How to Eat Roast Beijing Duck?

The roast duck is regarded as the specially delicate food of Beijing. Jane and Mike is now in the Beijing Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant which has more than 120 years history.

Zhēnní: Cháng yī cháng, zhè shì zhèng zōng de Bijīng kǎo yā.

珍妮: 尝一尝，这是正宗的北京烤鸭。

Jane: Have a taste. This is traditional Roast Beijing Duck.

Màikè: Zěn me gè chī fǎ?

麦克: 怎么个吃法？

Mike: How to eat it?

Zhēnní: Xiān ná yī zhāng báo bǐng, bǎ yā piàn fàng zài lǐ miàn, rán hòu bǎ mǒ hǎo jiàng de cōng jiā zài bǐng lǐ jiù kě yǐ chī le.

珍妮: 先拿一张薄饼，把鸭片放在里面，然后把抹好酱的葱夹在饼里就可以吃了。

Jane: Put slices of roast duck inside the thin pancakes which are smeared with sweet bean sauce and scallion.

Màikè: Míng bái le.

麦克: 明白了。

Mike: I see.

Zhēnní: Kǎo yā de wèi dào zěn me yàng?

珍妮: 烤鸭的味道怎么样？

Jane: How does the roast duck taste?

Màikè: Wèi dào hǎo jí le, zhēn shì míng bù xū chuán.

麦克: 味道好极了，真是名不虚传。

Mike: It’s very delicious and it really has a well-deserved reputation.

      

1. 烤鸭 kǎo yā: roast duck

2. 吃 chī: eat

3. 尝一尝 cháng yī cháng: to taste

4. 正宗的 zhèng zōng de: traditional

5. 怎么 zěn me: how

6. 薄饼 báo bǐng: thin pancakes

7. 鸭片 yā piàn: sliced duck

8. 放 fàng: to put

9. 里面 lǐ miàn: inside

10. 然后 rán hòu: then

11. 酱 jiàng: sauce

12. 葱cōng: scallion

13. 真zhēn: really

14. 好极了hǎo jí le: delicious

15. 名不虚传 míng bù xū chuán: to enjoy a well-deserved reputation