The Origin of Peking Duck

Peking Duck originated in China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, when it was known as "Hu Food".

Beijing Roast Duck is a famous Beijing dish with a world-wide reputation, originating from the period of North and South Dynasties in China, and the roasted duck has been recorded in the "Record of Food Treasures", which was a famous dish in the court at that time. The material used is high-quality meat duck, fruit wood charcoal fire roasted, red color, meat fat but not greasy, crispy outside and tender inside. Peking duck is divided into two schools, and the most famous duck restaurants in Beijing are representatives of both schools. It is known as "the world's delicious" for its red color, tender meat, mellow flavor, and fat but not greasy.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the people loved to eat Nanjing duck, the emperor also loved to eat, it is said that Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, "daily food roast duck a". The imperial chefs in the palace tried to develop new ways of eating duck to please the emperor, and developed two kinds of roasted duck and roasted duck on the stove.

Peking Duck Eating Methods

The first way to eat Peking Duck: It is said to have been started by the ladies and gentlemen in the mansion. They did not eat green onions nor garlic, but liked to eat the crispy and crunchy duck skin dipped in fine sugar. Since then, Quanjude runners see the female customers come, it is bound to follow the roast duck, on a small dish of sugar.

The second way to eat Peking duck: sweet noodle sauce with scallion strips, which can be served with cucumber strips and radish strips, use chopsticks to pick a little bit of sweet noodle sauce, smear it on the lotus leaf pancake, put a few slices of roasted duck to cover the top, and put a few strips of scallion, cucumber strips or radish strips on top, and roll up the pancake in the lotus leaf pancake, which is really tasty and unbelievable.

The third way to eat Peking duck: garlic paste with sweet noodle sauce, also with radish strips, etc., with lotus leaf cake rolled up with duck meat is also a popular condiment in the early years. Garlic paste can solve the grease, the sliced roast duck dipped in garlic paste, sweet noodle sauce to eat, in the fresh aroma added a touch of spiciness, the flavor is more unique. Many customers especially favor this condiment.