How many of you like smoked duck breast? Probably alot right? Its so close to bacon that its used as a alternative for bacon here. Unfortunately since we started importing smoked duck breast from china precovid, alot of restaurants havenāt been honest with customers.
Many places claim their smoked duck breast is āhomemadeā, its not⦠They are using the cheapest smoked duck breast from china and selling it as homemade premium smoked duck breast. In reality all they do is defrost it, pan fry the skin and place in oven to heat through. Turned out after speaking to some of the owners, they said this is why they tell you its homemade in house premium smoked duck breast. āSmoked inside the ovenā as waiter says. Just because they pan seared it in the shop and finish heating it in the oven they call it homemade. Thats not honest is it
I supply these shops and i sit inside looking at their menu to see if theres stuff they use that i carry. So i look at items and prices. I noticed a shop had their homemade smoked duck breast selling for 60 but their pan sear salmon at 48. I just thought to myself, a 220g piece of smoked duck breast cost rm4+. Rm20-22 a kilo wholesale. I supply like multiple 10kg cartons at a time so they are going through ALOT of it. My aunt ate the homemade smoked duck breast at one of the shops and told me wow their homemade smoke duck is very good. I said er i supply the smoked duck they just reheat it and put it on top the mashed potato. Her reply was HARHHH.
Do you guys feel deceived or cheated if you found out their homemade smoked duck breast came from a pack and all they did was defrost and pan sear it? I emphasise on the word homemade because this term is used too vaguely. Why isnt the word homemade used on other food items like their pasta and fried chicken etc. Why do they only mention homemade for the smoked duck that comes pre cooked in a bag? I find this suspicious. Is it because they know its from china and are afraid if customers know its from china they wont order it? Please leave your thoughts below.