Staying Home on Thanksgiving? Here's Five Places To Find Turkey
If you're lucky enough to have an oven, a friend with an oven, or don't mind parsing your turkey into pieces to fit into the toaster oven, there are a number of places to secure a bird in town. Thursday festivities are fast approaching, so read on for five places to find your Thanksgiving turkey.
Dining out this year? Beijing has its fair share of turkey dinner buffets and set menus. Doesn't really matter, as long as you get your bird, right?
Mike Turkey
An alternative to international supermarkets, Mike Turkey is a locally run place with a strong focus on the bird. It has restaurants and supermarkets that take pride in serving turkey dishes all year round. It is also one of the cheapest places to get turkey – cooked and uncooked turkeys are only RMB 38 and RMB 20 per jin respectively. And yes, they deliver, but book ASAP as Mike Turkey recommends booking three to four days in advance.
Contact: 182 1097 3276
Chez Gerard
An uncooked turkey can be delivered to you for RMB 45 per jin. They advise to book one day in advance.
Contact: 6415 0118
Selling at a similar price to other international supermarkets (RMB 58 per jin), Jenny Lou's both sells and delivers uncooked turkey. There is no need to pre-book, but it is always wise to do so anyway to ensure that turkey makes an appearance on your Thanksiving table.
Contact: various branches; details are here.
April Gourmet
This well-known international grocery stall delivers uncooked turkey for RMB 58 per jin, with the similar requirement that you need to book one day in advance. Uncooked turkey is available in-store.
Contact: various branches; details are here.
Boucherie Michel
This artisanal French butchery both sells turkey in-store as well as delivers it to your doorstep. Although both cooked and uncooked turkey is delivered, only uncooked turkey is available in store. It’s highly encouraged that you book four days in advance. They have already stopped taking delivery orders for Thursday because of high demand. The prices err on the expensive end: RMB 98 and RMB 58 per jin for cooked and uncooked turkey respectively.
Contact: 64170489
Note: 1 jin = 1.1lb = 500g (turkeys usually range between 10 lbs - 20 lbs)
Photo: Paul Li on Flickr
