Peking Duck

Update (May 2013) : Jade Room - seems that standard have dropped for Peking Duck dish. 
The sauce is overly salty and the wraps are now those supermarket bought egg wraps.


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28 Nov'2009


Happy Birthday Hubby!


Hubby's parents giving him a treat at the Jade Room, Royal Hotel.

The Peking Duck in this restaurant is really, really excellent - even better than the original Peking Duck in Beijing.

Of course, for Peking Duck, the most important part is the skin and the skin here is so ultra cripsy. And the next most important is the sauce that goes with it.

My mother-in-law likes hers with more meat instead of just the skin alone and I think it tastes better together with the meat.

The wrap is the flour type which I think is better as some restaurant serves it with the egg wrap which can be too filling and jerlak.

Order 1 day in advance.

The other restaurant which serves good Peking Duck is the chinese restaurant at the Raffles Town Club.

Sorry, no photo of the Peking Duck, we devoured it real fast!

(see bottom for comparison)

















Eugene looking at the fish pond with many big koi in it.



Let me put down the differences (according to my own opinion) :

Jade Room (Royal Hotel) :
Very crispy skin *****
Flour wrap *****
Nice sauce ****

Raffles Town Club :
Skin ****
Egg wrap ****
Great sauce *****

Quan Ju De (Beijing) :
Skin ****
Flour wrap ***
Sauce * overly salty
The presentation is very nice. Each person is presented with their own sauce and the spring onions in a tray.


You definitely don't have to go to Beijing to get great tasting Peking Duck !
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