I've tried many new types of food in Beijing. For the most part it's not all the different than back home. The first thing you will notice though is that, in China, they do not waste any part of the animal. In North America, you will get chicken breast or wings, certain cuts of beef or pork and the rest will go to waste. Here, the entire animal is used!
I won't mention all the 'unusual' things I've eaten in my past year in China but I can proudly say that I have eaten a duck. I guess that doesn't sound too wild, most people have had duck...well, I've eaten just about every part of the duck. Growing up in Regina, a meat and potatoes community I was labelled a picky eater so eating this duck is actually quite an accomplishment.
Somehow I don't have a picture of the entire duck, but we all know what that looks like. I'll just show the special parts....
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| The tracking card for your duck with serial number |
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| Duck Liver. very mushy |
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| Supposedly duck throat but I am pretty sure it's actually a cow's throat |
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| Duck Lung (the dark piece)....it has a very spongy texture and if you zoom in you can see the little nodules that stick out (you feel those when eating it) |
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| I asked what the one in the middle is. It took the locals a long time before they just said 'we don't really know what to call it'. how comforting. It took an impromptu game of charades to find out it's the duck intestine |
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| the duck head split in half to access the brain and eyes. mmmmm |
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| A plate..a plate of Duck Hearts! We only ordered one duck but managed to get a plate of 20 hearts. They look a bit like walnuts and are quite chewy. |
That is the world famous Beijing Roast Duck experience! I will gladly take any of my visitors to have a try. )
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