This place gets high praise for its duck, in particular. As of this moment, I haven't tried it,…read morebecause at least the two duck dishes I saw on the menu ran 680 pesos apiece - I'm assuming they're whole duck dishes to share for the table, so I was thinking, maybe one of these days (and I see from some online posts that some folk have ordered half ducks, but that must be something you have to ask for, I didn't see it on the menu - even so, too much to eat while solo). Back to the place, a little dingy, a little dreary, a little dirty, and steamy hot in midsummer, with no A/C, just a few wall mounted fans, none of which were turned on. I asked if the one over my table on the first visit could be turned on, and the woman who'd grudgingly attended me, as the only customer in the place at lunch, glared at me, walked over and turned it on, and then actually moved its angle to face away from my table and then walked away - seriously? I got up, and moved it to face the table again - at least she didn't change it back, I'd have walked out, food enroute or no.
Potstickers were the only dumplings on offer, and a batch of 15 of them for 120 pesos, another place that doesn't offer a solo person's portion if they plan to eat another dish. They're wok fried, and while ostensibly then somewhat crispy on all surfaces, most of them are broken open at the seams and they're oily as can be, which is a shame, because the filling is pretty good - packed with pork and garlic chives. Decent hot sauce on the side when asked, but the same waitress made a big deal out of my asking for chopsticks, as if it were an unheard of and ridiculous request. So, maybe not a return for that duck... service matters.