Friday’s Featured Food: Peking Duck at QuanJude Restaurant, Beijing, China

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Peking duck hanging up in the QuanJude restaurant in Beijing, China

While Beijing will never be my favourite city in China, it does hold a few saving graces. Tiananmen Square is a great place to relax, Beijing is the gateway to the Trans Siberian Railway and also for our recent trip to North Korea plus there’s Peking Duck!!

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Inside the elegant QuanJude Restaurant in Beijing, China

On Friday’s Featured Food I was initially going to write about my trip to Beijing in 2007 where I first tried Peking duck, but alas only 2 photos remain, no videos and the price I paid then was considerable cheaper. To be frank – if you want decent Peking Duck – splash out and head to the QuanJude Restaurant in Qianmen.

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The stylish entrance to the Quanjude restaurant

Where is the QuanJude Duck Restaurant in Qianmen, China?

The QuanJude Roast Duck Restaurant is in a busy and popular part of Beijing. Within walking distance of Tiananmen Square and in the Qianmen district. They have their own website here – Peking Duck. It’s south of Tiananmen Square and easy enough to find. Once you see the entrance to Qianmen street, which has old style trams, is a pedestrian street and the entrance to it faces the The Zhengyangmen Gatehouse. Head down Qianmen Street and the QuanJude Roast Duck Restaurant is on your left. Here’s the address of the original and best one – it’s easy to find from Qianmen station.

Address: No. 14, Qianmen West Street, Beijing, P.R.China
Post Code:100051
Tel:86-10-63048987    Fax:86-10-63048990
E-mail:[email protected]

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The entrance to Qianmen Street in Beijing. From here turn around and on the left you will find the QuanJude Roast Duck Restaurant

They also have branches in other parts of Beijing, as well as Hong Kong and even Melbourne, Australia. But we headed to the original one, and I’d recommend that.

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Outside the QuanJude Roast Duck Restaurant in Beijing, China.

OK so once you’ve found the restaurant, it’s time to go inside. We went around lunchtime and it was really busy, I’d imagine dinner time to be the same. So you turn up, tell them how many people in your party (in our case 2), get a ticket with a number on it and wait to be called. Trust me, it’s worth waiting for. Don’t worry about the delay at all. There are things to do while you wait…

1. Read the information boards.

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The plaque in QuanJude Restaurant, Beijing, China

2. Pose by a plastic duck.

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Posing by a plastic duck at the QuanJude Roast Duck Restaurant in Beijing, China.

3. Watch the chefs in action.

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Watching the chefs roast the Peking Duck

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The chefs in action at the Quanjude restaurant in Beijing, China

4. Update your travel blog (you know how much I love typing my posts offline)

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The travel blogger, blogging away while waiting to be called to our table for Peking Duck

Then you’ll be called to your seats and given the menu! It’s basically loads of duck dishes, but you should order the WHOLE DUCK. It costs 295 RMB and that’s it. Don’t order anything else – this will keep you going. Two of us couldn’t finish it – you could probably feed four people on it.

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With the menu at the QuanJude Peking Duck Restaurant

So you order your duck and sit back and wait. Water is free, but the tea and beer is not cheap so take my advice and avoid them. You’re here for duck so enjoy the duck and forget paying for other drinks.

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The chef comes to our table and cuts our duck in front of us!

A chef will arrive near your table to slice the duck in front of you – cool or what! They slice it the perfect size then a lady shows you how to eat it. I knew the tactic to eat it already but it was cool to watch her in action. You take the slim pancake, add onion, hoi sin sauce and the duck. Then you wrap it and eat it.

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Peking Duck in Beijing, China

That’s how you do Peking Duck!

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Friday’s Featured Food: Peking Duck at the Quanjude Restaurant in Beijing, China

So while I’m not a fan of Beijing, I do love the Peking Duck and I recommend it. It’s also one to tick off your list.

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My girlfriend and I loving the Peking Duck in the QuanJude restaurant in Beijing.

My Videos from the QuanJude Restaurant, Beijing, China:

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4 thoughts on “Friday’s Featured Food: Peking Duck at QuanJude Restaurant, Beijing, China

  • Totally Maria – thing is neither of us are big eaters so sadly even ordering a whole duck some of it would go to waste…we got the rest of the duck put in a bag and gave it to a homeless Chinese lady on a nearby street. Safe travels. Jonny

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