Duck’s Tongue
Thursday, October 7th, 2004 @ 12:49 am | Diary-writer
Duck's tongue is an apparent street delicacy in Hong Kong. You can get it at almost any restaurant.
I hated it.
Dad took me to this restaurant that specializes in teochew-styled porridge. They served cold, boneless tongue. Eeekie yuckie bits of salivary sponges, drizzled with cold sesame sauce and cold oil. I took a cautious bite into one of these and my stomach just decided to fail on me.
A few days later the HK Peak Leos took us to this Tai Pai Dong (akin to our Tai Chow i.e. chinese open aired night restaurants) in Sha Tin and I had my second encounter with the dreaded dish. This time it was deep fried with some chilly bits.
The verdict: I'm terribly unadventurous and these type of delicacies just don't tickle my fancy.
October 7th, 2004 at 1:10 am
You took a bite ? I’m curious. How does it taste like ?
Which is worse, duck tongue or their fried “smelly” beancurd ?
>.<
October 7th, 2004 at 1:14 am
urm. i actually swallowed two tongues from each plate.
i don’t even dare to try chou tau foo lah. that’s worse!!!
October 7th, 2004 at 1:28 am
not bad what i makan b4. nice and slimey and oily! =D
October 7th, 2004 at 1:40 am
not to irritate you, but tongue has no bones. so there is no need to say boneless tongue.
October 7th, 2004 at 8:07 am
nope
the fried version had bones at the end of it. the cold dish was boneless tongue.
October 7th, 2004 at 10:22 am
the tongues remind of a something… from the female anatomy
October 7th, 2004 at 11:03 am
Ugh!! Obviously some people in HK are going round “kumpul-ing” all these tongues. Hhehheh. WHat a thought.
October 7th, 2004 at 6:25 pm
if ducks’ tongue is the benchmark to measure one’s sense of adventure in gastronomy, then i am out. but i did enjoy many other dishes in hk which were not common in malaysia.
October 8th, 2004 at 4:01 am
Mmmmmm. Avian french kiss. I like. Mmm.