Main Dishes
Quanjude is a famous national brand of restaurant in China. It specializes in roast duck and duck dishes.
It was founded in 1864 (in the Qing Dynasty) and, following hundreds years of development and innovation, it has formed a duck cuisine series including roast duck and other duck dishes (including ducks' interior organs).
The profound food culture of Quanjude roast duck is now regarded as an important part of Chinese culinary art, and is also popular abroad. We have carefully selected six dishes from the menu that are most representative of Quanjude duck dishes.
Roast Duck — Highly Recommended
Quanjude roast duck has a long history and is a must-try dish in a Quanjude restaurant. The duck is roasted by hanging in an oven over a fruit tree charcoal fire for a strictly controlled 45 minutes.
The features of roast duck are: its crisp skin, tender meat without tendons, and fruit tree fragrance. When roasted and dried the duck is a brilliant dark red brightened with oil.
The traditional way to eat roast duck is to put the meat, together with onion and cucumber, in a Chinese pancake, and roll it up, and dip it in sweet soybean sauce.
Quanjude Mustard Duck Plum
This dish is considered the most popular among the Quanjude cold dishes. The texture is soft and tender, with a strong flavor of mustard. It tastes fresh and a bit spicy, and will definitely awaken your taste buds.
Quanjude Stewed Duck Heart
This dish is marinated with Maotai Wine (a nationalty recognised brand), and seasoned with pepper powder, sugar, and soy sauce. The duck heart is cut into a flower shape. It is crisp outside and tender inside after stewing. Enjoy the color and its wonderful taste.
Quanjude Boiled Duck Liver
This dish features a brown color, soft and tender texture with a mellow smell. Is is a bit salty but has a wonderful taste.
Quanjude Gravy Duck Gizzard
This dish tastes salty, fresh, and nicely fragrant. The texture is soft, crisp, but firm; a nice choice accompanied with wine.