Roast Duck Restaurant near Guomao Station

My Kazakh friend Askar and I visited the Panjiayuan Antique Flea Market (潘家园旧货市场) yesterday, a visual delight of old goods that made me want to go complete vaudeville. Many of the stalls were manned by members of ethnic minorities, so much so that some lanes looked like they had a costume parade.

After our Panjiayuan Antique Market trip and on our way back to the Guomao subway station, he and I chanced upon a respectable Roast Duck Restaurant where we headed for lunch. Beijing is the disneyland of Peking Duck, so it wasn't surprising to find roast duck restaurants everywhere.

Dadong Kaoyadian (Jinbao Place)

I wasn't very happy with my first experience with Dadong Kaoyadian, but my good friend Jill had only great things to say about their Jinbao branch so we decided to give it a try. No regrets on this one! I loved the interiors especially, and their duck wasn't as fat as the last one I tasted.

我非常喜欢大董烤鸭店的第二店。地方的设计很好看。他们的烤鸭不太胖， 很好吃！

Open over - pick your own duck

Beijing Dadong Kaoyadian

Dadong's Roast Duck received raves from magazines and travel books, so my brother and I decided to have our last lunch together here. Their duck did non suit my taste, but I guess it's different strokes for different folks.

Roasted pigeon for RMB 59

Classic Shanghai Cuisine, Shanghai

After almost a three-hour walk along the French Concession, my brother and I took a pit stop in Classic Shanghai Cuisine, which landed a recommendation from the Shanghai Expo list of preferred restaurants. It was located along the high profile Si Nan Lu, and the place was brimming with guests, which is a sure sign of great food to come.

My brother had the quest of tasting as many roasted ducks as possible, so we had the Barbecued Baby Duck for RMB 42 a full serving.

Quan Ju De Peking Duck, Beijing

One of those evenings when my mother was still around, she treated me to one of the best Peking duck restaurants in Beijing. I loved being in the decadent restaurant after two days of walking around the (a tad bit messy) university area.


(Some history from the restaurant brochure) Quanren Yang, the first manager of Quanjuade roast duck restaurant, came from Beijing from the famine-striken area of Hebei Province.

When he first arrived in Beijing, he first engaged in buying and selling raw chicken and duck. From then Quanjude developed from an ordinary roast duck shop front to a real restaurant characterized by roast duck done by hanging in the over. This type of cooking has become well known through out Beijing.

This is probably one of the very rare fine dining experiences I'll have for this year.

Sweet and sour sea lettuce for RMB 35. Loved this!! But it's really just seaweed.

With a nifty arrangement behind the shell

For our main, we had the Quan Ju De Roast Duck (includes one tray of pancake and vegetable basket) for RMB 188

Pancake wrapper

Lettuce. The selection also came with the neatly and creative arrangement of cucumber, sugar, and onion leaves.

See the duck fat?? I had vertigo after 5 pieces of it

The skin also had a tinge of mandarin taste. The meat was soft enough

Worth the price! They also let you have the head!

A view of the goose's head

Quanjude
1/F, Block A.C, SP. Tower,
Tsinghua Science Park
Beijing 100084, China
Tel: +86 10 8215 1015