On my fifth visit to the Four Seasons restaurant in London’s Chinatown, I was granted a glimpse of its famed barbecue kitchen. Here, chefs use a secret recipe to make what many believe to be the best roast duck in the world.
As we climbed to the fourth floor of this narrow building on Gerrard Street, Joe, the genial manager, asked me to hold tight to the handrail. “The floor gets very greasy from roasting so many ducks and we have to wash it down regularly,” he explained.