But it serves traditional Polish dishes, well done and tasty: duck, herring, wild boar knuckles, pike and carp.

Pebbles, 17 West Church Street downtown, (407) 839-0892, is family-friendly, serving burgers as well as terrific black bean soup, roasted duck and Key lime pie.

The most famous restaurants that serve Peking duck though, are part of the Quanjude Restaurant chain, which first opened in 1864.

Indian Mango specialises in Goan food, serving beef, duck, fish and some vegie mains.

Le Cirque is serving stewed duck again.

Countless other restaurants serve duck as slices of breast so trimmed, tender and red they could almost be mistaken for beef.

I've never been served duck at someone's house, and I rarely cook it at home myself.

Serve duck on a platter, passing the sauce on the side.

"You know something is happening in Red Hook when they start serving seared duck," she said.

What follows is a sampling of some of the many restaurants that serve duck.