Eat3Cuts Review: Cheap And Good Pipa Duck By Young Hawker In Bencoolen

With guidance from James, a roasted meat master with over 35 years of experience in Singapore and Hong Kong, Sharon is learning how to run a roasted meat store by herself. Even if the grey-haired James is still around the store, Sharon hopes to take over full operation of the preparation process in the near future.

Food at Eat3Cuts Packing a shatteringly crispy skin and irresistibly juicy meat, the Peking ducks at Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck are the gold standard for roasted ducks in Singapore. While it’s impossible to compare apples to oranges, I have to admit that Eat3Cuts’ Whole Roast Duck ($35) gave me an equally pleasant experience as its superiorly priced competitor. While not as amazingly crispy as Peking duck, the duck here has a succulent and flavourful meat.

Even so, just like how it’s traditionally done in Hong Kong, the roasted ducks here enter a cold oven and cook as they heat up. These spices ultimately combine with the duck’s juices as they roast, bringing in loads of rich meaty flavours.

The bird is sliced across and is drained of its incredibly flavourful juice. Commonly found in fancy restaurants such as Yan Palace and the Michelin-starred Kam’s Roast Goose, Eat3Cuts’ Whole Pipa Duck ($39) is affordably priced. A variation on roasted duck, pipa duck is sliced across and flattened before roasting.

Unlike its roasted duck counterpart, the pipa duck enters a smoking hot oven of 300 degrees—making the skin crisp up nearly immediately. I preferred the pipa duck’s skin as compared to the roasted duck.

While not as shatteringly crispy as Peking duck, it is brimming with rich juices from the special marination process that takes around four to six hours. Chicken is commonly seen as a boring protein, but Sharon and her team have done well to inject loads of exciting flavours to this dish.

Ambience at Eat3Cuts This hole-in-the-wall eatery is located inside Burlington Square, and might be hard to locate for those who are used to visiting the eateries that are located outside. Hence, the store is still hot and smoky if you’re one of the first few customers of the day. Don’t let that deter you as you’ll be rewarded with the juiciest cuts of meat that are fresh out the oven.

While there is still room for improvement as to how the meats are chopped, Eat3Cuts ought to be a popular place for roast meat and duck lovers in the upcoming months thanks to its affordable quotation and delicious meats. If you’re still in the mood for affordable roasted meats, be sure to check out the $6.90 Peking duck at Yan Chuan Roasters or Mei Mei Roast , a hawker store that’s began trading by the younger sister of Kay Lee Roast Meat!