Last night we went out to the city for dinner, and we decided to give Dan's House a try.
A friend of mine told me about this restaurant and highly recommended me to go try there.
When we got there, I was very surprised by the modern furniture the and the big dining space they had, also with an open kitchen for you to see the chef's cooking.
It took us a while looking at their menu because they had a huge variety to offer. They have a lot of specialty Beijing style Chinese food that you rarely can find at normal Chinese restaurants.
So here are the things we ordered.
Pineapple and cranberry mocktail $7.80
The drink was rather sweet, you can taste a lot of pineapple juice and not so much cranberry.
Duck Soup, which is complimentary when you order Peking Duck.
The soup was very heavily flavored can all you can taste was pepper and chicken salt and no signs of duck.
Dan's House Special Braised Pork Belly. $19.80
The texture of the pork belly was very nice and soft. The flavoring was quite good and you can taste a hint a nut in the sauce. The taste was very mild at first bite, but the after taste was a bit too salty for me.
Salt and Pepper Duck Bone. $10.80
Like the name of the dish, it's just fried duck bone with very few meat on it. You can taste the salt but not the pepper, not like the traditional way of making salt and pepper.
Lastly, our half order of Peking Duck. $39.80
This was what we looked forwarded to the most, but it ended up being a disappointment.
Their way of making Peking Duck is a lot different to the traditional way of making Peking Duck. Traditionally, the duck is meant to have a crispy skin on top and a thin layer of meat on the bottom. Instead their was mostly duck meat, and not very crispy skin.
They gave us a lot of slices of duck meat but only 8 pieces of wrappers, and we found it very difficult to put at least 3 pieces of duck into our Peking Duck wrappers.
The Peking Duck was pretty average, the taste was ok, but was not spectacular. But because the restaurant specializes in Peking Duck, it was rather a disappointment for me.
Overall I would rate this restaurant a score of 4.5 out of 10
The prices are quite expensive for the proportions they serve.
The food is very heavily flavored and salty.
The service was average.
The ambiance was pretty nice though.
I would not recommend this place for Peking Duck, but they do have other Beijing cuisines on the menu that seemed to be worth a try.
Thanks for reading!
See you all soon in my next restaurant review.
-Kumi.
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