Shanghai Disneyland Dining Options

Aurora

Western, Vegetarian Options, Cafe Cuisine

Reservations Accepted, Family Feast, Kids Meal

(RMB 501-1,000 per adult)

Time:10:00 AM-10:00 PM

Indulge yourself in a feast for the senses. At Aurora, you’ll savor the ultimate expression of modern Asian cuisine in a stylish setting that overlooks Wishing Star Lake and Shanghai Disneyland.

Additional Information: No flip-flops, beach sandals or plastic footwear, and no sleeveless shirts or sports shorts.

Bacchus Lounge

Chinese, Snacks, Cafe Cuisine

(RMB 101-300 per adult)

Time: 5:30 PM-11:00 PM

Take time to unwind in this positively heavenly hideaway. You can sip high tea with tasty pastries by day and inspired cocktails with delicious appetizers by night. Just the place for a little escape, you may get swept away to another world.

Ballet Café

Western, Chinese, Vegetarian Options

Snacks, Bakery, Ice Cream, Souvenir, Cafe Cuisine, Kids Meal

(RMB 51-100 per adult)

Time: 7:00 AM-11:00 PM

When you’re on the go, take a spin around this quick-serve stop. The whole family will find perfect selections to rave about(赞不绝口). And you’ll cheer for the delightful design. Snack on quick-service options that include a selection of pre-packaged and Grab & Go items.

Lumiére’s Kitchen

Western, Chinese, Vegetarian Options, Cafe Cuisine

Character Dining, Reservations Accepted, Buffet, Kids Meal

(RMB 301-500 per adult)

Time: 6:30 AM-9:00 PM

Be our Guest for family-friendly buffets and fun-filled Character visits starring Mickey and Friends! In a magnificent dining room right out of the Prince’s enchanted castle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, we proudly present show-stopping dishes sure to delight your whole crowd. Drop by Lumiére’s Kitchen and enjoy your meals with a side of magic.

Although dairy products and cured meat have been delivered and traded for thousands of years, it is believed that proper food delivery didn’t begin until 1889.

In 1889, King Umberto I and Queen Margherita traveled to Naples. Sick of the food cooked by court chefs, the Queen wanted to try something popular with the common people of southern Italy-pizza. Chef Raffaele Esposito, an excellent pizza-maker, delivered three pizzas as requested. The Queen loved the one made with mozzarella cheese, basil, and tomatoes. Thus, the margherita pizza was born.

Later, in India, cities were getting crowded. Workers had difficulty cooking or finding suitable meals outside their homes. Therefore, dabbawalas came to meet this demand. Dabbawala means “one who carries a box,” and they carried boxes of food by bicycle or railway train to sell to workers. Delivering food as a full-time job began with the dabbawallas.

Over time, food delivery has come to be found everywhere. In America, delivery grew as cars became common in the late 20th century. Then, another invention came along and made delivery even more popular. In the 1990s, the Internet began to change what people thought about delivery.

Online delivery services began with the website World Wide Waiter in 1995. Over the next 15 years, online orders slowly caught up with phone orders. As smartphones became popular, pizza chains started to create their own apps.

Nowadays, there are many different apps available worldwide. Just by tapping your screen, you can order almost any food imaginable. If you want to earn a bit of money on the side, you can deliver food yourself. Some restaurants, known as “ghost kitchens”, only offer food through these apps.

In times of COVID-19, when quarantine(隔离)and stay-at-home orders were applied, the supply of food delivery services could hardly meet the rising demand. To cater to the customers, Uber Eats became the first to roll out the “leave at door” service so that no contact would be made during the pick-up. During this difficult time, delivery drivers, always with their masks on, were seen as heroes.

Obsessed with Kim Kardashian? Can’t get enough of Bennifer getting back together? Chances are you’re an idiot——at least according to Hungarian researchers.

New research has suggested people obsessed with Hollywood gossip and A-list celebs might not be that smart―which will surely be a jarring revelation for those who love tabloids(八卦小报)magazines.

The study, published in BMC Psychology late last year, claims that “there is a direct association between celebrity worship and poorer performance on cognitive tests” measuring both literacy and numeracy(计算能力).

The study asked 1,763 Hungarian adults to undertake a 30-word vocabulary test and a math test, before completing a “Celebrity Attitude Scale” questionnaire to determine their levels of interest in famous people.

Researchers found that high scores on the Celebrity Attitude Scale correlated with lower performance on the two cognitive ability tests. Participants were also asked about their income, material wealth and levels of education in order to gain the most detailed picture possible.

However, the researchers were unable to determine whether celebrity obsessives perform poorly on cognitive tests because they used their brainpower thinking about A-listers, or whether they were obsessed with Hollywood gossip because they were already less intelligent to begin with.

In other words, it’s unclear whether celebrity worshiping is a cause or consequence of low cognitive function.

“Future studies should seek further support for our suggestion that the cognitive effort invested in maintaining the absorption in a favorite celebrity may interfere with the person’s performance in tasks that require attention and other cognitive skills,” the researchers told PsyPost in a recent interview. “Although our research does not prove that developing a powerful obsession with one’s favorite celebrity causes one to score lower on cognitive tests, it suggests that it might be wise to carefully monitor feelings for them.”

While some tabloid magazine readers may feel personally attacked by this research, folks on Twitter did not seem shocked by the findings. “I don’t think a study was needed to determine this,” wrote one Twitter user. “What worries me is that people who worship celebs are not going to read this article ever,” another added.