Restaurant, work in progress, takeout… What are you going to eat for New Year’s Eve dinner？

　　The year is approaching, and major catering companies are competing in the New Year’s Eve dinner market. (Reporter, Hao Zhongyu, photo)

　　Recently, the Corner Tower Restaurant of the Forbidden City has been booked on Weibo’s trending topic list due to the launch of the "New Year’s Eve Dinner". While everyone is hot about "entering the palace for New Year’s Eve dinner", whether to eat out or at home for New Year’s Eve dinner has also triggered intense discussions and votes on Weibo. On the 365th day of the year, the New Year’s Eve dinner is the most anticipated meal and the most lively and happy time for reunion. The New Year’s Eve dinner in 2020 is coming. How do you plan to eat this year?

　　Reporter, Yang Xu

　　How are you going to eat New Year’s Eve dinner?

　　Xie Ziyan, who is not very good at cooking, worries about New Year’s Eve dinner every year when it is approaching New Year’s Eve. "Maybe I really don’t have the talent to cook, so it is useless to look at more strategies. I hope everyone can eat delicious food. The dishes and flavors in the restaurant are very good, so it is a good choice." Xie Ziyan told reporters that her family has chosen to eat in a restaurant since several years ago, and because it is more difficult to book every year, she has booked a private room in December last year.

　　As soon as the twelfth lunar month entered, the atmosphere of the Chinese New Year became increasingly strong. The reporter visited and saw that many hotels had put up banners or advertisements for "booking New Year’s Eve dinner" very early. Yesterday, the reporter learned from a restaurant in Datang West City that the store started booking New Year’s Eve dinner in early December last year. At present, the first day of the 30th lunar month is basically fully booked, and the reservation can only be arranged in the back row. "In the past two years, more and more people have come to the restaurant for New Year’s Eve dinner. Everyone wants to make it convenient, and there is no need to clean up after eating," the store’s manager Li told reporters.

　　"There are a lot of people in our family, and cooking is really time-consuming. The rice cooker may not be enough to eat a pot of rice, and we have to wash the dishes after dinner. After a day, we are too tired. Although it is joyful’tired ‘, for people like me who are in their fifties, sometimes I really can’t bear it." Speaking of where to eat for New Year’s Eve dinner this year, Auntie He, who lives on Zhongshanmen Street, chose to eat outside without hesitation. "Young people are all working outside, and it is rare to come back. If you go to a restaurant to eat, you can spend more time sitting and chatting with them."

　　When the restaurant was full, many people turned their attention to "work in progress". At the time of the reporter’s interview, Wang Qing, who lives in Chang’an District, had just ordered a New Year’s Eve dinner set gift box online, which contained 16 dishes such as squirrel fish, sweet and sour steak, Ruyi stir-fry, and Babao spicy dine, which cost 388 yuan. "When I was looking for it online, the New Year’s Eve dinner set was a hot search, and there were all kinds of flavors, and the price was not expensive." Wang Qing said that she was tired of doing it herself, and she was afraid of traffic jams and parking difficulties when she went to the restaurant to eat, so she bought work in progress. At that time, she could process it a little bit, which was simple and convenient, and affordable.

　　In addition, with the rise of takeaway, many restaurants in response to the surge in traffic counting, increased the New Year’s Eve takeaway service, providing more choices for everyone, winning the favor of many people.

　　The New Year’s Eve dinner at home is full of "New Year’s flavor"

　　"It is said that the wanderer’s heart is about the taste of home-cooked food, so how can such a home-cooked taste be absent at the time of reunion! Home-cooked food is sometimes an emotional sustenance, and the restaurants outside are all made by chefs, which lacks a little family emotion." Aunt Feng, who lives on Taoyuan Road Street, told reporters that every New Year’s Eve, more than a dozen relatives come to the house. No matter how busy she is, she insists on cooking at home, in order to let the family members who have been traveling for a year taste the taste of home at the most important time.

　　"Although it seems troublesome to order the menu, buy the food, prepare it, serve it to the table, and clean up after eating, I don’t think any busy person is unhappy!" Deng Jie, a citizen, said that the Spring Festival is of great significance to every Chinese person. Eating outside restaurants feels more like a party than a reunion, and it is not easy for everyone to get together and have a meal at home all year round, so home is the best place for New Year’s Eve dinner.

　　"The important thing is that everyone welcomes the new year together in our home and sends the best wishes to each other. ‘Home’ is the key point!" Bai Yiduo, who lives on the streets of the Electronic City, believes that everyone washes vegetables and cooks together while chatting about the past year. The children play and make trouble until they eat New Year’s Eve dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala in the evening. Everyone enjoys it. Although the whole process takes time, the preparation process is very happy and everyone enjoys it. "Now that the standard of living has improved, it really doesn’t matter what you eat. Even if it is a simple stir-fry of a few dishes, the main reason is that the opportunity for everyone to get together to prepare the New Year’s Eve dinner is too rare. The most important thing for the New Year is the atmosphere at home."

　　What doesn’t change is the taste of reunion

　　Some industry insiders believe that the way of eating New Year’s Eve dinner is ultimately a manifestation of upgraded consumption and diverse choices. In the past, there was a lack of materials, and New Year’s Eve dinner brought everyone together to eat something that was usually rare. With the continuous improvement of the quality of life, "eating together all year round" is no longer valued by everyone, and the meaning of family reunion has become more prominent.

　　In the interview, everyone also agreed that no matter how the New Year’s Eve dinner changes, the connotation of "reunion" behind it will not change. "It’s pretty good to go out to a restaurant for dinner, and it’s also very satisfactory to buy work in progress or buy your own food at home. Each has its own advantages, depending on the situation!" "There are too many people in the family, you can consider eating out, and it’s more convenient to be at home. As long as you’reunite ‘, no matter which way you choose to eat New Year’s Eve dinner, you can have a happy time."…

　　Go to the restaurant to eat, buy work in progress and other new New Year’s Eve dinner eating methods, although bringing you richer choices, also inevitably contain some hidden dangers. In this regard, some people in the catering industry remind everyone that compared with ordinary ready-made food, New Year’s Eve dinner work in progress or takeaway packages have relatively large food safety risks. When buying New Year’s Eve dinner work in progress, you must be optimistic about the shelf life and manufacturer information, especially through e-commerce platforms.

　　"New Year’s Eve dinner is too important, so if you go out to eat, you must shop around, carefully understand the standards of the restaurant’s New Year’s Eve dinner, choose a restaurant with guaranteed food safety, suitable price, and good service, so as to avoid some unpleasant things affecting the joy of reunion." Mr. Zhao, who has chosen to go to the restaurant for New Year’s Eve dinner for several years, prompted.