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Time Out New York / Issue 639 : Dec 27, 2007–Jan 2, 2008

100 best food and drink

Face-offs over the most delicious duck and the richest hot cocoa.

	vs.
Fatty duck at Fatty Crab Hunks of steamed-then-fried bone-in bird that’s so chewy and irresistible, you gotta use your fingers. 643 Hudson St between Gansevoort and Horatio Sts (212-352-3590). $14.		Peking duck at Peking Duck House Duck with burnished skin, trimmed of fat, pried tableside—the classic done right. 28 Mott St between Mosco and Pell Sts (212-227-1810). $40.

Winner—Peking Duck: It’s hard to compete with a more-than-500-year-old dish.

	vs.
Hot chocolate at City Bakery So thick, you can eat it with a fork. 3 W 18th St between Fifth and Sixth Aves (212-366-1414). $4.50.		Hot chocolate at Jacques Torres Six spices. Two chilies. And it pudding-ifies. 66 Water St at Main St (718-875-9772). $3.25.

Winner—a draw. We found City Bakery’s “chalky,” pining for Jacques’s chilies; but then, some of us despised Jacques’s filmy top. Decide for yourself.

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