Quanjude Opens and Sets the Peking Duck Standard
Quanjude, 30, Qianmen Street, 大江社区, Qianmen Subdistrict, 首都功能核心区, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100010, ChinaQuanjude
ESTIMATED75% CONFIDENCEThe article's infobox gives the year only - established 1864 - so the pin takes that year's last day.[1]
Quanjude opened in 1864 and made its name on a method: hanging the ducks in an open oven over fruitwood rather than closing them in, which crisps the skin differently. The dish it standardised is the one the world now calls Peking duck, and the carving at the table is part of it.
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