The Best Beijing Roast Duck Restaurant In China

Former US President George H.W. Bush while eating at Quan Jude restaurant has paid with his own credit card.
The best Beijing roast duck restaurant in China
Former US President George H.W

. Bush, the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro .. are some prominent names among the famous people who ate at Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (branch in Qianmen).



This is Beijing's oldest roasted duck restaurant, with a history of 150 years. The shop has an area of 2,000 m², and can accommodate 1,000 people at a time.
For tourists, as long as you ask a random local met on the street about things to do in the capital, most will guide you to sample the roast duck in Quan Jude. To the people here, it is the most famous Beijing roast duck restaurant, with soft cuts of meat and crispy skin, shiny fat.
As the first mentioned dish of the Chinese, Beijing roast duck of the restaurant is often used by the late Prime Minister Zhou Enlai in banquets to welcome guests and foreign diplomatic delegations.
The restaurant is very crowded, so at peak times, many people have to wait from 30 minutes to an hour to be served. Photo: Daniel Food Diary
From the flagship store in Qianmen, the shop has opened more branches in the provinces, then to the world such as Australia, Canada .



.. Quan Jude store that many people know most is Qianmen Avenue, located in a shopping street. in the Qing style, near the Forbidden City. This place is always full of tourists.
In the early 2000s, when visiting Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, tourists will encounter a small woman with a serious face. She is Yang Zongman, a descendant of the shop. Standing next to tall, vivacious waitresses dressed in gorgeous outfits, she could be mistaken as just a mid-range restaurant manager.




But Ms. Yang doesn't seem to have any intention of leaving anytime soon. She is the great-granddaughter of the man who opened this shop in 1864 with its original size as a family restaurant. Many customers who come to the restaurant want to know who the descendants of the first boss are. Therefore, Ms. Yang printed on her business card the word "Descendant", instead of the job title. She also works almost every day of the year because many patrons come here for her, and she needs to be present all the time.
The Beijing Roast Duck Shop opened first for the Yang family.



The shop is open in the morning from 11am and from 16:30 in the afternoon. Photo: Daniel food diary.
Yang worked hard with the wish that this first Beijing Quan Jude roast duck shop would become the best place to do business. "The Yang family would be very proud to know that no matter who the family runs, the shop always attracts customers," she said.
Over the years, the visits of dignitaries passed before her eyes. She was most impressed with former President Bush, who ate there in 1995 with his wife, Barbara, as he charged the meal with his own credit card.
Quan Jude means perfection, solidarity and kindness. The founder of this store is Yang Quanren, who makes a living selling chickens and ducks on Qianmen Street.



One day, the shop selling dried fruit at the market went bankrupt, and he quickly took the opportunity to open a small restaurant there. He soon added roasted duck to his menu. On July 9, 1864, Quan Jude started a roast duck business, with loud fireworks.
When he died, his children took over the restaurant. They added new dishes to the menu, perfected the style of roasting in the oven, and turned Quan Jude into one of the most famous Beijing roast duck restaurants of the time.
The price for each meal is about 190 yuan (620,000 dong). Photo: Daniel food diary.
Business became difficult in the late 1940s, but then gradually became more favorable.



But in 1966, when the Cultural Revolution broke out, Quan Jude was forced to remove the centuries-old hand-carved signboard, cutting it down into firewood. Ms. Yang's father, known as a bourgeois, was expelled to the countryside to raise pigs. She was taken to the icy Northwest.
"At that time, I was only 17 years old," Ms. Yang said. “I dig ditches, grow rice, raise horses, feed chickens, ducks, and pigs, and give them names. It seems there is no hope at all.



That life lasted for 10 years. Thinking she would never return home again, she married her brigade chief and gave birth to two children. In 1978, she had the opportunity to return to Beijing.
According to Nam Tran / Vnexpress
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