We had two sharply tangy salads and a correspondingly subtle fish pie alongside the rich, dark potted duck, and a brace of cocktails, each of which comes with a Seymour-related backstory.
"Dark Wing Duck" (1991) Did you remember how badass this intro was?
Flying at 40 or 50 miles an hour, often through dark skies, ducks can materialize out of nowhere in seconds.
At peak migrations times, the sky over Mai Po is dark with ducks and waders, harried by the eagles and hawks that hunt them.
He grabbed my elbow as I stepped off the helicopter and with his hand on my back, bent me over as we scuttled across the dark roof, ducking under the deafening blades whirring overhead.
Even when I asked him for 300 glow-in-the-dark rubber ducks".
Duck noodle soup, too, was an unrefined antidote to winter, the dark and hearty duck broth holding sliced meat, pickled radish, bean sprouts and Chinese celery atop rice noodles.
Boneless chicken breasts are too dry, but moist dark-meat chicken, duck or turkey meat will work, too.
