Heston Blumenthal/Peking Duck/In Search of Perfection 2

Heston Blumenthal/Peking Duck/In Search of Perfection 2
Heston's quest to recreate some of Britain's best-loved dishes took him to Beijing, the home of Peking duck to visit two of its most famous duck restaurants - the traditional Quanjude and the cutting-edge Dadong.

Back home Heston decided to present his Peking duck in three courses with eight separate dishes. He visited a duck producer in Ireland who supplies 98 per cent of all ducks to Chinese restaurants in Britain and found out why the characteristics of their breed make them ideal for cooking Peking duck. Heston then tackled the complex problem of achieving the perfect crispy duck skin without drying out the meat in his lab in Bray

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[sugarplumme71]

I agree raphaelvilamiu! The fact is that the guy in China has perfected it!

[raissac]

Well, complex much?

I might aswell just build the freaking chinese oven in my backyard!

[cheapchinaman]

How many white guys does it take to make one peking duck?

[homeonice]

Twin Peaks?

[RoastLambShanks]

@tribefunk1 A Japanese guy to teach a traditional Chinese delicacy? Sounds wise grasshopper.

[tribefunk1]

Hello dumbass hire a Japanese guy he'll teach you...

[Prettyredflames]

@jägermeister196 that was actually proven to be a winter vomiting/ diarrhoea bug. Nothing to do with his food

[PhsycedelicPhish]

@Jagermeister196 It wasn't an experiment. It was because I carrier was in the same room as the others, and he.she spread it all to them. Get your facts right. He checks all of his products over and over again to make sure nothing could happen. He is a perfectionist. It wasn't his fault.

[unurautare2]

@raphaelvilamiu I don't think he necessarily went to China to learn,just to see how genuine Peking duck tastes like. It's obvious that he won't use Chinese techniques to get the same results.

[Annie1962]

@Jagermeister196 get your facts straight.. he bought what seemed like normal, fresh oysters and he had NO idea that they were infected with the norovirus. It was a low point in his career and a case of bad luck. They traced the oysters back to a supplier in Essex.