In order to curb food and beverage waste, more and more small dishes, half of the dishes into the menu, to the table. With the emergence of these "reduced dishes", some customers have doubts: "Why is the price of small dishes is not half of the original dishes?" "What is the difference between a small portion of food and a half portion of food?" "Is a half-portion dish fried in a big pot and then divided into halves? Can the serving time and quality be guaranteed?" With these questions, the reporter went to Guijie to visit.

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Question: the amount of food less price for why did not cut in half?

Discrepancy: small portions are not half portions, there is a difference in portion size

"Reduced dish" was introduced in response to the CD-ROM action to curb food waste. However, some members of the public reflected to the reporter, some restaurants "reduce the amount of food" is less, but the price is still quite high, there is a suspicion of disguised price increases. Some netizens also left a message that: "the development of small dishes, the key is the price. Small portion of the dish is absolutely popular, but the amount of food can not be down, the price is still so high or not enough."

For the public netizens generally concerned about the problem, the reporter to the Beixinqiao Street Guijie Chamber of Commerce, Guijie management committee for confirmation, found that the public netizens to create a small amount of the feeling of high prices, the problem lies in the "small portions of food" and "half a portion of the dish" definition. The problem lies in the definition of "small portion" and "half portion". Small portions of non-half-portion, there is a clear difference in portion size.

Yesterday at 4 p.m., the Beixinqiao Street Guijie Chamber of Commerce started a new round of street patrols. The person in charge, Fang Xuhu, said that according to their statistics, Guijie Chamber of Commerce of more than 110 restaurants, more than 30% of the restaurants have launched a small portion of dishes for consumers. These small portions of the launch of the restaurant, mostly larger chain companies, is expected to Gui Street in the future there will be more food and beverage enterprises to join the ranks of small portions of food.

The reporter visited a number of restaurants on Guijie Street, which specialize in Sichuan cuisine and hot pot. In the restaurant's menu reporter noted that different businesses to reduce the amount of dishes labeling is different, some write "small", some clearly marked "half". Among them, the price of half a portion of the dish is almost half the price of the original dish, while the price of a small portion of the dish is 60 to 70% of the original dish.

In the main Szechuan cuisine, crayfish, red lane store, the reporter saw that the dishes here are labeled as "small". Restaurant staff said that compared with the half-portion of the name of the dish, small portions of the dish is actually more apt. "Our store launched a small portion of dishes to hairy blood wanton, bullfrogs and other dishes with a large amount of popular dishes. The reason for this pricing is that the small portions do have quite a bit more dishes than half."

In the back kitchen, behind a chef, two portions of bullfrogs on the kitchen table have been put into baskets for spare parts. The reporter noticed that although it was the same dish to be made, the number of bullfrogs in the two baskets was obviously different. "These two baskets are loaded with 10 and 6 bullfrogs, to be made into a large and small portions of different gluttonous frogs." The staff said that the number of small portions of dishes is mostly based on the number of pre-customer feedback and the number of dishes remaining in the return meal comprehensive statistics. To small portion of bullfrog, for example, the dish is priced at 69 yuan, there are six bullfrogs, mainly for the customer groups of three to four people, while the large portion of bullfrogs is priced at 99 yuan, there are 10 bullfrogs, mainly for more than eight people customer groups.

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Question: Why is the half-portion sold for a dollar more?

Discrepancy: more on the cost of generally acceptable

The reporter found that usually labeled small dishes are more Chinese restaurants, and provide half a dish is more hot pot restaurant. Moreover, in terms of the half of the dining experience, diners can choose a greater margin of choice, to achieve the purpose of saving money, savings. However, the reporter also noted that half the portion of the dish is half of the whole dish, but the price is higher by 1 yuan. Where is this 1 yuan more?

Located in Gui Street, Xiaolongkan hot pot restaurant launched a number of half of the dishes, the price of the dishes for the original price of half the price of the dishes plus 1 yuan. The reporter randomly interviewed some diners, they said they noticed the price of half a portion of the dish 1 yuan more money, however, the price is still acceptable.

Mr. Fang, the owner of the restaurant, said the extra 1 yuan is to subsidize the extra manpower and tableware consumption. He told reporters, even if the same table and eat guests, the choice of dishes and tastes will also have a small difference, for example, some customers love pig brain flower, some can not accept, "If the amount of the whole portion to sell, will cause food waste, or because of the fear of eating and give up pointing this dish. The emergence of half a portion of the dish, to a large extent, to solve the problem brought about by the difference in taste, but also gives the first time to the store customers to try the dishes."

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QUESTION: Is a half portion a dish that is fried and then split in half?

Response: small stove cooking small dishes serving does not slow down

The emergence of reduced dishes not only avoids waste, but also gives consumers more choice. However, when a large dish is divided into two, the kitchen at the same time to undertake the order will inevitably increase. Some consumers are concerned that if everyone orders a small portion of food, it will slow down the speed of the meal, affecting the dining experience?

In the Red Lane restaurant's back kitchen frying area, in addition to the common large frying pan, you can also see a lot of small pots and pans. "Previously, our side is a large pot and stove, making small portions of dishes fire is difficult to control. In order to match the launch of small portions, we removed the two big stoves and replaced them with small stoves with eight eyes. With these small stoves, a chef can take care of multiple small-portion dish orders at the same location, which saves manpower, while the speed of the meal and the quality of the meal can also be fully guaranteed." Staff said.

Fang Xuhu, head of the Guijie Chamber of Commerce, said the chamber will guide businesses on which dishes are more suitable to be made into small portions, how to better price them, and how to guide consumers to choose small portions. "Some restaurants are now offering small portions of dishes that are more than half the size of the original dish, and their prices are a bit higher. We will also pay attention to the pricing of these dishes for dine-in and take-out in our daily inspections, in addition to ensuring that the price and quantity of both are uniform, we will also prevent the introduction of small portions by means of the introduction of disguised price increases."