Holy Duck!, Kensington Street, Chippendale

If it were up to me to come up with a name for a new Modern Chinese restaurant with duck as the focus of the menu, 'Duck Restaurant' is probably the most exciting name I'd come up with. Luckily, Holy Duck! seems to have hired a much much more creative soul to name and create this fun and exciting newcomer to Kensington street's growing food scene!

The creativity doesn't stop at just the name either- just have a peek at their unique menu and you'll see what I mean. Holy Duck! is the latest baby of Chef's Gallery, and it brings some fresh new twists to Asian street food. And whilst I would have happily devoured my way through the menu through multiple visits, I was only too happy to accept and invitation to their VIP Preview night, where I could try a selection of their signature dishes in one go!

Roast Duck

As the name may suggest, the star of the show here is the duck- and more specifically- roast duck with menu items ranging from just plain roast duck to the classic peking duck pancake to duck burgers. And if the amount of duck is a little overwhelming, there's also other some chicken and pork on offer too. Think classic Cantonese BBQ. But jazzed up.

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Chocolate Beetroot Cake

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As I mentioned in my last post, I've only posted one cake recipe the whole year, so seeing as we are heading towards the end of the year, I thought it'd only be fitting that I start posting a couple more!

It's not that I haven't been baking at all, it's just that it hasn't been very often and not often successful. Surely no one wants to the cakes I burnt from when I accidentally turned the oven on to the 'grill' function instead of 'bake'. I'm not even joking- it's happened three times this year!

I tend to experiment quite a bit in the kitchen, and I love trying new recipes, new techniques, new ingredients etc etc. And because of the sheer volume of recipes I've bookmarked to try, I don't tend to go back to recipes unless they're really special and even then, it's not often that I will reuse recipes. As a result, recipes that have been a hit in the family do get forgotten over time, and it's not until I'm re-reading some of my older posts that I remember how good that particular recipe tasted.

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Spiral Vegetable Quiche

There are days when I really put effort into my food looking good, and then there are days where I really cannot be bothered and as long as food is edible, it gets thrown onto my dinner plate. Most days it's the latter, which is why this blog isn't as full of nice home cooked meals and recipes as it once was, but occasionally I do get moments of inspiration (especially if I've been on Pinterest for a little too long)!

For those who have followed this blog for a longer period of time, you'll have noticed that the frequency at which I post, the types of recipes and posts I put up, style of writing etc has changed drastically from when I first started this blog. Whilst the blog started out being a place to document all my bakes and desserts, it has turned into a lot more of a collection of lunch dishes that I've been making as of late. In fact, as I'm quickly scrolling through the few posts I've written up this year, I have only posted one dessert recipe this whole year.

I'm still incredibly passionate about baking, and really enjoy whipping up a delicious dessert here and there, but of course the further I journey into adulthood, the less time I have for making these treats and saddingly, less calorie allowance for these too- these days, I'm finding that as much time is spent making these as it is trying to convince others to help finish them off!

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