07/05/2024: Finding myself in Milan and having a passion for Asian cuisine, I couldn't help but take a stroll around Via Paolo Sarpi, the Milanese Chinatown.
There really is everything and to be able to try the whole offer, a week wouldn't be enough so it was necessary to make a choice and among the various things I tried the offer of Collo d'Anatra, a place that offers a particular take away .
While queuing I couldn't help but notice that at that moment I was the only Italian, surrounded by those who I imagine were Chinese, which comforted me because if they are there in my opinion it means it's good. I realize that they don't offer things for all palates but my grandmother taught me to eat every part of the animals, so I really appreciate the so-called fifth quarter, which in Rome is a real delicacy on which many iconic dishes of the Roman gastronomic tradition.
Collo d'Anatra offers everything that others would reject from the duck but also from other animals.
In this case, the neck, the legs, the entrails in general, the head, the tongue, the wings, the nerves but the proposal also extends to some parts of the pig, chicken and beef.
In my case I opted only for duck parts, choosing the neck, the haunches, i.e. the stomach and the tongue.
It is not possible to ask for a mix because everything has a price and is weighed individually. Then, in three different packages in perfectly sealed packaging at the time, they delivered to me, together with a mountain of hand gloves and wipes, the 3 chosen things.
The flavor is decidedly spicy but the spiciness reminiscent of the mix known as the 5 spices is also appreciated.
Duck neck, unlike chicken neck, is much meatier and I must say, there is a lot to eat.
The haunches or stomachs are similar to those of a chicken. From time to time I prepare them together with livers, always chicken, but in a sort of white roast. Here they are sliced and grilled I think, spiced with an intense but not exaggerated spicy flavour.
And then we come to the duck tongues, also tasty and spicy like the neck and stomachs but with a different consistency due to the tongue which remains softer.
If you accompany it all with an ice-cold beer, there's nothing for anyone, they go away and it's a beauty.
Absolutely worth trying!!!
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