Lanzhou Chinese New Year's Eve meal reservations are hot
Popular hotel "a table is difficult to find" semi-finished gift box into a "new favorite"
The restaurant advertised Chinese New Year's Eve meal reservations.
As the Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China, the Chinese New Year's Eve night family sits around and eats "Chinese New Year's Eve rice", which is the most valued custom in Chinese. The Spring Festival Chinese New Year's Eve meal in 2020 was disrupted by a sudden epidemic, and the Chinese New Year's Eve meal plans booked by various families in Lanzhou City were all "stranded". Although the Spring Festival is still more than a month away, the reservation of Chinese New Year's Eve meals has already begun in May, and many of Lanzhou's characteristic and long-established hotels are hard to find.
Recently, the reporter visited a number of restaurants and restaurants in Lanzhou City, and found that the Chinese New Year's Eve meals of each hotel still follow the traditions of previous years, and launched Chinese New Year's Eve meal packages with different dishes, different cuisines and different prices for the public to choose, and the overall price was basically the same as last year.
Popular restaurants Chinese New Year's Eve meals "a table is hard to find"
"Hello, our Chinese New Year's Eve meal room has been booked, and now we can still make reservations on the second day of the Chinese New Year, do you see if you need it?" This is the reply that Mr. Li got from the hotel when booking the Chinese New Year's Eve meal. "This is the fifth hotel I am looking for, I thought it was Chinese New Year's Eve good to book, so I didn't book in advance, I didn't expect it to be so popular." Mr. Li sighed.
On December 22, the reporter called a number of restaurants in Lanzhou to learn that due to the impact of the epidemic, many citizens booked Chinese New Year's Eve meals last year were cancelled, and citizens have booked this year's Chinese New Year's Eve meals in advance. As of now, most of the special restaurants or long-established restaurants have been fully booked, only the lobby is still empty, and it is expected that these two days will also be booked.
"Chinese New Year's Eve night, the big and small boxes are all booked." Li Houbiao, manager of Lanzhou Dogbu Qilihe Store, said, "In June, there were already customers who booked Chinese New Year's Eve meals, and as of October, the boxes had all been booked, and there were not many left in the hall." The reporter learned that the dog ignored the three periods of operation during the New Year, namely the afternoon market, the afternoon market and the evening market, and the 10 branches could receive a total of 1500-1800 tables, and the boxes on the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve night were all fully booked. In addition, the customer service staff of Yuebin Building said that from the Chinese New Year's Eve to the fifth day of the first year, the boxes were all fully booked, and only the lobby still had a few places. The customer service staff of Jingyang Building said that only the lobby can be booked on the Chinese New Year's Eve night, but the amount left is not much.
The reporter found that the hotels that opened the Chinese New Year's Eve meal reservation business are basically medium and high-end hotels, and the cost of dining in these hotels is not low. The standard set menu for Chinese New Year's Eve meal reservations ranges from 600 yuan to 3000 yuan. The reporter learned that in the Jingyang Building to book Chinese New Year's Eve meal, the box package standard is from 2188 yuan, the luxury box is more than 3000 yuan, and the hall standard is also more than 1500 yuan. "I didn't have the opportunity to get together with my family last year, but I want to get together this year, how can I care about this little money?" Ms. Zhu, who had just booked Chinese New Year's Eve meal, said.
The reporter found that in order to avoid the risk of cold chain food epidemic, many restaurants have reduced frozen products, imported seafood and other ingredients, and also made two-handed preparations. Many hotels said that in the event of force majeure, Chinese New Year's Eve meals in 2021 will provide services such as unconditional refunds, postponement of meals, and packaging of semi-finished products.
Semi-finished products Chinese New Year's Eve rice into a "new favorite"
The reporter visited and found that in addition to dine-in and private room reservations, semi-finished Chinese New Year's Eve meals are also the choice of many citizens. The price of these semi-finished gift boxes ranges from hundreds of yuan to several thousand yuan, Li Houbiao said: "The gift boxes we sell online include vegetarian dishes, meat dishes, staple foods, etc. No washing, no cutting, no seasoning is the selling point, customers only need to heat to eat." "This way of ordering food is more favored by young people, and there are purchase channels in supermarkets, restaurants, and online shopping."
"After all, it is the epidemic period, I think it is safer to eat at home, but there are many people in the family, and it is too time-consuming to prepare ingredients." So this year I'm going to order food online, which is convenient and safe. Eating at home also has the taste of the New Year. Ms. Xia, who lives in Qilihe, said that she has asked a number of hotels that can provide Chinese New Year's Eve takeaway services.
Chinese New Year's Eve rice to eat well, ordering is very important, although the good habit of packaging has gradually formed, but eating leftovers is still not good after all, if it is a family to eat and order, it is best not to pay attention to pomp, how much can you eat. Li Houbiao reminded the public: "If it is 4 people to eat, it is recommended to order 1 cold dish and 3 hot dishes; if there are about 10 people, it is recommended to order 3-4 cold dishes and 6-7 hot dishes." Meat and vegetarian pairings can be 1/3 vegetarian dishes, 1/3 meat dishes, 1/3 half meat and half vegetarian dishes. ”
Gathering together also requires civilized dining
Zheng Guangmin, chief physician of the Second People's Hospital of Gansu Province, reminded the public: "First of all, in the spirit of being responsible for themselves, their families and friends, for those from the risk area of new crown pneumonia, as well as those with respiratory symptoms such as fever or cough, they should try to avoid participating in similar dinner activities; and reduce the scope of activities, recuperate at home, reduce the number of times they go to public places, wear masks when going out, and do not spit on the ground." Second, when eating together, the place maintains the entire air circulation, and the dining personnel should abide by the precautions of respiratory hygiene and cough etiquette, and promote the meal sharing system. Third, avoid raw and cold foods, and cook all food. Fourth, there is a certain distance between the tables. ”
Text/Photo Palm Lanzhou Lanzhou Morning Post reporter Xuan Siyu Ji Min