Hook A Duck

This item is duck of roast of Peking and you can find some useful information in him if you plan your vacation of China now.

The history of the duck of roast of Peking can be climbed back up until the origin of as the Dynasty of Yuan (1206-1368) when it was enumerated among the imperial dishes in the Complete Recipes for Dishes and the Drinks, writes in 1330 by Hu Sihui, an inspector of the imperial kitchen. The details as for the kitchen process also were described in this first book of kitchen.

In the 15th first century, when the capital of Dynasty of Ming was changed Nanjing to Peking, the roast duck remained one of the dishes celebrate on the menus of imperial court. According to the local history, the most first restaurant of duck of roast was at Peking the old Restaurant of Bianyifang, that opened during the reign of Jiajing (1522-1566). (The information for your trip of China and the vacation) Distinct of the method in which the duck is hung of a hook in the ceiling of the oven and roasted on and roasted on burning wood, the Old Restaurant of Bianyifang roasted its ducks with the heat radiating. The oven walls first were heated with the stems of sorgho after which the duck was placed to the interior and cooked by the heat broadcasted by the walls. A roasted duck in this manner is crunchy to the key and to the gilded chestnut in the appearance; his flesh is to stretch and savoureuse.

There are literally dozens of restaurants that serve the roast duck, but maybe it the more better known is Quanjude and Bianyifang. Each of the two have a different method of preparation, but every products a delicious result. Quanjude roasts their ducks on burning wood while Bianyifang roasts its ducks using the heat radiating walls of oven.

(1). Restaurant of Duck of Roast of Quanjude (since 1864) :

These days, if you talk about the duck of roast of Peking, everyone will mention the duck of roast of Quanjude. The this is as the representative of the duck of roast of Peking. Quanjude has several stores to Peking and the most famous the one is the Qianmen (the portal of Qian) Quanjude. The Qianmen Quanjude is not only a restaurant to eat the roast ducks, but also a place of attraction of tourist now. The furnishings here very "Traditional Chinese" and you can feel the charm of the Chinese culture here. There are 30 pieces of VIP and 1 president lodges in this restaurant. (The information for your turns of China and the vacation) The the president piece is the place where the Chinese leaders suit the foreign leaders. A lot of famous people were here. An interesting thing that I found is that you can write to some Chinese charaters in the duck body with a Chinese writing the brush before it is roasted. These charaters will appear then in your duck of finished roast. Rather funny! : -) There is an old store in this restaurant of Quanjude and you can find the look of the Quanjuede in 1930 there. A lot of people think that this is the better place for the travelers to find the "the Old sensation of Peking". You can find even the card of the old Peking Hutongs here. The roast ducks are very delicious in Quanjude exactly, but what attracts so many people here the history and the Chinese traditional culture of this old restaurant. Here the address: 32 Streets of Qianmendajie, Peking. Telephone: 010 - 67011379. (The Cost is almost 110 rmb for a person) to arrive, you can take the Line 1 subway to the station of "Qianmen".

(2). Bianyifang (since 1416) :

The history of Bianyifang is even longer than Quanjude (more useful China goes on vacation the information to Travel2ChinaInfo COM of Not at all). The Chinese characters for Bianyifang have two direction: the one is "the inexpensive restaurant" and the other is "the restaurant of convinient". First, I thought the name means inexpensive. : -) A lot of people did it same error. In fact the "Bianyi" means here "convinient", not "inexpensive". The cost of restaurant of Bianyifang is about 70 - 80 rmb for a person. Address: 87 Streets of Tiantanlu, the Neighborhood of Chongwen, Peking. Telephone: 010 - 67014281.

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