Whatever Happened to Pressed Duck?

I found a used duck press for 4k that was being sold from a restaurant in Argentina. I didn't buy it, because it was 4k.

It was sterling, engraved, and had the name of the hotel engraved on it too. There were some others for around 1k I saw that are more reasonable, but not as ornate.

I may pull the trigger on one of those one day.

Honestly you won't find a dish like that anywhere in the USA outside of the best french restaurants. Everyone will make stock from the bones or a rich sauce. I only dream of a whole duck pressed for the bone and blood juice here locally.

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Labor intensive for a small reward.

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Very labor intensive. I suspect that many Chinese restaurants used to employ extended family (including children) and newly-arrived immigrants to work the restaurants. That's not so easily done any more.

Antoine's has a duck press. They don't have the dish on their menu, though. I think they will make the dish for special dinners.

They are the only restaurant around here I know of that even has one. I saw one for sale at a store in Paris

The one I saw for 4k was on ebay. They have others that are in not as great of shape for less, but there are some that are affordable...even if you aren't ballin'.

I think the thing to do would be to get a few like minded friends together and go in on it together. It's not something you'd be doing for large groups anyway, so it could get passed around week to week. You're probably only going to do it for the wife and yourself anyway.

I remember seeing a duck press in the main dining room at R'evolution.