北京烤鸭：

　　PekingDuck,ormoreaccurately,PekingRoastDuck(SimplifiedChinese:北京烤鸭;TraditionalChinese:北京烤鸭;pinyin:Běijīngkǎoyā),isafamousduckdishfromnortheasternChina.Thenamecomesfromthetraditional,pre-HanyuPinyinanglicizationofthenameofBeijing.ItisalsoknownasBeijingDuckorBeijingRoastDuck.

　　Thedishismostlyprizedforthethin,crispyskinwithauthenticversionsofthedishservingmostlytheskinandlittlemeat.MostChineserestaurantswillmaketwodishesoutofoneduck--onewiththinslicesofskinwithasmalllayeroffat,ornoneatall,underneath,andanotheronewiththeduckmeat.Thelatterisoftenastir-frydish.Theleftoverduck,consistingofbones,isoftenthengiventopatronssothatitcanbelaterboiledintosoup.However,manymodernrestaurantswillalsomakethemintoabrothforthecustomers.

　　ThehistoryofthePekingDuckcanbetracedasfarbackastheYuanDynasty(1206-1368).Bythetimeoftheearly15thcenturyithadbecomeoneofthefavoritedishesoftheimperialMingfamily.

　　ThetwomostfamousrestaurantsinBeijingwhichservethisspecialtyareQuanjudeandBianyifang(便宜坊).Bothestablishmentshaveahistoryofwelloverahundredyearsandhaveanextensivenetworkofchainstores