the golden duck

it's a sixty six dollar

duck

now.

peking

duck.

the wraps are smaller,

the plum

sauce

not so sweet as it used to be.

there's no

soy sauce on the table

no duck

sauce,

no wasabi.

the gold standard

of chinese restaurants

is a rusted tin can

now.

one meal,

two drinks, a lettuce

wrap

and a hundred and seventy

seven dollars

later, with tip, and

we're pulling

into a fast food drive

through

for some chow.