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Peking
duck
Peking Duck
has the reputation of being the most delicious food Beijing has to offer.
Some find it a bit too greasy, but others get hooked after one taste.
In any case, a Peking Duck dinner is usually a fixed item on any Beijing
tour itinerary. Eating Peking Duck is also one of the two things you
are absolutely supposed to do while in Beijing.
The place
that offers the best Peking Duck is the Quan Ju De Restaurant, which
has outlets at Qianmen, Hepingmen and Wangfujing. It was established
130 years ago and, if you count from the time when founder Yang Renquan
began his duck business, it is 160 years old.
At Quan Ju
De, ducks are immersed in condiments unique to the restaurant and are
roasted directly over flames stoked by fruit-tree wood. The best roasted
duck is date-red, shining with oil, but with a crisp skin and tender
meat.
The chef than cuts the meat into thin slices, each having a piece of
skin. Then the meat is served with very thin pancakes, Chinese onions
and special sauce. The way to eat it is to coat the thin pancake with
sauce, slap on a few pieces of meat and roll up the pancake. Chopsticks
are optional: it is much easier just to grab the thing with your bare
hands.
Another famous restaurant offering Peking duck is the Bian Yi Fang (Cheap
Restaurant), which opened in 1855, nine years earlier than Quan Ju De.
At Bian Yi Fang, roasting is done in an enclosed container fueled with
crop stalks.
There are
now hundreds of restaurants serving Peking Duck all over the city. Most
of these restaurants offer ducks for 38 Yuan a piece, cheaper than that
at the larger places.
Restaurant of Peking Roast Duck
Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
14, Qianmen Xidajie
Hours: 11:00-13:30 16:00-20:00
Tel: 86-10-6511 2418
Beijing Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
32, Qianmen Street
Hours: 11:00-13:30 16:30-20:00
Tel: 86-10-6701 1379
Beijing Wangfujing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
13, Shuaifuyuan Hutong, Dongcheng District
Hours: 10:30-13:30 16:30-21:00
Tel: 86-10-6525 3310
Beijing Jingxin Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
A2 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District
Hours: 10:00-21:30
Tel: 86-10-6466 0895
Beijing Hepingmen Roast Duck Restaurant
Hepingmen Dajie, Xuanwu District
Hours: 10:30-14:00 16:30-20:00
Tel: 86-10-6552 3745
Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
A2 Chongwenmenwai Dajie, Chongwen District
Hours: 11:00-14:00 15:00-21:00
Tel: 86-10-6712 0505 |
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