This cavernous restaurant serves up tasty roast duck, accompanied by a rich duck-bone broth. There are other vegetable and meat dishes (from ¥28) on the picture menu, but why bother?
Qiánmén Kǎoyā Dàjiǔdiàn
Henan
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