Try Peking duck in in China

“Until that moment, I don’t think I had ever tried duck. I had my first bite and was almost inappropriately taken by the skin almost dissolving in my mouth as the tender meat surrendered its juices to me. [...] She very professionally and only mildly condescendingly showed me that I was supposed to take a crepe-looking thing from the bowl in the upper right, put a bunch of stuff from the Plate o’ Sides on it, add a piece of duck to it, and unleash hell. Thankful and only mildly embarrassed, I chowed down on the duck in the since-learned proper fashion. Every bite was better than the one before.”

“I have to say, we’ve never seen ducks treated like swans before – In the UK you simply get a plate full of shredded duck, here they bring the entire duck out in front of you on a carving trolly and proceed to meticulously carve it with a cleaver, carefully laying out strips of it onto gleaming plates (shaped like a duck of course). The waiter then brings over some sliced cucumber, scallions and spicy sauce [...] and puts together a pancake for each of us, carefully picking up two slices of duck with chopsticks, dipping it in the sauce and adding the other ingredients before wrapping the pancake up [...] and giving it to us. Never had our duck pancakes done for us before! The duck itself was gorgeous – ten times better than what you get back home – it was so moist and the skin tasted a bit like bacon!”

“We were presented with the whole duck at our table (just as how every Peking Duck is served) where our chef skillfully sliced it piece by piece in front of our very eyes. The duck’s skin is crispy thin and served alongside paper-like dough wrap. We had to wrap it ourselves with spring onions, cucumbers, and sweet savoury bean sauce. Absolutely delicious!”