Beijing city's Peking Duck is world famous for being the
most delicious and delightful dish that Beijing has to offer.
Like London with its fish and chips, Philadelphia with its
cheese steak, Beijing is unique with its Beijing Roast Duck.
Beijing Duck is almost always a fixed menu item on any
Beijing Tour itinerary. Otherwise, you've not tasted Beijing
until you've tried its Peking Duck.
(Beijing's Famous Peking Duck)
History of Beijing Duck (Peking Duck
House)
The use of ducks in Chinese cooking dates back 1,500 years.
I've read mainly two conflicting sources about where Peking
Duck originated. One states that Bianyifang (Convinience
shop) was the earliest Beijing Duck restaurant, founded
about 400 years ago, and another mentions that the modern
Peking Duck was first prepared by an imperial chef during
the Ming Dynasties (1368 - 1644). Both dates back about
400 some years.
Peking Duck House & Beijing Duck
Restaurant
The most famous Peking Duck restaurant that offers the
best tasting ducks is the Quanjude restaurant, which opened
in 1864 outside Qianmen (front gate). Up to 2004, Quanjude
restaurant has sold an estimated 115 million Peking Ducks,
and was awarded China's 500 most valuable commodity brand
award.
At Quanjude restaurant, the ducks are cooked in unique
condiments and spices, and roasted directly over flames
of fruit tree wood. The highest quality Beijing Ducks are
date-red in color, shining with oil, and with a crisp skin
and tender meat inside.
The chef then slices thin pieces of duck meat with skin.
This is served with a thin pancake, green onions, and a
special Peking duck sauce. Spread the special sauce on the
pancake, place some duck meat and green onions on top, roll
it up, and enjoy the delicious taste of authentic Beijing
Duck.
(A chef slicing up pieces of a cooked Peking Duck, ready
to be eaten.)
There are restaurants that serve Beijing Duck all over
the world, but to taste and enjoy the real, authentic Peking
Duck, you have to visit Beijing, and try the real thing
for yourself. Below are some of the top Peking Duck Restaurants
in Beijing.
Peking Duck Restaurant in Beijing
Beijing Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
32, Qianmen Street
Tel: 86-10-6701-1379
Beijing Wangfujing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
13, Shuaifuyuan Hutong, Dongcheng District
Tel: 86-10-6525-3310
Restaurant of Peking Roast Duck
Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
14, Qianmen Xidajie
Tel: 86-10-6511-2418
Beijing Jingxin Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
A2 Dongsanhuan Beilu, Chaoyang District
Tel: 86-10-6466-0895
Beijing Hepingmen Roast Duck Restaurant
Hepingmen Dajie, Xuanwu District
Tel: 86-10-6552-3745
Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant
A2 Chongwenmenwai Dajie, Chongwen District
Tel: 86-10-6712-0505
Note: the phone numbers listed above,
also included the country code, province code, and then
the phone numbers. So for example, for 86-10-6701-1379
- 86 -
is the country code for China
- 10 -
is the region code for Beijing
- 6701-1379
is the actual telephone number
- So, basically, outside of China, you would dial: 86-10-6701-1379
- Inside China, but outside of Beijing, you would dial:
010-6701-1379 (0 is added in front for long distance calling)
- Inside Beijing, you would just dial 6701-1379
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