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