Beware: there is No real Peking duck in Sydney!

My hometown is Beijing, the food culture in Beijing is very important to Chinese people and it is a kind of pride of people living in Beijing. Beijing Hotpot and Peking Duck are two of most famous courses. Some restaurants serve “Peking Duck” in Sydney with the similar cooking styles or completely in different style, some of my friend told me they quite like “Peking Duck” with noodles, however, there is no real Peking Duck in Sydney, they are all kinds of fake, they are only roast ducks and Peking Duck slice never serve with any noodle in Beijing.

Let me introduce the real Peking Duck

Quanjude is the first restaurant cook Peking Duck in Beijing, it was Created in the year of Tongzhi reign (184 A.D.) of Qing Dynasty, Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant has a history of 130 years.

The restaurant still cooking Peking duck in traditional method until now, the duck is hung on a pole over a wood (the wood must from jujube tree) fire until the skin turns golden brown and crisp. of which the crisp skin is the most prized part. To achieve such crispness, the duck is air-dried, then coated with a mixture of syrup and soy sauce before roasting. When ready, it is presented ceremoniously and the skin deftly carved. These pieces are wrapped in thin pancakes (the pan cake must be thin as a leaf ) with onions or leeks, cucumber, turnip and plum sauce. The chef will prepare the duck slices in the front of your table, every duck should be cut in 108 slices. The restaurants also serve up just about every part of the duck from the webbed feet to the beak and liver. On request, the remainder of the duck meat can be sautd with bean sprouts, and the bones made into a wonderful soup with cabbage.

If you have enough guests you also could order a traditional grand reunion meal, called “Duck Treasure”, which include:

“Beijing roast duck, duck foot webs with mustard, Brine duck liver, stewed duck liver and gizzard, duck rolls in Maotai wine, duck slices in wine essence, duck with all flavours, duck wings in brown sauce, assorted four delicacies from the duck, deep-fried duck liver and gizzard, grilled duck heart, four delicacies from the duck in hot sauce, three delicacies of duck in rice wine, white grilled three delicacies of duck, duck tongues with egg-white, Beijing duck rolls, egg custard with duck grease, shark' fin with duck, steamed duck, steamed duck breast in unglazed pot, mushroom stewed with duck wings, snow mushroom soup with duck tongues, bird's nest and duck tongues, duck hearts with chrysanthemum, sauted duck intestine, fresh mushroom with duck slices, duck-like pastry, stuffed dumpling with duck meat and crepes with vegetables oil.”

Therefore, if you are a super fan of Beijing Duck, go to Beijing to try real Beijing Roast Duck. There is No real Peking duck in Sydney!