"Darling, I give you very best duck."
Posted on 08/04/2014 12:50:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Dish named for China’s capital has its origins in Nanjing, hundreds of kilometres to the south.
Beijing: Where does Peking Duck come from? It is a trick question: the dish named for China’s capital has its origins in Nanjing, hundreds of kilometres to the south.
The tidbit is one of the revelations in a museum opened earlier this month to mark the 150th anniversary of the Quanjude restaurant, now the seven-storey flagship of a chain with franchises as far away as Australia.
Statues of roasters, photos of officials dining and menus going back 100 years trace the duck’s route from humble waterfowl to culinary institution.
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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: I look forward to the day when all Americans can cross the street without having their motives questioned
If the restaurant offered entertainment, would that be a duck and cover?
Not much of a duck eater.
I like the Orange Chicken and Mandarin Chicken as long as it isn’t Tabby.
I do love me some Pho, Tripe pho is the best and yes I know exactly what tripe is.
My question is this:
When China abandoned the Wade Giles system of transliteration between Mandarin and English, and Peking became Beijing based on the new transliteration between the languages, why didn’t Peking Duck become Beijing Duck???
U tupid fwicken plick.
Da Duck go to utter sayed of wode to C what on other side.
You know wah he see and he get dare?
He Wok to Wok and now u know wheel tory uh Peking Duck.
Tangle Web huh?
"Darling, I give you very best duck."
Never had the tripe, fatty briscit, eye of round though,
love some Pho and some Café Fine with a side of Cha Gao.
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GOOSE!
To show the armadillo it could be done
Ka-ching
After that one maybe you should duck and cover.
Q: What animal turns over 200+ times after it is dead?
For the same reason musicologists and old Sinophiles study Peking Opera, I would guess.
Lotta folks in this circle, eh?
It’s like a marathon to run around back to the spot, though.
We had a duck that would do that, too... not to me, though.
I guess for the same reasons, Nanjing is still referred to as Nanking in history. Wo bu zhe dao!!!!
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