oh, man, jing...

just let me 'confirm your reservation.' it's so, so, so fabulous. not really chinese, per se, but what a wonderful meal you'll have! the setting is gorgeous, sexy, food is wonderful, ditto service (and you can have ice in your drinks!)

if you want something more traditionally chinese, we had terrific meals at both han kejia (get the fish in paper) and dao jia chang. there are no english menus or speakers at the latter...i think there might be at the former. we don't speak much chinese, and the waitstaff at dao jia chang loved walking around with my husband while he pointed at other's meals saying 'i want that.' both were recommended by frommer's, they'd have info on how to find them.

actually, while i'm parrot-ing frommer's, if you want to do peking duck, you won't be unhappy at Beijing Dadong Kaoya Dian...mmmm.

my mouth is watering--enjoy your trip!