One day, a tramp came to Quanjude to beg for food. When Yang saw it, he kindly roasted a duck for him. I didn't expect the tramp to say after eating it that your roast duck is not delicious. You have to let me stay and be your cook, or the roast duck will never be sold. Yang saw this man's words clearly, so he left him in the shop as a kitchen. As a result, he didn't expect that the duck baked by this tramp was really delicious.
Since then, Quanjude's reputation has become an instant hit, and guests who come to eat roast duck are in an endless stream. Quanjude has gradually become a high-end restaurant in Beijing.
Later, Cixi was appointed to Quanjude on her 60th birthday, and the news spread all over Beijing. Everyone knows that there is a restaurant in Beijing where even Cixi has to go in person, which is virtually an advertisement of Quanjude. In addition, Empress Dowager Cixi praised Quanjude's roast duck, which made this signboard more famous.
Since then, Quanjude has gradually become the designated banquet for celebrities and politicians, and the whole duck banquet has also been designated as a state banquet. People say, "It's a pity not to eat Quanjude until you reach the Great Wall." It can be seen that Quanjude has indeed become a signboard and synonym of Beijing.
Similar Chinese time-honored brands include Tianjin Goubuli steamed stuffed bun, which was also won by Empress Dowager Cixi, and later gradually developed into synonymous with Tianjin cuisine. However, with the development of the times, Quanjude and Goubuli steamed buns, like a pair of my brothers, gradually became silent and declined.