Peking duck

Definitions

A Chinese dish consisting of roasted duck skin, small pancakes, hoisin sauce and other ingredients.

uncountable

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“During out third day in Peking, we received word that Premier Chou En-lai would have⟳ dinner with us. We sat in a banquet room in the Great Hall of the People and enjoyed a fabulous meal of Peking duck.”

“As restaurants in the Chinese capital drift in the doldrums of a COVID ban on dining in, one eatery manager and his army of chefs have⟳ set⟳ up stalls on the pavement to keep⟳ alive some of the old magic and drum up sales of their big seller, Peking duck.[…]"Our Peking duck sales have⟳ even gone up," Zheng, 35, told Reuters outside his restaurant as a queue of customers waited.”

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