# Anybody ever try this Chinese Delicacy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 24, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-this-chinese-delicacy/256713 "2004-07-24T19:49:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-this-chinese-delicacy/256713/1 "2004-07-24T19:49:36Z")
A local Chinese restaurant has a specialty item…“Camphor-Smoked Duck”. It is pretty expensive, and has to be ordered a day in advance. Anybody ever try this? What does camphor taste like? Does it add a good flavor to the duck? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-this-chinese-delicacy/256713/2 "2004-07-24T22:25:31Z")
It’s okay, but if there’s a option for tea-smoked duck, I’d take that over camphor-smoked. Camphor is a type of wood, similar to cedar, and has a strong “medicinal” taste, IMHO. What you’re most likely going to get if you order either is a portion of duck meat and skin, maybe sliced, maybe not, some steamed or baked buns (depending on what part of China the cook is from) and some sauce. Not Peking- BeiJing) duck, that’s a different animal, literally. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-ever-try-this-chinese-delicacy/256713/3 "2004-07-25T00:54:40Z")
Peking/Beijing duck’s overrated, I say.