why all the panic? are we doubting my skills?? hahaha!!! don't anyone of you worry. we will have plenty of food for everybody and i will try to remember to see what's fresh first thing i get in the door. see everyone tomorrow!

quack quack!
kelly

I'm afraid I have to bow out... System is still recovering from far too much food over the last few days and I just can't manage another feast for lunch.... I'm crying "mercy!" till tonight.

Guys, really sorry for the short notice but I just got scheduled for a last-minute meeting at noon with a large client and have to bail on lunch plans.

-Dan

Steve, thanks for organizing, it was a great lunch even if I was still slightly full from yesterday. The duck EFY was better than I imagined (this was my first time, I was a EFY virgin), the pork and smelts were both wonderful and now I'll head out to work off some of my excess.

Thanks to all who came out for lunch yesterday. Here's some pix:

Duck Egg Foo Yung


The duck egg-foo-yung was surprisingly good. Although served with typical looking cornstarch gravy, the version served at Sun Wah has a flavor profile that is deeper than most served in town. The pattys of EFY themselves were very tender as well. This showed a good hand in the frying process. Whoever cooked the duck efy can make an omelet for me anytime!

Mike's Fried Chicken


Many words have already been written about this dish and, once again, it didn't disappoint.

Salt & Pepper Smelts


We ordered both this dish as well as an order of S&P Shrimp.

Noodles with Pickled Mushrooms


This dish, recommended by Kelly, was a nice counterpoint to the S&P dishes. Although I prefer my noodles fried crispy, I'll definitely be ordering this dish again at some point. It's a good match for seafood or other delicately flavored dishes.

stevez wrote:Noodles with Pickled Mushrooms

I wasn't wild about the noodles with pickled mushrooms, and I believe other pickled veg. Kelly described it as Singapore Noodles without the curry, I thought it blah with an oddly sweet note, as if the chef topped it with a ladle of sweet and sour sauce.

On the other hand, Crispy Pork with Shrimp Sauce was firmly in my wheelhouse. Bite size pieces of bone-in pork crispy with fat is flavor highlights all brought in to focus by funky fermented fish sauce. The fermented funk was noticeable, but not overpowering, accenting rather than dominating. A delicious balanced dish I am looking forward to ordering again.

Duck Egg Fu Young a highlight in particular the restrained, by egg fu young standards, gravy with hints of black bean and ginger.

Great meal, terrific company.

Enjoy,
Gary

Hi,

I'm intrigued by the pickled mushroom noodle dish. The picture seems to have shrimp, bbq pork and maybe roast duck. Are any of those things I am picking out really a mushroom? Is the cabbage pickled, too?

Regards,

Yeah, I'm a little surprised it's a quote mushroom dish, didn't see much of that. Basically it's noodles in a lot of sweet rice vinegar, which was fine as a side the way cole slaw as a side works with barbecue, but not something I would go to great lengths to seek out.

The pork was the new star for me. Egg foo yung is... for those who want their Chinese meal to resemble Thanksgiving dinner.

I enjoyed the meal in it's entirety but felt that the pork was way too salty in flavor profile (for my palate) although not too funky.