Beijing Duck or Peking Roast Duck is a famous duck dish from Beijing and one of China’s national foods. It is thought that Beijing roast duck, like the tradition of roast turkey in America and the UK which is popular on festivals or special occasions. Duck dish has long history that has been prepared since the Yuan Dynasty.

My friends came to visit me yesterday and we had lunch at Quanjude Roast Duck restaurant, Wangfujing branch. We choose this restaurant because it is said that Quanjude restaurant is one of the best restaurants serving Roast Duck and Wangfujing branch is the oldest one.

There are so many customers at weekends and we waited for about thirty minutes when we began to order dish. The main dish is roast duck, so it is hard to order some vegetables. It is a terrible thing if only order duck because it is too greasy to eat and digest. We ordered a whole roast duck which is cost about 238 Yuan and some kinds of cookies and vegetables.

About forty minutes, we saw our duck which looks delicious and big. However, the waiter just served two plates that filled with some slices of duck. We were so surprised to see only some pieces of duck cost more than 200 Yuan. We were so angry that we called the waiter. At first, she refused to serve the rest duck because she said that the restaurant will serve soup for us which cost the same price of the rest duck. I said that we need no soup and we only want the rest duck or we will complain them. Finally, we saw the rest duck and what more surprised thing is that the rest duck is more than we have been served. What a funny thing!

In fact, it is not the first time I came here and I came here about two year ago. At that time, there are not many rules like now, for example, we need not cost extra service fee before, we had right to demand the rest duck at that time and the soup is free two years ago.

We have to admit that Quanjude Roast Duck restaurant is famous and popular among customers, but I have to say that services in this restaurant is not as well as some other duck restaurant and I think that customers’ rights have to be respected. It is suggested that ask for the rest of your duck which is also delicious and you can try to taste the soup. From my personal view that the soup is a little greasy and you can drink with some cookies together.

Now I want to recommend some other restaurant offering Beijing Roast Duck. Bianyifang Roast Duck Restaurant is cheaper and delicious than Quanjude which derives its name from the meaning of “convenient and comfortable”, is a good choice for customers. It is located in the No.36, Happiness Street, Chongwen District.

The last one I want to notice is that the best seasons for eating roast duck are spring, autumn and winter. I hope you like the terrific taste of Beijing roast duck and have a good time in Beijing.