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),
Delivering Food by Drone
A Singapore restaurant plans to use drones(无人机)to transport food and drinks
Infinium Robotics, the Singapore company that’s developing the drones for restaurant chain Timbre, has spent the past two weeks testing the technology at the restaurant before it opens each night for business and hopes to have it in place by the end of the year.
But how does the drone know where to land? What if someone bumps into the drone or is standing in its way? "There’s no chance at all
The drones automatically charge while
A waiter then removes the food or drink from the drone and hits a button
"Its job is to help the waiters to reduce some of their boring tasks," Woon said. "If they let the robots do the job, they can concentrate on interacting with customers to bring about
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
A man came to the USA from another country. After
“Start out at that end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At
“I was
You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do