English for buffet: The buffet.
The buffet doesn't prepare dinner, but the diners can choose their own food and drink at will, and then sit or stand, and eat freely with others or alone.
A buffet is called a buffet mainly because it can arouse the diners' subjective initiative during the meal, and they can help themselves by themselves and arrange the selection of dishes within the established scope.
as for it, it is also called a cold dinner party, mainly because the food it provides is mainly cold food. Of course, provide some hot dishes in moderation, or provide some semi-finished products to be processed by the diners themselves.
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Advantages of buffet:
1, which can save money. Because the buffet is mainly cold food, no dinner, no high-end dishes and drinks, it can greatly save the expenses of the organizers and avoid waste.
2, you can get what you need. When attending a buffet, diners meet their favorite dishes. Just help yourself, and don't worry that others will laugh at you for it.
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