明明星期四晚上已經把鬧鐘關掉，但是星期五一早還是在七點鐘醒過來。唉！有沒有這麼勞碌命啊！所以為了要符合放假補眠的目的，又蒙上被子繼續睡。
快中午時醒過來，決定要去 Chinatown 逛逛買菜，好久沒有去了。饑腸轆轆，所以第一站就直奔位於勿街（Mott St）的大旺 (Big Wong King) 吃我魂牽夢縈的燒鴨與廣東粥！大旺以燒臘著稱，從早上七點營業到晚上十點鐘。從早到晚都有剛出爐的燒鴨、油雞、叉燒與燒排骨出爐；早上店裡還有現做的腸粉（牛肉、蝦仁、叉燒或是炸兩）大旺的客人不只是只有亞洲人，很多遊客或是紐約本地的其他族裔的人都會光顧。兩年前 New York Magazine 的早餐特輯也有特別介紹大旺的餐點。
店內人聲鼎沸，過了下午一點鐘，還是有很多等著用餐的客人。雖然有一段時間沒有去了，店內的夥計見到我還是熟稔的點了點頭。
餓鬼上身的我就點了一根油條($1)、一碗魚片粥 ($5.25) 與一碟燒鴨 ($6.50)！（想說燒鴨吃不完就帶回家）很快的就上了油條與燒鴨，還切了一整隻燒鴨腿給我！燒鴨依然是肥而不膩，皮薄如紙，肉嫩而多汁；油條則是外酥內軟韌，是我個人比較偏好的口感。
沒半响，我的魚片粥也來了！綿密的粥上點綴著翠綠的蔥花、一點嫩薑絲與新鮮香脆的花生粒。我馬上用湯匙伸向碗底撈起魚片，免得燙的太久過熟。撒上一點白胡椒粉，五六大片厚實的魚片，很有在吃魚排的感覺！拿油條一邊沾著粥，一邊吃，真是人生的一大享受！
吃完就馬上到 Canal St 上買水果，因為到餐廳的一路上就已經注意到一盒一元的新鮮草莓。雖說美國的草莓沒有日本或台灣的好吃，但是看在這麼便宜的份上，還是想買來解饞一下。那一攤只剩下最後三盒，盒底的草莓有一點被壓壞，老闆看我猶豫的表情，馬上就賣我三盒兩元。果然還是很划算呢！回家後，一邊洗一邊吃之後，還有一大海碗的量！
同場加映：順道去了德昌買肉，看到還有賣新鮮鱷魚肉，手癢就拍下來啦！
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I tried the Early Bird menu, the price is $19.50 and the menu is available from 5:30pm to 7pm. It includes
a free beverage (house sake, house wine, soda or ice oolong tea)
a daikon radish salad with bonito flakes,
Japanese steam egg with crab meat (chawanmushi),
cold soba noodle or hot soba noodle soup
mix tempura (consists a prawn, a piece of fish, pumpkin, eggplant and a Japanese pepper)
vanilla or green tea ice cream
Thinly sliced spring onion and a small dollop of fresh wasabi also come with the cold soba noodle. These are for you to add into the soba dipping sauce to bring out different flavor. Make sure the wasabi is fully incorporated with the dipping sauce, cos eating a big chunk of wasabi can be "too exciting" for your nose (try this when you have stuffy nose, it does work!).
Also, try to taste your first mouthful of soba noodle without dipping the sauce. You can taste the fresh, sweet and delicate flavor of the noodle. When you dip the noodle into the bonito flavor dipping sauce, just dip 1/3 of your noodle into the sauce. If you dip too much, the flavor of the sauce will overpower the delicate flavor of the noodle.
(English comment was posted on yelp.com on June 13, 2009)