![Tiananmen Gate guard and Mao](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQAGVBycTRmBWew9kVSRjLoNJswIUX9f1lAvgKSOOAOQm40my0tBQwTvRdMAyB2ZiLQ6dBU5-Qhl9QMp2Lmv5zg-34-mIeRI0kYL_1y3NhLiFYMY-VK6S2Kzm4NwQ5shYQHFEYdvuT4wU/s200/Tiananmen_Gate_blog.jpg)
![Quanjude Roast Duck restaurant - Qianmen Street, Beijing](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNBTqozKwnkX1ajZ1Fsq-ikvY1B61DasLp487SJaDadqztSTVdNNPy0i1D5WNtZmLc4vkY13lbZLSIPgsh8xtIu2i7-rHHAcx38D3QHVITV34skS6mVmisC2kviWxiyZkT9rgfxj2ynbH/s200/Quanjude_Roast_Duck2_blog.jpg)
The queue that had formed outside the famous Quanjude Roast Duck restaurant surge
d through the doors as it opened at exactly 4.30pm. The ground floor filled quickly and we stragglers were forced to wait until the upper level was opened a few minutes later. My order of half a duck was carved at the table with great ceremony by a chef with a razor sharp cleaver as a waitress demonstrated how to construct the pancake parcels. Looking around, I realised there was a much less elegant but more efficient construction process which I also adopted.
![Quanjude Roast Duck](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPfGauYhin45hxUqG17oRB9W7whkktw_PEpF1992l5oeVNtRbnddYXRmjuagmpOFplH6Wj864vPo72it7GXps3dY8w1UPF8XBPxCwO1Q16fYUb7n4inYyU3uIj8RitTy-qBuoDiuGugD9/s200/Quanjude_Roast_Duck_blog.jpg)
An interesting restaurant and a cultural icon, but I’m going out on a limb here…….I’ve had better.
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