Today we took the two mothers to Daimo (3288A Pierce Street, Richmond) for some BBQ duck. Now, when Daimo’s BBQ duck is good, it is REALLY good. It’s meaty and fragrant and served on a bed of soybeans that becomes bathed in duck fat as the meal progresses. We rarely order BBQ duck anywhere else since it never measures up. Given that celebrating an event and not worrying about saturated fat are synonymous in my family, we also ordered pig knuckles; Matthew’s upcoming graduation was more than enough to justify this plateful of pork skin. Elaine and Matthew don’t go for knuckles, but my mom, Steven and I were in stiff competition for a fair share of this jiggly delight. Daimo, a place we eat often, is a big, noisy comfortable space. If you are in the area before 11 a.m., they have a great breakfast special that includes an item of your choice and a big bowl of congee for around 6 bucks. The item of my choice is always the steamed pork dumpling, which is a huge triangle of sticky rice stuffed with pork and salted duck eggs and then steamed in a lotus leaf. I would not suggest this meal to a person on a low glycemic index diet, but it is tasty and will sustain you for hours if you are headed to nearby Costco.
