First, the difference between definitions
Light catering means light catering, which refers to food with a small quantity. In a broad sense, snacks such as porridge, steamed buns, jiaozi, spring rolls, steamed dumplings, fruits, cakes and biscuits can all be regarded as a kind of light food. Therefore, a small amount of food that can be enjoyed during non-dinner time, such as "tea drinking" in Guangdong, China and "afternoon tea" in Europe, can all be called light food.
Paying attention to catering, that is, common catering, is a food production and operation industry that provides consumers with all kinds of drinks, food, consumption places and facilities through instant processing, commercial sales and service-oriented labor.
Second, the difference between shops
The light catering store is not big, there are no noisy people in the store, only simple long tables, comfortable soft chairs, simple and palatable food. It doesn't take too long to finish eating, and the environment is fresh and elegant.
Restaurants with heavy catering are large halls with complete facilities and facilities. It can be used not only as a place for large-scale banquets, wine banquets and tea parties, but also as a place for large-scale international conferences, large-scale trade fairs and festivals.
Third, the difference between services
Light food can be imported, or it can be a healthy light food based on local eating habits. It is simple but not simple, and pays attention to healthy diet.
Heavy catering can be divided into different service modes, which can be generally divided into: table service, counter service, self-help and enterprise unit.
Fourth, the difference between cooking methods
Light catering dishes are low in salt, sugar and oil. In the United States, light food can be hamburgers without so much butter and cheese fat; In China, light food can be a saliva chicken sesame leaf salad with roast chicken breast as the main source of protein, spicy sesame leaves as the bottom of the leaf vegetable, sesame oil, peanuts, peppers and fragrant leaves as the top of the salad, or a convenient meal.
Heavy catering is mainly engaged in hot food such as cooking and fried rice. It will produce a lot of oil smoke, garbage and noise pollution. Such as grand hotels, hot pot restaurants and traditional hotels in China, are basically catering-oriented.
Difference between light catering and heavy catering
The softness and hardness of catering mainly depends on lampblack and noise. Teahouses, beverage shops and bakeries basically do not produce lampblack and big noise, that is, light catering. And cooking, hot pot, etc. produce large fumes and noise, which means heavy catering. So subway sandwiches are light meals.
Excuse me, what is light catering/heavy catering?
Emphasis on catering refers to the traditional catering model, such as dinner cooking, star-rated restaurants, Chinese restaurants and so on. This kind of food generally belongs to heavy catering, because heavy catering focuses on high rent, high salary of personnel, high raw materials, etc., and at the same time, it is mainly for dining in the hall, and there are only lunch and evening meals. Catering brands such as Wangshunge Fish Head Bubble Cake, Jindingxuan, Quanjudetai, etc.