Bespoke Beijing’s Behind-the-Scenes Peking Duck Experience is the culinary experience incurable foodies have been waiting for. Bespoke has teamed up with the lovely Chef Zhou and the superb Duck de Chine to bring you a dinner that will take your Peking duck experience to the next level.
After her much-photographed wallow in Hong Kong Harbour, Beijing welcomes ‘Rubber Duck’, the globetrotting floating sculpture by Dutch artist Florentjin Hofman. The world’s largest waterfowl began her Beijing holiday in Garden Expo Park, and between September 26 and October 26 it’ll be floating peacefully in Kunming Lake at the Summer Palace. At least that’s what the Beijing authorities hope will happen… WE FORSEE A QUITE DIFFERENT SCENARIO, HOWEVER…
Transmutated and made sentient by Beijing’s rumoured air pollution, the duck will double in size overnight! And it won’t stop there. Oh boy, no. Before long, the oversized fowl will take to the wing, before settling in Beijing’s Bird’s Nest … to spawn.
Bespoke were SUPER EXCITED to hear about an all-new airborne experience that takes off from the Forbidden City, flying over several famous landmarks including the Temple of Heaven, the Great Wall and Beihai Park. We were especially surprised that such an event could be sanctioned, given that the Beijing authorities take airspace security very seriously indeed.
So Bespoke adventurers Tom and Lars headed to the Forbidden City to try it out. You even get a free DVD to remember your experience. Here is theirs (wait a moment for the video to load up):
London-based restaurant wizard Alan Yau (of Wagamama chain fame and Michelin-starred Hakkasan and Yauatcha) has waved his magic wand at China’s capital – SHAZAM! – and pulled a duck out of his hat. A sumptuously roasted Peking duck, that tastes, umm, magic.
OK, clumsy wizard metaphor over. He’s designed a restaurant in the Opposite House Hotel called Jing Yaa Tang. It’s one of the hottest openings of the year, it serves duck and it’s quacking brilliant.
Traveling to China but worried about weird food? Or maybe you’re a China hand craving the comforting tastes of home? Either way, these wonderfully Western-style dishes on our list of must try Chinese food proves that food in China, in all its delicious variety, can satisfy any stomach. 随便吃！
Chinese name: lurou huoshao 卤肉火烧 
Looks kosher enough for Katz’s Deli, right? Almost – but for the fact that this scrumptious sub is filled with sliced donkey. Fear not – a Chinese saying goes that there’s nothing tastier than dragon meat in heaven and donkey meat on earth. Try it at one of Beijing’s much-loved donkey meat eateries on our Street Snacks & Market Tour.
