Beijing China: PEKING DUCK lunch

Day 1 in Beijing: PEKING DUCK LUNCH

(Destination 3 of 6)

A trip to Beijing wouldn't be complete without tasting the world famous Peking duck. We got our fix from Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, a famous brand of China, established in 1864, during the Qing Dynasty.   

The ducks are roasted from sweet-smelling fruit-wood. The menu boasts of an all-duck fare.  

"The finished duck is characterized with crispy skin, tender meat and the fragrance from the fruit-wood. It looks wonderful and appealing with a full figure, even claret color and the brightness and shine on the duck skin. It tastes pure and mellow with lotus leaf-shaped cake, scallion slices and sweet sauce jam, leaving a lasting and pleasant aftertaste." (Quanjude)

The duck skin was crispy and kind of like the world famous lechon in Cebu, Philippines.  We ate the meat by rolling it, together with cucumber and scallions, and sauce, in a wrap as thick as crepe.  It was very tasty and really good.  The side dishes are all made from duck.  

Duck fare: different ways to eat duck

To know more about how to eat Peking Duck in Beijing, refer to worldhum.com. 

Quanjude has many floors of duck restaurants, we went up to the 4th floor.  The restaurant was very pretty and picturesque and so colorful; it was a very happy place to eat.  After our meal, we got a commemoration card containing the code of the roast duck we ate (kind of weird, doesn't it?). 

Quanjude Restaurant

Wangfujing Street

After a very filling lunch, round the corner from the restaurant, a stroll along Wangfujing Street would be a healthy alternative...the fairly long street would take around 30minutes to walk from end to end.  Wangfujing is at the heart of the city, lined with shops, snack bars, bookstores.

Wangfujing Street

Next stop is Forbidden City.