Fatt Kee Roast Duck @ Sri Petaling

We came here wanting to eat at Spade's Burger but was told that their buns had run out and that the replenishment stock was due to arrive later that evening (yeah, don't ask...how could a burger place run out of buns, right?).  We didn't want to wait, so we left (we've since managed to taste Spade's burgers through delivery).

After leaving Spade's (with no back-up plan in mind), we started walking around for another place to dine and finally ended up at Fatt Kee Roast Duck @ Sri Petaling.  As you walk in, you'll be greeted by some kind of a window display at the front showing their variety of roasted meats.  Unfortunately, the window display was bare....with just one miserable chicken and one duck still hanging even though it was only dinner time (business must be slow since only two tables were occupied).  Perhaps the display would have been brimming and more enticing to look at earlier in the day, I suppose.

Well, if you're one who likes to have a variety, then the best way to savour everything would be to order the All-In-Fatt @ RM28, a special four-in-one combo featuring roast duck, roast chicken, siu yuk and char siew...and that's precisely what we got! ;)

This dine-in was quite some time ago, so pardon me if I can't quite remember what they tasted like exactly though I do remember that nothing quite caught my attention other than the roast duck.  The siu yuk wasn't the best of cuts, a bit too fatty and the skin was a little hard.  The char siew was ok I suppose, just that the sauce wasn't among my favourites while the roast chicken, we got all breast meat...what do you think?  I hate it when some shops take advantage of a situation (where we forgot to request for the cut we want or can't coz it's a combo platter) by getting rid of as much breast meat as possible (more like dumping it on unsuspecting customers if you ask me).  The roast duck was the only thing I do remember.  Perhaps my experience might have been different if I had eaten there earlier in the day when the meats were at their best (perhaps these had been hung at the shop front for too long?).  And yes, I saw the worker removing the last hanging duck and taking it into the kitchen to cut up for us.

As much as it's a good idea to go for a combo platter in order to be able to taste test all their meats in one sitting, it may also not be such a good idea coz each meat has a specific sauce and they tend to mingle with one another on the plate thereby not allowing one to taste each component (with their respective sauces) separately.

You can have the roasted meats with yellow (chicken) rice @ RM1 a bowl.....

.......or with plain wantan mee @ RM3.80 a plate.  It was quite nice as the wantan mee (the thinner type) was tossed in a sauce with fragrant pork lard and I did like the inclusion of the little cubes of crispy chee yau char (pork lard bits).

You can partake all that with their freshly blended chilli dip and ginger sauce.  I can't really remember if I liked their dips but I always welcome any blended ginger with chicken rice/roasted meats as I like how they cut through all that fattiness and oiliness.

But the one thing I do remember very well was how much I liked their Tofu with Dried Shrimps @ RM8.80. The fragrant and super crispy dried shrimps, together with freshly made fried shallots and flavourful sauce, made the bland silken tofu all that more delicious to eat. ^o^

This was yet another chicken and duck rice shop that doesn't come with complimentary soup (is this becoming a trend?).  I seem to have encountered quite a few of them lately as in Loke Yun Chicken Rice, Soon Fatt Beijing Roast Duck, Chen Chen Roast Goose & Duck and now Fatt Kee Roast Duck.  At least this one was because they offer double-boiled/steamed soups on their menu.  So, obviously, they won't offer you free soup lah.....lol! >_<

My Personal Opinion

I've passed their branch in Pudu quite a few times but have never ventured in to try.  Who knew I'd end up eating it at their outlet in Sri Petaling (by chance) instead.  I'll reserve my judgement on Fatt Kee until I've had a chance to try the roasted meats at their original Pudu (HQ) branch.

Anyway, there's this pulling factor that make me want to return to eat their utterly sumptuous dish of tofu with dried shrimps.  Who would have thought that a simple tofu dish would be the one that entices me to return to a shop specialising in roasted meats. ^_~

Fatt Kee Roast Duck & Chicken Rice Shop

No 47-G Jalan Radin Bagus

Bandar Baru Sri Petaling

57000 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 011-1622 3320