Why a duck?

Had lunch the other day at TRISHNA, a Bombay seafood restaurant. On the wall was a copy of a New York Times story written by the late great Johnny Apple. He'd named the place one of his "10 restaurants outside the United States that would be worth boarding a plane to visit." I looked up the story online — turns out it was published exactly one year ago today. I'm a sucker for meaningless coincidences. I've been to 5 of his 10 (Las Lilas/Buenos Aires; Wilton's/London; Jean Georges/Shanghai; Don Alfonso/Amalfi Coast) and can't say I agree with them all but Trishna was really great—especially the fried bombay duck (above). It's locally caught, which is sort of terrifying & is a buttery whitefish & not a duck. My friend Mitchell Davis—possessor of vast Apple-esque food-knowledge and global swagger—told me to eat here, so thanks Mitchell.