Beijing trip and the best Peking duck you can find !!

If you are not a vegetarian, peking duck is a must try chinese cuisine when you are in Beijing . Almost every Chinese restaurant in Beijing offers Peking duck, sometimes it is referred as Peking roast duck.

Quan Ju De restaurant is one of the many chinese restaurants in Beijing that serves good Peking duck. There are at least two branches of Quan Ju De restaurant in Beijing itself -- one in WangFuJing and the other branch is located at the QianMen shopping area.

Though I'm a semi-vegetarian, I still accompanied my collegues to have an authentic peking duck dinner at the QianMen branch of Quan Ju De restaurant.

We arrived  immediately after 8:30pm .. was late for the main restaurant and forced to opt for the fast food version of peking duck, where sliced duck was served in disposible plates and soup served in paper cups.



Peking roast duck served indisposible plates and soup in paper cups. The roast duck is best washed down by local Yanjing beer.



Main entrance of QianMen QuanJuDe peking duck restaurant in Beijing. Make sure to arrive before 8:30 pm ! Or just go for the fast food version of Peking duck.



Train ride from Cairo to Luxor, Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan during Mubarak's rule

Glad that I visited Egypt long before the political unrest. If I had not done that many years ago, which was during Mubarak’s ruling,  in the mid 90s, before the digital era.  I certainly would not like to visit Egypt at this challenging period for the Egyptians.

Train ride from Cairo to Luxor, Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan, Valley of the King and Valley of the Queen …Sipping a glass of chilled ruby red hibiscus drink and enjoying the sunset at river Nile, the busy egyptian bazaar in Cairo which filled with great bargains like leather goods, carpets, spices , perfume bottles and many more, are just unforgettable.

And of course, there are the pyramids not to be missed. I am almost 100% sure that I must be the only tourist who visited Egypt without making a trip to the Giza pyramid. The pyramid was closed due to some security reasons on the very day that I planned my visit and I was leaving the country on the next day.

However, I made it to Saqqara pyramid at the beginning of my trip, thinking that I should save the grand Giza and Sphinx to the last day. It thought me a good lesson since then, do not ever save the important or must see until the very last day. You will never know what is going to happen next!!

If I were to visit Egypt again in the future, I will make sure Giza pyramid would the number one spot to visit in my itinerary.

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