Date/Time
Date(s) - 20/10/2019
12:00 - 15:00
Location
Restaurant Yangtse
Categories
“Dà jiā hăo” 大家好!
Peking roast duck is an ancient dish dating back to Mongolian invaders. Although those raiders may have invented the dish while they roamed across China, the imperial kitchens of the Ming Dynasty refined it during the 1600s into the type of dish served in restaurants today.
The Huffington Post ranked Peking duck as one of “10 Foods Around The World To Try Before You Die”. As I won’t be making a pilgrimage to Beijing any time soon, I figured the next best thing is a Food Explorers Expedition to a Chinese restaurant that serves this imperial favourite.
When: Sunday, October 20th, 2019, from 1200 – 1500 hours
Where: Restaurant Yangtse, Steubenstraße 46, 68163 Mannheim
What: The Peking duck served at Yangtse is roasted using the hung oven method developed by “Quánjùdé” (全聚德), a restaurant founded in 1864 during the Qing Dynasty.
Our Peking Duck experience begins with a bowl of flavour-packed “Duck Bone Broth“, served hot. Up next is “Peking Salad” – a fresh green salad tossed with slices of duck meat, in a slightly spicy dressing.
When the roast duck is ready, it will be brought out into the dining room on a large platter by a knife-wielding chef. The chef will then proceed to carve the whole duck in front of you. Watch closely as the skilled carving takes only minutes. The crispy skin tastes divine on its own, and the corresponding juicy slivers of breast meat will be served with steamed pancakes, sweet hoisin sauce, julienned spring onions and cucumber batons so that you can create your own “Peking Duck Pancakes” (tip: use your hands to roll them).
The rest of the duck will be served as “Duck Stir-Fry with Vegetables”, accompanied by “Fried Rice.” We will conclude our meal according to Chinese tradition – by having some “Seasonal Fresh Fruits.”
Prices
| Food only menus (ticket price per person) | Member | Non-Member |
| Adults | € 30 | € 36 |
| Kids < 140cm in height | € 15 | € 18 |
Ticket prices include free-flow of hot Chinese tea for cleansing your palate in between the courses. Other beverages are available for order as well, and payable directly to the restaurant.
Book Now!
If you would like to join me for this iconic Chinese specialty, please sign up before Sunday October 6th so that I may confirm our reservation with the restaurant.
Please make your payment online by then in order to secure your seats.
“Xié xie” 谢谢!
Faeimm Tang
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