What is the concept of leisure catering? What is the difference between leisure catering and traditional catering?
In recent years, the word "leisure" has become a fashionable vocabulary, and concepts such as leisure tourism and leisure food have gradually penetrated into all aspects of people's lives. With the development of society, especially the improvement of economic strength and the renewal of ideas, people are increasingly eager to have a place where they can relax and eat delicious food in the fierce social competition, just like opening a quiet harbor in a busy city to let people find a dream. When it comes to "casual dining", many people think of some restaurants, such as various fast food restaurants, western restaurants, cafes, tea parties, tea restaurants and so on. Although they all contain leisure elements or items, they can't make guests fully feel the taste of leisure. Although this restaurant is well decorated, elegant, clean and hygienic, it will not make people feel comfortable, release tension and get pleasure when eating. The reason is the shortcomings of "service" and "atmosphere". In some big hotels, cafeterias and song and dance restaurants, there are many kinds and forms of food, some are eaten while watching, some are eaten while playing, and they are accompanied by various lucky draws, but they still can't make people forget restraint and feel relaxed. In the ancient city of Xi and other large and medium-sized cities in China, some small restaurants, such as soybean milk shops, juice shops, cake shops, noodle shops and coffee shops, also advertise "leisure", but they are still far from real leisure dining. Many people in the industry believe that "casual dining" in the true sense is by no means a fashionable word, and it should cover the restaurant atmosphere (environment, decoration, style), business varieties, business hours, service methods and so on. It is a complex, without which it is difficult to call it "leisure". Many people feel this way. The first feeling of going to a restaurant for leisure is to look at the atmosphere, surrounding environment and decoration style of the restaurant. According to people's preferences, this kind of atmosphere is not necessarily the same, but can be Chinese, western, classical and modern. The feeling can be warm and exciting, novel and dynamic, elegant and romantic, and it can also be moderately casual, so that various types of leisure restaurants can meet the needs of different types of people. For example, the classics of Chinese studies can be small bridges, pavilions, flowers and birds, celebrity calligraphy and painting, small courtyard scenes, singing and dancing lightly, which makes people feel quaint, elegant, back to nature and a paradise. Western paintings can be decorated with classical oil paintings and classical English manuscripts. Light gray-blue pictures and ancient parchment tones constitute the keynote of traditional western culture. Warm seats scattered everywhere, open velvet curtains, open cooking and transparent kitchen make delicious food appear in front of your eyes and make people feel the warmth of a family kitchen. The dynamic restaurant allows guests to enter a world of sports. Shooting, shooting and jumping by world-famous sports stars, various simulators make you enter "home run", "ski resort" and "golf course", full of shocking pop music and colorful sports and entertainment facilities, and the sports scenes selected by the projection TV in the restaurant make people immersive, exciting and feel food, entertainment, sports and pleasure. The second impression of leisure catering should be the variety, which can be divided into different types (Chinese food, western food, Japanese food, Southeast Asian food) and can span the cuisine. Of course, this is by no means a hodgepodge. It can be based on one kind of food or other types. Snacks, side dishes and snacks can be rich. Not only should there be food that can satisfy the guests, but there should also be tea, snacks and fruits. , so that you can talk about business and relax, both dynamic and static, set each other off and complement each other. The randomness of time is the third feeling of leisure dining. Usually people take three o'clock in the morning, noon and evening as their living habits, and the time limit makes people feel inconvenient. People who get up late, catch the bus, work overtime and entertain themselves can't be satisfied, so leisure dining fills this gap, from three meals to six meals until they are connected (that is, from morning, noon and evening to morning tea, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and midnight snack), and the appearance of this restaurant satisfies the randomness of people's leisure dining. The fourth feeling of casual dining is the flexibility of service. This service should be unfettered. From the decoration of the restaurant, the clothing of the staff to the service mode, we all try to make the artistic conception of "leisure" deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In addition to the self-service used in many restaurants at present, or the relaxed "puzzle solving" service, there can also be heart-to-heart service. This service does not require employees to do anything, but requires employees to know how to satisfy their guests. As long as the guests ask, employees can chat with the guests, so as to close the distance with the guests and make them feel at home, thus eliminating the sense of constraint. Now people's expectation for the catering industry is no longer simply to meet the needs of the stomach, but a sense and spiritual all-round satisfaction. Leisure catering is very popular in some developed countries, and also in some cities in China, such as Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Tea restaurants in Shanghai and Beijing, porridge court in Guangzhou and tea houses in Hangzhou are all good examples. In Xi 'an, catering enterprises such as Austin Western Restaurant Lounge, Xiangyuelou Porridge City, Dongjiang Tea Garden, Xianlin and Telford Lane Bar Street have also appeared one after another, which indicates that leisure catering is going deep into people's lives and gradually becoming a fashion and trend.