Ancient hotels had menus.

The menu is written on the board and hung on the wall outside the store. In the "big move" and "evoking the soul" of Songs of the South, two tables of unusually rich menus are presented respectively, including: eight-treasure rice, stewed beef tendon, wuyue soup, stewed turtle, roasted lamb, vinegar-cooked goose, roast chicken, mutton soup, fried dough twists, roasted quail and stewed dog meat.

Ancient restaurants were called inns, which provided people with food and accommodation, basically the same as modern people. They also had a menu for ordering food, and they were rich in various dishes.

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The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival in the Song Dynasty is a famous painting in Zhang Guobao, and it is also a "food map" in the Song Dynasty, a picture of eating and drinking. Nearly half of the more than 1 houses in the painting are restaurants. There are also several interesting details hidden in it. Zoomed in, it was the delivery service of the takeaway brother at that time.

In ancient times, it was necessary to order a takeaway. Unlike today, people can order food by mobile phone, but they often do it through three ways: ordering food, door-to-door selling, and delivering food by appointment. "Calling by the hour", the restaurant sends someone to the door, which is also cash on delivery. If you are a regular customer, you can stay at your house for the night, and the waiter will pick it up the next day.

In ancient times, delivery people were called "idle Han" instead of "little takeaway brother". It reflects that there was no full-time delivery staff at that time, and the hotel business was busy. Looking for a few "idle Han" to make the difference, compared with today's courier brother driving a moped to drive the lane, it can be described as a sky and an underground.

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