was a dash across the fragrant harbour to LKF.
nope, it's not some underground term for a mongkok back alley.
stay tuned.



you can find the spring deer restaurant details on my old post.