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Quan Ju De (Peking Duck), Beijing

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Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): You must try this traditional food - Peking Duck
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  • jane307
  • By jane307 on June 2, 2004
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  • Peiking Roast Duck - Beijing
    Peiking Roast Duck
    by jane307
    Founded in 1864, famous, authentic and delicious. Best eating time is spring, fall and winter especially the fall.

    Peiking Roast Duck: I loooooove it. roll duck flake, sweet sauce and piece of shallot in a cake like a lotus leaf.
    Duck's Sole with Mustard: First, tear; second, love it.

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: No. 32, Qianmen Avenue
  • Phone: (86) 010--67011379, 65112418
  • Directions: Xuanwu District.
  • Website: http://www.quanjude.com.cn
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): Castro and Bush had eaten at this place:So did I !
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  • vickss
  • Updated By vickss on February 20, 2005
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  • Quan Ju De behind me - Beijing
    Quan Ju De behind me
    by vickss
    The place is very close to Tiananmen Square which means not difficult to locate. Though it is very crowded most of the time.. The decor is traditional and would seem out of a 60-70s Kung Fu movie with wooden benches and large tables which can be shared between patrons. There is no backrest so sit straight. There are few foreigners in here and infact the waiteress was at pains explaining to me that it is a Chinese restaurant -- probably never having seen an Indian before. The menu is only in Chinese so you need to know that Peking duck is called Peking Kao Ya in Chinese and thats what you need to say to the waiteress. She might show you other items on the menu but I ignored them to be safe. I kept wondering where exactly did Castro, George Bush, Yanni and Helmut Kohl(amongst others) would have sat when they visited the place..

    Peking duck served here is delectable to say the least.
    What they serve you is shredded(actually small pieces of roasted duck-- which mind you is breeded specially for the restuarant). This will be served with 5-6 pieces of flattened rice cake..in India it would be called roti made of rice.
    They also served something in a glass with a white colour which again I ignored..
    Along with the stuff you will be served a small packet of paste.. looks like some kinda sauce..
    Hesistantly I tried it.. and it was cool with the duck.
    Last but not the least you have a set of chopsticks..
    Its not too difficult to learn though I took some time..
    You need to pick pieces of roasted duck dip it in the saucelike substance and place it in the middle of the rice cake and then fold it up and munch on.. Absolute bliss..

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  • Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
  • Price: less than US$10    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Phone: Tel: +86-010-63023062
  • Directions: Walk south of Tianamen Square and take the road to the south west.. it is the most happening road from the Square so you wont miss it. Take the road which has a KFC sign board on the left side and walk on for 2 minutes.. The place is to the left
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): quán jù dé
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  • yangzhigong
  • By yangzhigong on August 8, 2007
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  • quán jù dé brand - Beijing
    quán jù dé brand
    by yangzhigong, 2 more photos
    Long one of the staples of Beijing, quán jù dé presents one of the time honored fares of northern Chinese cuisine: roasted duck. World-renowned restaurant quán jù dé has locations scattered throughout the city and is one of the most visible and well-recognized eateries in all of Beijing, though it is also among the most expensive dining experiences, roasted duck or otherwise. Those who have not had the experience may not know how roasted duck is to be eaten. It is not just taken off a plate and scooped into the mouth – it has a process of sorts. Along with the carved duck, the server will bring out flat, tortilla-like wrappers, a dark-brown sauce made from the soy of fermented wheat flour, and long, thinly-sliced shallots and cucumbers. To prepare: First, take a bit of the sauce/paste and place it on a flat, open wrap. Add the roasted duck slices, shallots, and cucumbers, roll it all together, and enjoy!

  • Theme: Chinese/Dim Sum
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Phone: Tel: +86-010-63023062
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): Try another duck
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  • chewy3326
  • By chewy3326 on November 25, 2005
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  • Beijing Roast Duck - Beijing
    Beijing Roast Duck
    by chewy3326
    Don't get me wrong. I LOVE Peking Roast Duck. But after getting very hyped up about Quan Jude's "famous" duck, it was a pretty big disappointment. It wasn't that the duck was horrible, but it didn't live up to its reputation. Plus, it was way too greasy. There are roast duck restaurants in Gaithersburg, MD that make better roast duck than they do. Also, the lines for this restaurants are immensely long; we waited an hour to get seated. It's also run over by tour groups. So sometimes, the best Peking duck isn't in Beijing.

    The Peking Roast Duck wasn't too good, but it was still OK (I guess.) It's very simple: roast duck, green onion (or chives) and I think some type of oyster-related sauce wrapped in a wrap. Normally it's one of the greatest foods on earth, but Quan Jude's version isn't.

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  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
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  • Phone: Tel: +86-010-63023062
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): Lovely food!
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  • clairegeordio
  • By clairegeordio on January 10, 2007
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  • Quan Ju De (Peking Duck) - Beijing
    by clairegeordio
    The restaurant that we went to was in Wangfujing. Make sure you get there before 8.30pm though as I believe that this was the last time that they would allow customers in by.
    We had duck (of course!) which was carved at our table, and battered fish in sweet and sour sauce. I would definitely recommend a visit here. It is supposed to serve the best duck in Beijing. I would say it is more expensive here than eating in a 'normal' restaurant in Beijing, but the prices were by no means more than I would be used to paying in the UK.

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: US$21-30    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: more expensive than average
  • Address: 9, Shuaifuyuan Hutong, Wangfujing Street
  • Phone: Tel: +86-010-63023062
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): No Quacks here: Peking Roasted Duck
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  • xuessium
  • Updated By xuessium on July 29, 2007
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    QuanJuDe
    by xuessium
    There was a "death certificate" issued with my duck. I was eating the 11906715th duck since the restaurant started roasting them since 1864. This is swanky place and my T-shirt and shashuku looked pretty much out of place but the Cheong Sum-clad waitresses hardly raised an eyebrow. (I wish I could get away with this next time I visit a swanky French restaurant without riling up some French vulgarities)

    By any means, this is a very expensive duck. At 198 RMB for a full Peking Roasted Duck meal, it's astronomical price for most Beijing folks. But it was the eve of my BD, and I'm not letting any 198RMB get in my way.

    You can see the kitchen oven pits roasting the ducks from behind a glass and cooks hard at work, ensuring that you and me get the ducks in prime conditions. When it's cooled down enough, a chef will then roll the duck out on a trolley and carved the duck up in your presence as you looked on, working hardest to suppress your drool. A waitress will then proceed to explain the ingredients as well as demonstrate how you may eat the duck in the traditional way. Mine was serious on the get go. She hardly broke into smile. I guess when you have been doing this from the upteenth time, it really sucked the thrill out of it. I just wish she smiled a little. We weren't having dinner in prison.

    The essence of the duck is all in the crispy delightful skin. All the flavours are there. Waste not. It's sinful to be wasting something so succulent. Bite into one crispy sliver and you'll know what the food of the Gods taste like.

    The chef will take great pains to carve the thinnest of skin for you. Worry not. The rest are not wasted. The meat will be used in stir-fried dishes. The bones were thrown into a pot, cooked with wintermelon slices and brewed into a milky soup, that simply coats your tongue with playful tenderness.

    How do you eat the duck?
    Take a piece of crepe skin (you have a choice of yellow with egg or white without egg) and lay it on your plate. Spread a little of sweet and salty roast duck sauce with a spoon on the crepe, sprinkle in some shreds of spring onion, then place a sliver or 2 of duck skin. You may then add a slice of duck meat, plus a few other items such as pickled chillies or raw garlic slices, ensuring that the items will not overflow (don't be greedy!) and then proceed to wrap the entire package up (without using your hands - that's rude!!) like a burrito and presto, your little package of heaven is ready to be popped into your mouth.

    I don't know how many I ate but I was damn sure there wasn't any duck left on my table when me and my mate were through with it!

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  • Theme: Local
  • Price: US$11-20    » Currency Converter
  • Comparison: most expensive
  • Address: No.14 building, Qianmenxidajie Xuanwu District
  • Directions: There are a number of branches throughout Beijing. I had mine at the Hepingmen branch (address above).
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
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  • honestjohn
  • Updated By honestjohn on August 12, 2004
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  • in front of the restaurant - Beijing
    in front of the restaurant
    by honestjohn
    The Qianmen Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, established in 1864, is nationally famous for its roast duck, reputed to be China's No.1 delicacy.
    Ever since its establishment, the restaurant has kept the traditional method of roasting duck: the duck is hung on a pole over a wood fire until the skin turns golden brown and crisp. Customers can enjoy the special taste of Quanjude duck by covering the slices with sweet paste and green-onion shreds on a soft flatbread.
    The Qianmen Quanjude Restaurant also offers duck-shaped pastries and a variety of tempting dishes featuring different parts of the duck, including abalone and duck breast with chili sauce, eel with duck breast in casserole, and stewed mullet egg with duck tongue.
    A spacious relaxed setting and superb service will add to your pleasant dining experience at the restaurant.

    I'm mouthwatering when writing the above:)

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  • Phone: Tel: +86-010-63023062
  • Directions: The restaurant is at No.32 Qianmen Street, a five-minute walk south of Tian'anmen Square.
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): The Ultimate Meal!!!
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  • herzog63
  • By herzog63 on September 24, 2003
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    Acrobats
    by herzog63
    I met a Swedish guy named Kimmo and we talked about eating a Beijing Duck. He had heard about a great place with great food that was cheap and he knew where it was! Great! I'm ready to splurge on a meal!!
    We made our way to the place. I was surprised to see small line of people that hadn't made it inside yet! Wow! this place must be popular! So we stood in line for about 10 minutes and finally made it inside. There was a family that spotted us and they wanted us to join them. So we took them up on their offer which was great! We got to interact with some locals and we didn't have to wait any longer to eat! We squeezed into the table and joined them...They didn't speak much English but there were smiles all around!! We didn't know what we wanted exactly as we neither of us had every had one of these big multi-course meals before. So we looked at what our hosts where eating as they had already been served. As we had become instant celebrities (being the only foreigners in the restaurant). We got up and walked around to see what others were eating too! Well, After having all this fun we decided what to order. 1/2 Roast Duck, Soup, some sort of bread chapati type things, other vegetables dishes and some stuff that I don't know what it was! But everything we ate was so DELICOUS!!! We also had a 3 of the Big bottles of Zhaoqing Pijiu beer each.

    The Duck was so moist and it just melted in our mouths!! We were so full when we left. This entire meal for both of us cost only 28 RMB (US$5.32). I still dream about this meal from time to time!!
    I don't have a photo of the meal...wish I did! But I'm sharing a photo from the Beijing Acrobat show that I went to.

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  • Comparison: about average
  • Directions: I don't remember....as usual!
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): Eat beijing roast duck with hand!
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  • violett
  • Updated By violett on August 28, 2007
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  • There are two famous restaurants for beijing roast duck, Quanjude(1864-) and Bian Yi Fang's roast duck(1885-). The first one hangs the duck in the half-open roast oven over heat source such as fire. The second one put the duck in a closed oven (where the heat is from inner oven wall ) under the earth and soup is filled into the duck and during the cooking, it is actually roasting outside and boiling inside.

    Quanjude:
    Qianmenxida street 14, beijing
    +86 10 63023062

    Qianmen Street 32, beijing (open again after October,2007)
    +86 10 67011379

    Wangfujing Street Shuaifuyuanhutong 9, beijing
    +86 10 65253310

    Huizhongbeili 309 Tianchuangshiyuan A
    +86 10 64801686
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    Bian Yi Fang's:
    Tiantan Eastern Street 73,beijing
    Tel: +86 10 67020904

    The staff will push a small table with the whole roast duck to your table, and slice it into about 120 pieces with both skin and meat for each. u can take some pictures :D
    You should wrap 3 duck slices, green onions, and sweet thick sauce in a particular thin pancake or a hollowed sesame bun, which served together with the roast duck, with your bare hands. So, WASH HANDS before eating!!!
    Other parts of the duck will be served as either cold dishes with its livers, wings, stomach, webs and eggs, or hot dishes with its heart, tongue and kidneys.
    But so many meat will be too heavy for u, order only half duck or not order so many meat,but order some vegetables.
    And do order the soup, it will be excellent! they cook the bones of the duck very long time till the soup turns white. very delicious!

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  • Phone: Tel: +86-010-63023062
  • Website: http://www.qmquanjude.com.cn/a/enga.htm
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    Quan Ju De (Peking Duck): A unique experience
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  • shivan
  • By shivan on September 4, 2003
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  • This is among the most classical restaurants in Beijing

    Its most famous course is the Roast Peking Duck.

    They serve every part of the duck and when I say every part I say every part.
    Everything has been great, apart from the feet. Yes, I said the feet. It is terrible eating cartilages...

    So, avoid cartilages and have a wonderful dinner!

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