A piece of Beijing has recently landed in Melbourne, situated in the more quieter Queen Street, away from the bustle and hustle of the main streets of Swanston and Elizabeth. Quan Ju De is famous for one thing; their Peking Roast Duck.
It is probably the norm to order the roast duck as the first question asked was whether we would like half a duck, so that that the order goes through while we browse the menu for other dishes.
But put 2 guys who likes their roast duck in the picture and it is a nothing less than a whole roast duck please, thank you very much.
The compulsory sides to a Peking Roast Duck; sliced scallions, cucumbers and sweet sauce.
While that was being prepared (i.e. the cooking and the carving, i understand that skill belongs to the one or two residential carvers so it can take awhile before they come to you), we had the stuffed chicken wing with glutinous rice. Served like a western dish, it came with a side salad too. A good start.
Course 1: The skin and just the skin. Crispy and not too oily, well towards the end, it does feel a bit too much.
Course 2: The glorious duck meat. The meat was well cooked; tender and went so well with the skin wraps below. I am at a lost of adjectives to describe the dish.
Unlike some wrappings that uses egg crepe, this one seems to be a plain flour base.
Course 3: A duck soup that was tasteless like what i read online and not even served warm. I suspect the bones are dumped into a huge pot and individual bowls are served according to the number of people you have. Just forget about this.
Apparently, the duck we ate was the 115,205,644th duck cooked by QuanJuDe. It certainly did not die in vain and was quite good despite the hefty price tag of AUD 68.
Address and contact details:
299, Queen Street,
Melbourne, 3000
Tel: 03-96700091
16 comments:
Wah lau wei.
They have the blood of >115 MILLION ducks on their hands.
(That's a lot of duck)
wait. Since you can order half a duck, how are they gonna put it in the cert? 1/2?
wow!! even the duck comes with certificate :P
woah...the duck meat seriously looks delicious....yum yum
This is strange. How come some people wrote that the duck was lousy and this post seemed to be congruent to my dining experience in Quanjude last September?
Your post gave me hope that I should visit it sometime soon. :D
michelle: i did after all had JUST the duck but the duck was good except the soup. everyone has their own opinions i suppose.
vial: its serious all right.
leo: haha yea man dont play play!
j2kfm: maybe half duck no cert lor haha, we order one mah.
j: considering they have opened for biz for over a 100 years, 100+ million is nothing la hehe
gosh, i wonder if the customer who ordered the 100 millionth duck received any special complimentary gift! :D
sean: free duck for life? hehe.
Your pics would look nicer if you didn't use flash. Cheerios~
melmonica: its my phone so bear me with me, meanwhile do enjoy my other pictures.. =)
AUD 68 for a duck?! That's damn expensive!! Lucky it tasted good.
bbabe: yeah bcos its done peking style. otherwise normal roast duck also around 40aud.
did you buy lottery with that number? :P
zewt: oh shit, how come i didnt think of that!
I agree with the post above and I will find more information from google.
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