We enjoyed a superb duck at Xiang Man Lou restaurant the evening of May 18 (2009) - this is more of a family / neighborhood restaurant, no fancy decorations, just a full house of locals enjoying a night out with the duck as the menu highlight. Carved tableside, of course, crispy skin, lots of good accompaniments from preserved jellyfish to duck soup after the repast and fruit to end it all. From City Weekend:
Xiang Man Lou / 香满楼
Xinyuanxili Dongjie,
Chaoyang
新源西里东街
6460-6711
Open 11am-10pm
Price Less than ¥ / 元 / CNY 100 per person (my figures, not theirs)
Link to reviews.