Peking duck
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Peking duck is a dish from Beijing that has been prepared since the Imperial era. The meat is characterized by its thin, crispy skin, with authentic versions of the dish serving mostly the skin and li
Peking duck carved for show
A Peking duck being roasted by a hung oven c. 1933
A Peking duck after having been dried
A Quanjude chef slicing roasted Peking duck
Quanjude
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Quanjude is a Chinese restaurant chain known for its Peking duck and its longstanding culinary heritage since its establishment in 1864 in Beijing, China.
Peking duck
…the dish. For instance, one verse of "Dūmén zhúzhīcí", a local Beijing poem, was "Fill your plates with roast duck and suckling pig". In 1864, the Quanjude (全聚德) restaurant was established in Beijing. Yang Quanren (楊全仁), the founder of Quanjude, developed the hung oven to roast ducks. By the mid-20th…
Serving up a roast duck in Beijing, China
The original Quanjude restaurant building at the Qianmen street in Beijing
Hepingmen branch of Quanjude restaurant in Beijing, also the headquarters of Quanjude Group