The preparations for the dinner of the Spring Festival are hard work. I don’t think it’s worth the effort of spending much time
Does Takeaway Exist in Ancient China?
As early as in the Song Dynasty, “takeout” services were already available. In Zhang Zcduan's popular painting Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, there is a restaurant boy who has just come out of the shop with “to-go boxes” in his left hand and tableware (餐具) in his right, still
In ancient times, there were three ways to order food. The first is servant order. Send a family retainer (仆人) to go to a restaurant and make
The to-go box, wenpan (warm tray),
Recently I dined at a “dark restaurant”,
It was a difficult meal. Because we couldn’t see where anything was, my friend and I knocked over glasses and
After
Our waiter advised us