I had a duck salad last summer of such perfection that my esteem for the Moose shot up another notch.

Warm duck salad, another appetizer, showed more character than many of its peers.

Warm duck salad made a gratifying light lunch for one of us, but could easily have been a shared dinner starter.

"And every time I go, I get the roasted duck salad."

So when the time came to visit this 17-year-old restaurant, the duck salad was the first thing I ordered.

Dishes like duck salad can be found in dozens of Thai restaurants.

Others, like duck salad with fresh peas and radishes, are complex.

A duck salad on the specials menu listed each ingredient.

High on the must-order list is the wok-crisped duck salad.

The duck salad as well was nothing to write home about.