1331 West Ogden Avenue, Downers Grove, IL - 630.663.0303
Honestly, there's nothing special about this "Chef's Special" crispy duck. Not that it was bad (in fact, it was very good), but there was nothing unique about it to receive such a name like "Chef's Special." It's a standard Chinese duck dish, served with hoisin sauce, as usual.
For those of you unfamiliar with ordering duck, $11 for an entire duck is a very fair price that you may find difficult to match. This particular version is served with bones, and some may also find it tedious to dig through them to get at the meat, but like lobster, it's well worth the effort.
Unfortunately, this is a poor representation of the restaurant itself, because the other dishes are usually more decorated and flavorful, but trust me, if you like Chinese food, this place is a winner.
4 comments:
okay, so which picture do you like better - the one with or without flash?
Neither, cos jpghosting is dead, none of your pics are loading, but mine are.
OK jpghosting's finally working. Obviously I'll have to like the 2nd flashed pic more, as your first is under-exposed. From the EXIF data (In windows right click your photo, Properties->Summary->Advanced) you were using the Pattern Metering Mode. I don't remember what Pattern is...... haha... I think that's Evaluative? Which would mean it analyzes the entire picture and tries to guess what the exposure should be (and in this case, they got it wrong). Maybe you might want to try using Center Weighted Average or Spot more. That basically points at just the center of the picture (which is usually where your subject will be) and will calculate the exposure based just on that alone.
With the duck as your example, with Evaluative, it took the background (around the plate) into consideration, and that was brighter than the duck, so that's why it compensated by darkening the pic.
HOWEVER, if you used Center Weighted Average or Spot, it would've only looked at the duck (which is in the center of the pic), and exposed the pic based only on the duck itself. I've edited the pic (and bumped up the exposure compensation, that's an option in your camera as well) and sent it to your email.
PM me if you're still confused haha.
Oh AND that looks like a really good roasted duck, which is hard to find, a lot of people do it wrongly and it ends up being way too dry, Unfortunately the best roasted duck are the fattest ones (fat is what makes duck good), so it's not the healthiest dish. Some of the best roasted duck I've had was in Melbourne, them Hongkees do a mean ass roast duck.
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