What is communal dining? My understanding is that it consists of several diners at the same table, eating all together from the same dishes instead of individual dishes.
Or so I thought. Apparently I was not far off. Communal dining is essentially like what a normal Chinese family does at dinner - cook a few dishes and everyone takes from the same dishes instead of each individual's share.
This has always been a typical Asian concept. Go into any Chinese, Indonesian or Peranakan restaurant and one will notice that these places go by the concept of communal dining.
Hence I was quite surprised when I found out that one of the high-class Western restaurants also have communal dining. In my mind, I was wondering how the Western crowd take to this concept.
Out of curiosity, I took a look at the menu and was intrigued. It is a full Western menu but consisting mostly of main courses. The appetizer is a platter, followed by a variety of main courses where diners can choose from, up to a maximum of four main courses. So the diners will have a variety and not just one main dish.
Cool! Now there is communal dining in a Western restaurant too! Then I realise this concept is starting to slowly gain popularity in the West.
Hopefully I have a chance of going there one day and see if the food is any that good!
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Or so I thought. Apparently I was not far off. Communal dining is essentially like what a normal Chinese family does at dinner - cook a few dishes and everyone takes from the same dishes instead of each individual's share.
This has always been a typical Asian concept. Go into any Chinese, Indonesian or Peranakan restaurant and one will notice that these places go by the concept of communal dining.
Hence I was quite surprised when I found out that one of the high-class Western restaurants also have communal dining. In my mind, I was wondering how the Western crowd take to this concept.
Out of curiosity, I took a look at the menu and was intrigued. It is a full Western menu but consisting mostly of main courses. The appetizer is a platter, followed by a variety of main courses where diners can choose from, up to a maximum of four main courses. So the diners will have a variety and not just one main dish.
Cool! Now there is communal dining in a Western restaurant too! Then I realise this concept is starting to slowly gain popularity in the West.
Hopefully I have a chance of going there one day and see if the food is any that good!
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
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