#focacciabao

We love going to Duck Duck Goose in Rosedale. Chef owner Willie is always pushing out the menu envelope and this lunchtime, there were new items to try. Aunty Renee chose the focaccia bao with prawn, aioli, cheese & chilies, served with hand cut fries and green salad. Uncle had the mushroom tofu soup, with charred corn, spinach, shredded chicken on soft tofu in a shiitake mushroom broth. We shared a blue baguette, served with halloumi, poached egg plus orange nutmeg butter and salad. The blue of the marbled baguette is from the blue pea flower. The counter is laden with cakes made by Yessika, wife of Willie. The coconut chiffon cake shone like a star, resplendent in gossamer fluffy pandan chiffon. It's Uncle favourite cake. It was served with a pandan custard. Lunch was an adventure, a very pleasant one at that. #focacciabao #prawn #aioli #bluebaguette #mushroomtofusoup #coconutchiffoncake #duckduckgooseeatery #apollodrive #rosedale (at Duck Duck Goose Eatery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxrgFYLlOs7/?igshid=kx5b2pdon41x

Duck Duck Goose Bao Wow. Friends of Ken are up from Wellington. We know Chef Willie will not let us down. Baos have made a transformation; it’s no more only the steamed white flour ones. Today you can have red baos (from beetroot), yellow ones (with turmeric) and green baos (from spinach). Today, soft-shell crab is a runaway hit, with beetroot bao. Ken had the pulled pork and Uncle the chicken soup. We had hors d'oeuvres of smoked salmon on focaccia bread squares and pulled pork on cucumber slices. And then just a sweet taster of cheese cake, to round up a most wonderful lunch. #softshellcrabbao #pulledporkbao #focacciabao #smokedsalmon #cheesecake #freezedriedraspberries #duckduckgooseeatery #apollodrive #rosedale (at Duck Duck Goose Eatery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuxuWPhlk1w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1uqxxnflby1kq

The best lunch spot to discuss what the new year promises is at Duck Duck Goose. Photographer Ken’s eyes are bigger than his stomach when he ordered the Kiwi Classic, Hawaiian Foccacia Bao, complete with grilled pineapple, ham, cheese & tomato. Unvle was more demure with Chicken Soup. Chef Willie also sent out a sweet & sour chicken. I rounded up lunch with a lemon madeira cake. Skrrrrt skrrrrt! #lunch #focacciabao #hawaiian #chickensoup #sweetanssourchicken #lemonmadeira (at Duck Duck Goose Eatery) https://www.instagram.com/p/BshV3TFFj0g/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ljdh6hy1u1mo

Uncle tootled on to Duck Duck Goose to have his favourite congee but there are new specials to celebrate the apparent whitening of their menu with a diverse range of toppings on their focaccia bao. Chef Willie recommended the chicken breast, capsicum, avocado, beetroot chutney & cheese topped with mayo, served with a side of fries and green salad. It was good! Yessika explained that their focaccia is steamed, hence becoming a bao. It’s then toasted for this ample dish. #focacciabao #chickenbreast #beetrootchutney #capsicum #chips #greensalad #duckduckgoose #apollodrive #rosedale #instafocaccia (at Duck Duck Goose Eatery) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq09koGFY8t/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=n13lwfe26iop