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buffet originated from Scandinavian cold food before meals and Hunt breakfast in northern Europe in the 8th-11th century.

buffet is a way of eating which originated from western food.

The chef displays the cooked cold and hot dishes and snacks on the long table in the restaurant, and the guests can help themselves to eat and serve themselves.

this dining style originated from Scandinavian cold food and Hunt breakfast in northern Europe in the 8th-11th century.

It is said that this was the first way for pirates to eat at that time, and there are still many cafeterias around the world named after "pirates".

Pirates are so rude and bohemian that they hate those dining etiquette and rules when eating. They only ask restaurants to put all kinds of meals and drinks they need in containers and concentrate them on the table, and then they can drink and eat without restraint, and add more after eating.

Pirates, a special dining form, was initially regarded as an uncivilized phenomenon, but over time, people felt that this way also had many advantages. For customers, they were free from any constraints when dining, and they could eat whatever they wanted. For hotel operators, because of the elimination of the customer's desk service, it naturally saves a lot of labor and manpower, which can reduce the use of waiters and reduce the cost of employing people for enterprises.

Therefore, this self-service dining method quickly became popular in Europe and America, and with the constant pursuit of delicious food, the form of buffet gradually developed from cold food and breakfast before meals to lunch and dinner. From light meals to various theme buffets, such as Valentine's Day buffet, Christmas buffet, weekend family buffet, celebration buffet, wedding buffet, food festival buffet, etc. According to the mode of supply, from the traditional guests to take food, the finished food table has developed into on-site cooking before the guests, cooking and eating now, and even developed into a "self-made" buffet where customers help themselves with food raw materials and cook and eat themselves. It is really varied and colorful.

With the spread of western food to China, the buffet style was naturally brought to China.

This way of dining first appeared in the grand hotels opened by foreigners in China in 1931s, which made it really contact with the people in China. It was in the late 1981s that with the opening up of China, the emerging tourist joint-venture hotels promoted the buffet to the popular catering market in China. The buffet was deeply loved by consumers, especially by young people and children, because of its diverse forms, rich dishes, comprehensive nutrition, low price and simple dining.