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Old Jul 20, 2012 | 12:01 am
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jiejie
 
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Originally Posted by moondog
Yup, that's the place:

http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/beijin...rd-restaurant/

I had always assumed that the "ya" was 鸭 (duck), but the above link proves that I was mistaken; it is 雅, which means "elegant". I also had no idea that it specialized in Huaiyang cuisine, which I typically dislike. In any event, there are enough Beijing, Sichuan, and jiachang cai dishes on the menu to satisfy my palette (and fool me into thinking it was merely a fancier version of Xiaowangfu). You learn something new everyday.
Not sure about the duck vs duck face-off, but in a contest of all the other dishes, Xi He Ya Ju's food beats Xiao Wang Fu's any day of the week, and twice on Sundays! I've never had a bad meal at Xi He Ya Ju (or even a bad dish), whereas at Xiao Wang Fu...well, let's just not go there.
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