Holy Duck!, a Chinese street diner-come-burger-joint opened its doors in Sydney’s hippest eat street, Kensington St, last Friday. Blending together the flavours of traditional Chinese with a modern takeout vibe, Holy Duck! is a food fusion diner serving up fast, fresh and ducken delicious eats, lunch and dinner.
With a focus on honouring the humble duck and bringing Chinese roasts and BBQ to 21st century Australia, the menu is chock full of delicious delights.
A rice bowl selection offers up smokin’ hot BBQ and roast cuts like Crispy Crackling Roast Pork Belly with Pommery Mustard Sauce and Crispy Fried Shantung Chicken with sweet & sour sauce.
While a menu of hand held items serves up burgers buns and pancakes to grab on the go, including a roast holy duck burger with cucumber and homemade orange Hoisin sauce.
If you’re after something to impress a tinder date, or just want to grab a quick bite, the sides and small plates will put a pep in ya step. Try the popcorn chicken topped with a brown sugar glaze and toasted sesame, lotus root chips with nori powder and Sriracha lemon Kewpie and shoe string fries seasoned with Holy Duck’s signature duck salt.
Holy Duck! is a collaboration between the father of Chippendale’s funky Kensington St, Dr. Stanley Quek and Kaisern Ching, creator of Sydney’s favourite contemporary Chinese joint, Chefs Gallery.
Kaisern Ching said, “Holy Duck! is modern street food at its best. Our new eatery is for those too cool to cook, too busy to baste and too hipster for haute cuisine. We’ve put a contemporary spin on the menu, dishing up duck and other Chinese favourites in a way that’s going to appeal to a new generation of diners.
Kensington St is the perfect location for this new concept restaurant. What Dr Quek has done with Kensington St is the turn idea of dining out in Australia on its head and people love it! So for us, it was a no brainer that we would team up with the precinct to introduce a new way of enjoying Chinese,” said Ching.
So waddle on in ducklings, Holy Duck! is open now and it’s sure to drive you quackers!
