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DaYaLi Beijing Roast Duck Restaurant is one of the largest chain of restaurant in Beijing China. This Markham's location is the first ever branch that opens overseas or in fact outside of China. Dayali not only famous for their Roasted Duck but others dishes from Beijing, Sichuan, Shandong, Cantonese and Huaiyang.
Trying to call for a reservation but apparently need to have more than 4 people to reserve. Oh, maybe I should get more people?
Arriving on a Saturday 5:30 pm for a really early dinner. And there was like 1 hour wait. Be patient.
Gold Medal Roast Duck ($38.88)
- Nicely presented on a warm that keep the crepes warm
- The condiments are set up in little plates surrounding the warmer: green onion, cucumber, sauce, dried cranberries, fresh grapes, sea salt and 5 spices salt
- Skin are super crispy and thinly sliced, like eating chips! But with a mouthful of goodness of duck fat when I crunched into that!
- The sliced duck meat is really lean and nicely presented on a swan like plate, really buttery but a little different than the other duck I had. A little bland so that's the reason for the salt!
Golden Pear ($1.50 each)
- I know I want that when I saw it on the website
- These are NOT really pears with a sweet potato outer layer stuffed with red bean inside!
- Not overly sweet and not oily..
Lotus Roots and Chestnut in Black Bean Spicy Sauce
- Lack the spiciness and the texture of lotus and chestnut are really similar
- Boring in taste, mouth feel and presentation
Fish with Sour Cabbage
- I was surprised at how simple but how good this is
- The fish though not the best quality went well with the sour cabbage and some preserved chili!
Chicken Stew Mushroom Soup ($7.99)
- Mushrooms..tons of mushrooms..
- Chicken..tons of chicken
- ginger, chicken and mushroom soup according to my Yelp Friend has "special" health benefit?! I am taking notes...
Service is fast and efficient. Too efficient when they trying to clear the plates even before we finish!
Everything taste good and priced reasonably but the duck was a little letdown. And the Menu is huge!! It will take me multiple visits if I going to sample more items on the menu!
Get the membership card which is good for 3 years give your special member pricing in case you going to visit again!
I might be back again to Dayali but definitely not on a busy weekend for dinner!
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