Mayflower Chinese Restaurant & Take Away, Durban

Mayflower is blooming good

By Anne Stevens
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Crispy duck with pancakes and spring onion brushes might be the dish I would choose for a final supper.
So getting to THE MAYFLOWER in Musgrave Road and being told they were out of duck – which they apparently serve the proper way with pancakes – was a bitter disappointment.
But the only one of the day.
Like the salt and pepper squid. It didn’t look that prepossessing, but was perfectly seasoned, lightly crisp, and topped with shredded onions and chilli.
I could have cleaned the plate if it were not for the sesame prawns on toast. Thin, really crisp, with a strong topping of seeds, this is the best version I have tasted – and I’ve tried a lot.
The pork dumplings after that were a bit of a let-down, only because they needed more salt. But a bit of soy sauce as well as the vinegar dip on the side made all the difference.
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All round, a meal to remember and savour.
Prices: Starters R16 to R**; main courses R** to R*** for half a duck (whole fish SQ).
Opening hours: Seven days a week.

• Bluff
• Yellowwood Park
• Merebank
• Chatsworth