Dinner @ Empire in Richmond.
Peking Duck:
Duck was good, not a lot of fat but the meat was still juicy. Smokiness could be improved though. Wrapper was the thick kind..some may like it some may not. I'm indifferent.
7.5/10
King Crab steamed in Garlic/Egg White:
DELICIOUS!!! 10/10 Although someone complained it was too garlicy, I didn't have a problem with it as the sweetness of the crab was still very much pungent. This was a 13.8lb (as we were told).
The Portuguese Baked Rice in Crab Head:
Sorry for the blurry picture.
This was pretty shitty, tbh. The sauce wasn't the right consistency, light on spices, rice was too wet, which made eating it akin to eating mash potatoes. 5/10 if not worse, lulz.
This is the sauce left over from the steamed legs:
I drank it like soup, like what any other man would do. Well, that's what my Chinese friends told me.
With a second duck dish (X.O. Bell peppers and duck), fish maw(?) soup to start, a dish of veggies, and complimentary read bean soup dessert, the total was $37 a person tax and time included between 9 ppl.
Overall 7-8/10, nothing impressive save for the steamed legs.