Fledgling eateries offer up perfect Peking duck

Yaban is a term for a team of chefs tasked with preparing roast duck dishes in a restaurant's kitchen, overseeing the entire process from preparing and preserving the duck to roasting, slicing and finally presenting the dish - these are the people who know roast duck best.

Xu Fulin was a member of a yaban for decades, working his way up from an apprentice to become the executive chef of the Wangfujing branch of Quanjude, the iconic restaurant chain renowned for its Peking roast duck.

In November 2014, Xu and his team served up their own creative take on the classic Peking duck dish, much to the delight of the 700 guests attending a state banquet held for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Beijing.