Duck Duck
Monsieur Le Duck

Monsieur Le Duck

27 Clerkenwell Road, London I-EC1M 5RN, United Kingdom

French • Western • European • Gluten Free


"If you love duck you'll love Monsieur Le Duck! Mrs T and I visited during a trip to London, having been encouraged to seek it out by a complementary Jay Rayner review. We took the tube to Liverpool Street and after a few minutes walk found ourselves at the front door. We had a warm greeting from the waiting team, our coats were hung up and we were seated. The service was friendly, attentive and unpressured throughout. We went for Le Grand Jeu with a bonus bread with duck fat butter. The latters crispy yet yielding sour dough smeared with rich salty roast duck flavoured butter was well worth the £2. The starter of a dressed mixed leaf salad was wolfed down by Mrs T, but was the only bum note for me; I uncharacteristically could not finish it because of an unpleasant degree of sinus burn from the mustard. The rest was simply delicious. The duck burger left me asking the question why I had never had one before. The pan roasted and chargrilled breast were respectively sweet delicate and with a smokey steak-like quality. We had squeaky beans in garlic butter on the side which were exactly as described. The stars of the show were undoubtedly the confit leg with the lentils; both being rich and satisfying in every way imaginable. We washed everything down with a carafe of pungently fruity rose and some tap water. We considerered the crème brûlée, but decided to quit while we were ahead. This all came to a very reasonable £66 with service charge. I look forward to coming back and having a double confit duck leg and lentils all to myself..."