I attended my first chinese cooking demo class recently, the class was for Peking Duck which is a dish that I have been always curious to know more about. Since only 11 people attended the class our instructor Master Lu prepared only 1 Peking Duck. I could tell right away that Master Lu was a former chef from the way he moved around in the kfor him. itchen, from the way he measures his ingredients (he eyeballed a lot of them), to his deft hand during cooking. He spoke in chinese while his wife translated for him. Once the ducks had been prepared & hung in their big charcoal oven, I couldn't wait for the 35 mins. it would take to cook all the ducks ( he cooked 8 more to sell). We were taught to prepare the Mo-Moh which were the pancakes that went along with the Peking Duck as well as the other garnishings & sauce. Exactly 35 mins. later the ducks were brought in and my mouth was watering from the heavenly scent they emitted, I couldn't wait to take my first bite. Master Lu expertly sliced the perfectly cooked skin off the duck & then some of the meat, and finally the moment of truth. Oh it was truly magnificent, nothing beats newly cooked Peking Duck, everything was perfect, the sauce, the mo-moh all came together into one glorious bite.
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