Bianyifang (便宜坊烤鸭店)

Specialties: Closed-oven roast duck, mustard duck web, salted duck liver, duck heart cooked in wine, and dry-fried four delicacies

Whole duck price: 188 yuan (includes condiments)

Official Website: www.bianyifang.com

Originally founded in 1416 during the Ming Dynasty, Bianyifang is the oldest Peking roast duck restaurant in Beijing. The time-honored brand specializes in roast duck, duck delicacies and Shandong-style cuisine. The name itself means "to greatly facilitate customers". Different from Quanjude's open-oven roasting style, ducks here are roasted in a closed oven, making the skin crispier and juicier. Bianyifang has still retained this roasting technique, though most roast duck restaurants now prepare ducks in an open oven. Bianyifang presents trademark ducks in different flavors, such as flower scent (tea, lotus and date flavors), garlic scent and vegetable scent, which are de-greased and worthy of a try.

Flagship Restaurant and Major Branches:

1. Bianyifang Hademen Restaurant (Flagship Restaurant)

Address: 18 Chongwenmen Outer Street, Glory Plaza 4/F, Chongwen District

Telephone: +86-10-67112244

Getting there: Subway Line 2 or Line 5 to Chongwenmen Station

2. Bianyifang Roast Duck Xianyukou Branch

Address: Xianyukou, East Side of Qianmen Street, Chongwen District

Telephone: +86-10-67132536

Getting there: Subway Line 2 to Qianmen Station, or Bus 22, 626 to Qianmen

3. Bianyifang Roast Duck New World Center Branch

Address: 5 Chongwenmen Outer Street, Beijing New World Shopping Center 3/F, Chongwen District

Telephone: +86-10-67088680

Getting there: Subway Lines 2, 5 to Chongwenmen Station, or Buses 8, 9, 41, 59, 110 or 729 to Chongwenmen Xi

4. Bianyifang Roast Duck Anhua Branch

Address: 6-6, North 3rd Ring Road (M), Chaoyang District

Telephone: +86-10-82081019

Getting there: Buses 300, 302, 387 or 718 to Anhuaqiao Xi

5. Bianyifang Roast Duck Xingfu Dajie Branch

Address: 36, Xingfu Street, Chongwen District

Telephone: +86-10-67116545

Getting there: Bus 8 to Xingfu Street, or Bus 41, 60 to Beijing Gymnasium