Roast House 旺角烧腊 is a Chinese restaurant on Victoria Street West in Auckland CBD, rated 4.8 from 704 reviews. The name points to Cantonese-style siu mei, the roast meats tradition of char siu, roast pork and roast duck typically hung and cooked over high heat until the skin crisps and the fat renders out. A good siu mei shop is judged by that skin, crackling and dry rather than soggy or greasy, and by whether the meat's been carved to order rather than sitting pre-cut and cooling under a heat lamp. Ordering a mixed plate, a combination of two or three meats over rice with the pan juices spooned on top, is the classic way to try more than one cut in a visit. Meats displayed hanging in the window are meant to be seen, since regulars judge freshness before sitting down. On Victoria Street West in Auckland CBD, Roast House is where that Cantonese roast meat tradition is done.