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Hotel banquet or specialty restaurant, hot pot or barbecue? Midsummer season, Dragon Boat Festival, family and friends, food and dinner are always indispensable, and what to eat has become an important topic. Unconsciously, looking back, how long have you not eaten the buffet, why is the buffet not fragrant? Today, we're going to talk about it.
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Mountains of lobsters, oysters, sashimi are served in unlimited quantities; meats such as grilled meats and steaks are prominently displayed and emit a seductive aroma; buckets of colorful ice cream are neatly arranged and ready to use... Speaking of buffets, such scenes should be no stranger to everyone. Once upon a time, with rich cuisine, variety and freedom of eating, buffet this way of eating swept the country and gave birth to many Internet celebrity restaurants. However, after several years, the original huge buffet seems to have stopped, what happened?
The origins of the buffet trend may be traced back to the early 1990s. With the east wind of reform and opening up, more and more foreign-funded enterprises have entered China and brought the buffet model into it. From Cantonese roasted pork to Sichuan hot pot, from Korean barbecue to Japanese cuisine, the buffet satisfies people's desire to eat all over the world. This simple and straightforward way of eating once made people feel quite novel. The strategy of "how to eat back to the original" is widely circulated on the Internet, and many customers have come up with the mentality of "swallowing mountains and rivers" to enter the cafeteria, and it seems that "bowing to the wall and supporting the wall with the belly" is the correct way to open the cafeteria.
The rapid development of buffets in China has factors of economic development and is also a product of the trend of the times. In 1993, just after the abolition of the food stamp system, China announced that it had come out of food poverty. In 2003, the average GDP of Chinese just exceeded the mark of 10,000 yuan. From "eating with a hungry stomach" to "eating casually with an open belly", behind it is a sharp jump in people's living standards. In the thinking of "eating enough" and "eating more" is "living well", the buffet uses the extreme operation of "more and more" to meet people's "eating freedom" at the beginning of this century. In line with the rhythm of the development of China's consumer market, the buffet is also at the forefront of the catering industry.
However, the tide of the times is rolling forward, and China's economy is running forward at an incredible speed. In 2007, in just 4 years, the average GDP of Chinese achieved a jump from 10,000 yuan to 20,000 yuan, and has since soared, and in 2019, the per capita GDP has exceeded the 10,000 US dollar mark. When people no longer suffer from food shortages, and barbecue pizza, seafood dishes and other delicacies around the world can be seen everywhere, it seems difficult to impress people's hearts when buffet restaurants that win in quantity and operate extensively seem to be difficult to impress people's hearts.
At present, the connotation of "diet freedom" has long changed, people's dietary concepts are changing from "eating enough", "eating more" to "eating well" and "eating finely", more diversified evaluation systems such as ingredient quality, cooking skills, service quality, restaurant environment, etc. are taking shape, opposing waste and advocating frugality has gradually become a social trend, and more "small and beautiful" and distinctive catering brands have emerged and become a new trend. In the face of such a situation, for the gradual decline of the cafeteria, it is no longer limited to the same template dishes, seize the new trend of consumption upgrading, adjust the positioning, and innovate in meals and services, perhaps in order to successfully break through and return to the consumer's vision.
This is exactly:
There is no need to worry about food and clothing, and the pursuit of a higher level;
The tide is rolling forward, and self-help still needs to be refueled.
(Text | Rosanshan)
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