

You know, normally, I kind of like Durham. The cost of living is low, and usually you can find whatever youapos;re looking for ... Eventually. But here I am in Canada, and ...
The waiter approaches, dressed in white: "Are you ready to order?" He asks.
"Yes, weapos;d like the Peking duck, please ..." I reply.
There is a long pause.
"... Annnnd?" The waiter asks.
"Uh, thatapos;s all." The waiter withdraws.
We are between the kitchen and the best table in the house. A large family is seated there, an elderly man, probably the grandfather, sitting at the head. They are celebrating. Dishes go flying by -- entire steamed fish, multiple Peking ducks, followed by two entire roasted sucking pigs. At one point a giant platter, the size of a dining table, loaded with lobster cooked Schezhuan style, floats past.
The Peking duck comes. The waiter shows us the duck, then retreats to a nearby table to prepare the meat, taking crepes from a crepe warmer, putting on a spoonful of the sauce, and adding the meat and the vegetables. He brings us the wrapped duck two at a time, waiting until we are done before bringing around the next round.
The menu has sharkapos;s fin soup, abalone ... _birdapos;s nest_
Durham has a lot of things, but it doesnapos;t have _this_.
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