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Weng Kee Roast Duck Restaurant 荣记烧腊 in Taman Century, Johor Bahru

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I've noticed Weng Kee Roast Duck Restaurant 荣记烧腊 or 阿荣 in Taman Century for some time. It's always got a good crowd whenever I passed.

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Weng Kee occupies two shoplots just across the road from KSL Mall. Weng Kee is an old name 老字号 in JB with over 30+ years' of history.

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I took a while to admire these roast ducks hanging in the glass case. Duck is one of my favourite meats because it has it's own distinctive flavour and has a good blend of meat and fats.

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Weng Kee also sells roast chicken which looked succulent and judging by it's crisp, golden brown skin appeared pretty well roasted too.

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There were also large slabs of siew yok 烧肉 (roast belly pork) and long chains of char siew 叉烧 (roast pork).

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Business was brisk and the boss with a helper were busy cutting up roast ducks and other roast meats.

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As I was food hunting alone today, I asked for just a drumstick and a plate of rice. The set came to RM8.20.

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The skin was thin and crispy. The flesh was juicy, tender, savoury and slightly salty. The slight gaminess of duck was barely detectable but it was there. I like it a lot.

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The set came with a small bowl of brown sauce. I like to pour the whole small bowl of sauce over my rice. The brown sauce was sweet and savoury - perfect for flavouring the plain white rice.

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I was fascinated by this sticky plum sauce which is tangy, sweet, and salty. The lady boss told me that this plum sauce is house made. Love it x 10.

The chili sauce with ginger and garlic was good too.

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Restaurant name: Weng Kee Roast Duck Restaurant 荣记烧腊
Address: 16, Jalan Serigala, Century Garden, Johor Bahru
Maphttp://goo.gl/maps/Ngj3s
GPS: 1.485930,103.761448
Hours: 9:00am to 8:00pm
Non Halal

Date visited: 23 Feb 2013

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1 comment:

  1. Went to Weng Kee yesterday. Overpriced and nothing to rave about. The portion given was so little (and small) that I couldn't even savour the meat. Perhaps it's because it's now run by their foreign workers.

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