Analysis:

Exquisite rolling method:

The earliest lotus leaf cakes were round. Later, Premier Zhou saw that foreign guests' rolls were inconvenient, so he suggested that Quanjude chefs change them into lotus leaf shapes, which is the real lotus leaf cake. The size, shape and hardness of lotus leaf cakes in various roast duck restaurants are different, and the contents of the rolls are more or less, but there are only two ways to roll them.

A swaddling roll is like a baby's swaddling roll, which can prevent the items in the roll from being exposed. Because the roast duck is rich and juicy, and the sweet noodle sauce is mushy, the swaddling roll can ensure that you will not drip when eating, and it is also more conducive to the special taste of Beijing roast duck, with more juice.

Cleaning bamboo is relatively simple. Just roll it tightly in one direction. The key is to prevent gravy and sweet noodle sauce from being exposed, so it is more suitable for rolling pure meat without skin. The taste and rolling method are relatively simple and concise, and the smell of Beijing roast duck meat is more charming in this simplicity and simplicity.

Pay attention to diet:

The first kind: dipping in sugar, it is said that it originated from ladies and gentlemen in big houses. They refuse to eat onions or garlic, but they like to dip crispy duck skin in fine sugar. Of course, only the skin of duck breast is worthy of the elegant eating of ladies and gentlemen. Experience the crispy duck skin and sugar melting between the tongues, and the rich juice carefully drowns all tangible feelings. This is really a romantic way to eat full of female imagination.

The second kind: onion sweet noodle sauce, which can be paired with cucumber strips and radish strips. Pick a little sweet noodle sauce with chopsticks, put it on the lotus leaf cake, put some roast duck slices, put some shredded onion, and roll up the lotus leaf cake. It is really delicious.

The third kind: garlic mixed with sweet noodle sauce, with cucumber strips or radish strips, is also a very popular way to eat. Garlic paste can relieve greasy taste, and sliced roast duck can also be dipped in garlic paste and soy sauce, which adds a trace of spice and a more unique taste to the umami flavor.

The fourth type: hollow sesame cake with duck meat. This kind of hollow sesame cake is a kind of flour cake with sesame seeds on the surface and a dough center in the middle. When serving sesame seed cakes, one side will be cut, and the center of the noodles can be drawn out. There is just an empty seat for duck meat, sweet noodle sauce and shredded onion. The rich in the late Qing dynasty paid attention to wiping the oil on their mouths with the noodles they took out, and extravagance and waste were common. At present, the sesame seed cake in Cheap Square still has this kind of noodle center, while the hollow sesame seed cake in Quanjude has changed the production process, and the hollow sesame seed cake made from it no longer has the wasted noodle center.

The first three ways of eating are quite particular in order. They should be dipped in sugar, then rolled with onions, and finally rolled with garlic. Taste buds are like going up stairs, spicy * * * layer by layer. If this order is reversed, I am afraid that only the spicy garlic in the mouth will make it difficult to appreciate the beauty of duck meat, let alone enjoy the better and better taste, and the rich changes in taste can only be realized in this process. When serving roast duck, the ingredients are independent, which provides unlimited combination possibilities for diners. Stylistic beauty is not to complicate the eating of roast duck, but to respect the original reaction of human taste buds. The combination of stylization and freedom makes eating roast duck more interesting, and the changing participation of diners is the spirit of China cuisine.

These four ways of eating have not been completely preserved in the current roast duck restaurant. Some roast duck restaurants order with guests, but not many people know the beauty of these four ways. Only after all the attempts can they understand the magic of this duck.