Jim can't get enough of the duck feet!

Peking Duck!

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July 7th 2008
This evening we went to dinner at Quanjude Peking Duck restaurant. Apparently it's a very old restaurant specializing in Peking duck. The restaurant itself took up 5 floors of the building it was housed in. When they say that you're going to eat duck, they mean the whole thing. Everything but the "quack" was served; the webbing of the duck feet, the neck, the head, even the bones were made into so ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more