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Beijing Datong Roast Duck Restaurant

This is supposed to be the most famous place to have the Peking Duck. It is usually packed with both locals and westerners. It is hard to get a table without advance booking. Very often you have to wait of about 40 minutes before having a bite of the bird's glossy deep red skin and smell its mouth-watering fragrance wafting through the air. These ducks are low-fat and healthy-described as ¡°crisp but not oily¡± with a tasty, juicy inside, and crisp outside.They have menu in English with picture, you can order with reference of those pictures. If you have less people eating together, you can simply order only half duck, there are other dishes to choose. The chef will slice the duck in front of you, it's fun if you can take a photo.
Specialties:
Full-flavored duck, crystal duck tongue, duck tongue pickled in saltwater, duck spring rolls marinated in rice wine, duck feet with mustard sauce, red duck gizzard, pickled duck intestines, new Zealand beefsteak, mango scallops, "sparrow's Nest Three Tree Treasures", cabbage with chestnuts.
Average cost: RMB 110 per person
Open hours: 11am-10pm
Parking Lot: yes
Credit cards: yes
Locations:
Add: Tuanjiehu Beikou, Bldg 3, Chaoyang District
By bus: take lines 705, 703, Yuntong 117, yuntong 113, 943, exit at Baijiazhuang
Tel: 6582 2892 / 6582 4003
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