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Peking Duck

北京烤鸭• Beijing
💰 Price Range¥80-300 per person
⏰ Best Time to EatLunch or dinner — always available
🏙️ CityBeijing

About Peking Duck

Beijing's most famous dish. Crispy lacquered skin, tender meat, thin pancakes, hoisin sauce, cucumber and scallion. A whole duck is carved tableside. Quanjude is the historic name but Siji Minfu and Da Dong are where foodies go.

Photos

Peking duck with crispy skin served in Beijing restaurant
Whole roasted Peking duck being carved tableside
Peking duck wrapped in thin pancake with hoisin sauce

Where to Try

Siji Minfu (四季民福)

📍 Multiple locations

💰 ¥150-200/person

Da Dong (大董)

📍 Dongcheng

💰 ¥200-300/person

Quanjude (全聚德)

📍 Qianmen flagship

💰 ¥180-250/person

Know Before You Go

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Siji Minfu has the best skin-to-meat ratio

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Avoid tourist-trap Quanjude branches (Qianmen is ok)

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Book ahead — 1-2 hours wait at popular spots

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The duck skin dipped in sugar is a Beijing tradition

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Leftover duck bones become soup

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