A friend and I were soothing our stuffy sinuses with big bowls of aromatic and comforting Vietnamese beef Pho (soup), when we spied this case of roasted pork, chicken, duck and quail being set up. Once done with our soup, we rushed over to the check out the situation and ended up buying a spatchcocked (butterflied) Peking duck, cut into portions (no head) and packaged with a small container of duck jus. Crackly skin, tender, rich meat to dunk in the juicy, herb flecked brothy sauce…man oh man was that good. The guy hidden behind the curtain of duck (see photo above) is the master of the delectable roast. It was nothing short of sheer genius to watch him chopping, saving juices, wrapping meat packages, talking, smiling and nodding as women fought for the last quails, or debated between buying bbq or Peking duck. He sold through everything he had and all was right with the world.

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