DIM DOU DUCK THE STARLING FOOD REVIEW

Dim Dou Duck, The Starling Mall

My sister was craving Peking Duck for her birthday dinner so the fam went to the newly opened Dim Dou Duck The Starling Mall branch figuring it was the best place to avoid the crowd (covid). Their branch in Desa Parkcity had private rooms so we thought it would be a safer option for our golden girl mom.

I called that branch and they told me they won't open the 1st floor where the private rooms are unless the ground floor is filled up. I couldn't understand why private rooms are made if they're not allowed to be reserved but since it's their business, I'll respect their conditions.

Since Dim Dou Duck only accepts walk-ins, we took our chances at the Starling branch which was quieter. It looks bigger too since they took over the previous restaurant pub there. Dinner opens at 5pm so I was there early to get us a table. FYI they won't seat you unless everyone's there.

U know what? I really like the colors and interior design of this outlet! Very quirky modern Shanghai vibes. Here are some pictures!

big and spacious restaurant

love the modern retro Shanghainese vibes

the wallpapers are so nice!

Since it's our lil' sister's birthday, we ordered a feast off the menu. The first was a whole Peking Duck with pancake and duck bone soup. Then we ordered pork belly for our mom, fish, rice, vegetables, and beancurd. Appetizers were the soups in which we could've opted out because the Peking Duck came with a big bowl of delicious duck bone soup. I like it so much because it had a preserved veggie taste in it too! Mom says it's too ducky for her.

Roasted Peking Duck served with pancakes & duck bone soup RM95
(half duck is RM60)

the skin is so crispy, but the meat isn't overpowering ducky

the soup is so good, don't bother ordering another soup!

seafood black truffle soup RM20
sour & spicy seafood soup RM15

but we did so I'll share what we think about the soups here coz it was kinda exciting discovering these two soups. My sis and bro ordered the seafood black truffle soup and it is GOOD! It tastes like shark-fin soup with truffles and seafood. I ordered the sour & spicy seafood soup which was really weird. My siblings were laughing at me for ordering that. To me it tastes like tomato spicy shark fin soup haha it was weird but not too bad, I kinda grew to like it in the end.

sizzling homemade beancurd with minced pork RM25
stir-fried mixed vegetables & almond flakes RM28

I love the beancurd! It had eggs on the bottom omg! nice!!! but the stir-fried mixed vegs & almond flakes was a bit of a let down because we were expecting the common stir fry vegs dish. This one was mostly eggplant in it and a bit of dark sweet sauce kind. That baby corn tho.. is so big. 

yang chow fried rice RM25
teochew orh ni RM12

Lemongrass Jelly with Mint Lime Mixed Fruits RM12

(forgot take pic)

The Yang Chow Fried Rice wasn't to our liking as it's the oily and dense type. We prefer drier and yat lap yat lap kind (grain by grain kind). The desserts were not bad! My first time eating teochew orh ni which tasted like yam paste and the lemongrass jelly with fruits made a refreshing palate cleanser. It came in a ice-cream cup kind, topped with citrusy fruits. Really nice since I love lemongrass desserts.

our round table feast

Overall, the youngsters kinda OKAY the food but the boomers might feel they have eaten better Peking Ducks. Anyway happy birthday to my sister! We all got together to celebrate it early in the weekend so that my brother can relax a bit since he has to work almost every day. After dinner, we went jalan-jalan looking at the pop-up bazaars, do some grocery shopping, and headed back home.

Jalan-jalan means walk-walk (take walks). 

DIM DOU DUCK

G-034, THE STARLING MALL 6,
JALAN SS21/37, Damansara Utama,
47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Opens daily
Lunch: 11.30pm - 2.30pm
Dinner: 5.00pm - 9.00pm

*No reservations allowed.
*Everyone has to be there to be seated.
* Starling has no private rooms.