Dark Wing Duck

If you come up to London, funny as it may sound, you must try the duck!

There are differences in opinion as to whether Four Seasons or Goldmine has better duck, but it's generally accepted that these places have the best duck. So to find out for ourselves, we decided to try both restaurants. I've always loved duck anyway, so this survey was perfectly fine with me.

We had gone to Goldmine with Shan & Ben and found the food to be excellent. The duck was tender and flavourful. The duck in Singapore tends to be chewy and tough, very different from the texture of duck here.

When Ernest came up again for the weekend, we decided to try Four Seasons at Bayswater. We had been to Four Seasons at Chinatown, but had heard that the Bayswater outlet was better.

The duck was, as expected, very good. Jon prefers the duck at Four Seasons because it is more fatty, but as I like my duck lean I prefer the Goldmine one. The other difference between the two is that the sauce at Goldmine is more savoury, whereas the one at Four Seasons is sweeter. Again our preferences differed - mine for savoury, Jon's for sweet. So overall Goldmine gets my vote, and Four Seasons his.

In any case, both places served up good duck. So go eat!