Roast duck box lunch from Big Dish at 339 9th Street in Oakland Chinatown, $8, including tax, cash only. Also roast pork, bbq pork, soy sauce chicken for about $7 or so. There is a separate line for dim sum, including a solid small plate of 3 stuffed tofu skin rolls
I got the duck box at a little before noon on a weekday and there was no line. The box comes with protein, rice and cabbage with the option of adding a sweet sauce but I usually ask them to skip the rice and scoop some extra cabbage so I can cut down on the carbs and load up on the cruciferous.
The duck was tasty, the portion generous with hints of 5 spice but this particular bird needed more time in the oven to better render the fat and crisp the skin. Otherwise, my previous meals at Big Dish have uniformly satisfying. Their pork dishes have been pretty consistent. For what you get, Big Dish may be the lowest cost deli in the area.
Big Dish
339 9th Street (a few doors east of Webster St.)
Oakland
open everyday 8 am - 5 pm
(510)839-3188
cash only
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