Location: Lucky Tao Chinese Seafood Restaurant
8077 Alexandra Rd Richmond, BC V6X1C3
(604) 233-1219

This is not duck. This is squab. Most important of all, squabs don’t taste like chicken. Grew up in Asia where squabs are commonly eaten, it has always been one of my favourite types of meat. If you have never tried squabs and you ask me to describe its taste, then I can say it tastes like duck – only juicier and more flavourful. Of course, the best way to find out is to try one yourself.

Since squab is one of my favourite types of meat, I’m always looking for restaurants that can cook them well. My opinion is it is very easy to find restaurants in Hong Kong, China or Singapore that cook good squabs. The search is more difficult in Canada. Lucky Tao in Richmond is one of the few restaurants that have good squabs:

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A small amount of spice is used to intensify the rich flavour of the meat. The meat is tender and succulent. The squabs eaten in Asia are usually smaller and therefore more tender. But before I visit Asia again, these ones will do.

Other dishes at Lucky Tao are only so-so and there isn’t a dish that’s worth writing about; usually I would order two squabs as take out. Each squab is divided into four pieces. I would eat 3 pieces and my husband eats 2. What do we do with the remaining 3 pieces? I’ll eat them as breakfast

Here’s a little fun Youtube clip about squabs: Click here