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The delectable duck on offer here is so in demand that it's essential to call
ahead to reserve both a bird and a table (otherwise, turn up off-peak and be
prepared to wait an hour). Inside, it's a little tatty (no prizes for the toilets), but
walk by the ovens with their rows of ducks on hooks, squeeze past the scurry-
ing, harried waiters and then sit back and enjoy some of the finest duck in
town.
QUANJUDE ROAST DUCK RESTAURANT $$$
( Qianmen Quanjude Kaoyadian; 6701 1379, 6511 2418; 30 Qianmen
Dajie; 30 roast duck ¥228; lunch dinner; Qianmen; )
The most popu-
lar branch of Beijing's most famous destination for duck, which is roasted here
in ovens fired by fruit-tree wood.
Another popular branch is by Wangfujing shopping street
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Click here
)
.
Peking Duck
Sanlitun & Chaoyang
NAJIA XIAOGUAN $$
( 6567 3663; 10 Yong'an Xili, off Jianguomenwai Dajie; Chunxiu Lu; 10
mains ¥40-70; 11am-9.30pm; Yonganli; )
There's a touch of the tradi-
tional Chinese teahouse to this excellent restaurant, housed in a reconstructed
two-storey interior courtyard, and bubbling with old-Peking atmosphere. The
menu is based on an old imperial recipe book known as the Golden Soup
Bible, and the dishes are consistently good. No English sign, and not much
English spoken, but the menu is in English.
Chinese Manchu
Beihai Park & Xicheng North
4CORNERS $$
( Sijiao Canba; 6401 7797;
www.these4corners.com
; 27 Dashibei Hutong;
27 dishes from ¥34; 11am-3am; Shichahai;
Vietnamese
)
A laidback spot
