Parting with Peking Duck

Our final full day in Beijing, spent mostly being lazy and getting ourselves sorted for Frankfurt. Changed some money over at a bank. An interesting process involving passport and about 40min - but no commission and a good rate so that's good...

Couldn't leave Beijing without trying the famous local specialty (Peking Duck). Hotel restaurant was closed so followed directions to a nearby restaurant - no idea of the name but the Mandarin characters looked similar to what the concierge wrote. Glad we did. Was delicious!

Crispy roast duck with shallot and cucumber strips, delicious barbecue-like sauce and duck soup. The nice waitress showed us how to make little wraps from the thin tortilla-like things and was so good. Would definitely recommend.

Cheap too - about $23 for a half duck between the two of us. Definitely worth the hype!Read more