Peking Roast Duck
(北京烤鸭）
Peking Roast Duck is a famous duck dish from
Beijing. The dish is prized for the thin and crispy skin with authentic
versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and little meat, sliced in
front of the diners. The meat is eaten with pancakes, Shandong scallion (山东大葱),
and a sweet and salty sauce made of wheat
flour (plum or hoisin sauce may be used).
Notable Restaurants
A number of restaurants in Beijing specialize in Peking Roast Duck. The
most popular high-end ones include:
- Quanjude (全聚德): one of two oldest Peking roast
duck restaurants with franchise locations throughout major Chinese
cities
- Bianyifang (便宜坊):
one of the two oldest Peking duck restaurants with 6 locations
- King Roast Duck (鸭王): several locations,
innovative founder/owner fluent in English
- Dadong (大董烤鴨店): two locations as of December
2009, owner is China's first MBA chef
- No. 1 Chang'an Ave (Chang'an Yihao,长安一號):
located inside Grand Hyatt Beijing
- Xiaowangfu (小王府): several locations
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