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Quick Review of Duk Hing BBQ

NOTE: Duk Hing has two locations, the main store at 1151 Stockton, and the Express store at 1261 Stockton. This is the review for 1261 Stockton, right next to the Muni bus stop.  Meant to try this place, but the price usually turned me off. $21 for "pork belly and cha-siu" with rice and a few pieces of gai-lan, is a bit on the expensive side, but it is a lot of protein. You can probably get a little more for the money if you go to Kam Po BBQ at Powell cross Broadway.  The problem with this place is neither the pork belly nor cha-siu are very good. They are sort of average. The cha-siu are half-hard and half decently soft/tender. Pork belly (fo-yuk) was kinda thin and felt a bit on the dry side.  You can eat in or take out, basically there are two tables with about 8 seats if you want to eat in, but there's no table service. You prepay, get your plate, and eat there. It's a bit overpriced for what you get. If you just want protein, I'd recommend the lunch box a blo...

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Kasey is a professional tour guide and amateur historian who specialized in Chinatown History and Tours. You will often find him guiding groups sampling delicious food and learning interesting historical tidbits about Chinatown most weekends.