"Chinese New Year in situ" has given birth to a new model of New Year's Eve dinner consumption
How do you plan to eat the New Year's Eve dinner?
Affected by the epidemic, more and more people have chosen to "Chinese New Year on the spot".
With the approach of the Spring Festival, many families have put the purchase of New Year's Eve dinner on the agenda.
In the past few days, the reporter visited many hotels, restaurants and supermarkets in Haikou and learned that reservations for New Year’s Eve dinners have been substantially cancelled. Take-out New Year’s Eve dinners, semi-finished New Year’s Eve dinners, and online shopping have become new choices for many families.
Reporter Shen Lihuan
Intern Wang Zongsui
A Next restaurant
Some hotels have reduced orders for New Year’s Eve dining
As the Spring Festival approaches, reservations for New Year's Eve dinners in some hotels and restaurants in Haikou have declined.
It is understood that due to the impact of the epidemic, local governments have introduced normalized epidemic prevention and control measures.
On the one hand, there is the expectation of a New Year's reunion, and on the other hand, the requirement to reduce the gathering of epidemic prevention and control, the New Year's Eve dinner market has also shown some new changes.
The reporter learned from the Hainan Real Madrid Holiday Hotel that this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner reservations were not as popular as in previous years, but more people asked.
The staff of Qiongcaifang said that this year’s New Year’s Eve dinner reservations have been reduced compared to last year. At present, the boxes for the Lunar New Year’s Eve are fully booked, and there are still some places in the lobby. “At this time in previous years, the lobby was fully booked. "The staff of Qiongcaifang said.
"The New Year's Eve dinner ordered in November last year was refunded last month." Mr. Sun, a Haikou citizen, told reporters that during the Spring Festival in previous years, his family would come back from all corners of the country to reunite. He would book the New Year's Eve dinner in the hotel in advance every year.
"This year, some family members did not come back during the Chinese New Year. After everyone's discussion, they decided to return to family dining."
The reporter found in the interview that although the New Year’s Eve dinner reservations were temporarily cancelled, the merchants also expressed their understanding.
The person in charge of many restaurants said that health is the top priority, as long as the risk of virus transmission can be reduced, the loss of the hotel is nothing.
The most important thing at present is to do our best to prevent and control the epidemic.
Order takeaway
Take-out New Year’s Eve dinner becomes the "main card"
"It used to be hard to find one, but now there are still many vacancies." When the offline New Year's Eve dinner is cold, the demand for catering is rising.
Under the initiative of "Chinese New Year in Place", many foreign friends who work and live in Qiong do not go home, and a warm New Year's Eve meal has become an urgent need for them.
The reporter visited and found that in response to the requirements of epidemic prevention and control, some catering companies launched this year's New Year's Eve dinner delivery service, special delivery, from "eat at the store" to "eat home" to meet the different needs of consumers.
Haikou Gu Gu’s private kitchen store manager said that the store launched a New Year’s Eve dinner delivery service very early this year, and the current sales are relatively good.
According to the current booking situation, guests prefer auspicious dishes, such as abalone, fish maw and Wenchang chicken, which means good luck; family portrait, which means family gathering; deep sea wild swallowtail spots, which means prosperity.
Shangri-La Hotel, Hainan also launched a New Year's Eve dinner delivery service this year, and reservations are currently hot.
“We support city-wide delivery, free shipping within 10 kilometers, and 3 yuan per kilometer for more than 10 kilometers.” The hotel staff said that the hotel’s New Year’s Eve meal delivery price is divided into: 10 people/table, the price is 2599 yuan-9888 yuan, The price for 6 persons/table is 1199 yuan, and the price for 8 persons/table is 4688 yuan.
The staff of the first seafood restaurant said that in order to meet the different needs of customers, the restaurant supports picking up the prepared dishes in the store, but reservations need to be made one week in advance.
"In previous years, I went out to eat. This year’s epidemic is quite special. I am going to order semi-finished Chinese eve dishes from a familiar restaurant, eliminating the hassle of purchasing and cleaning ingredients. After processing, I can make a large banquet. The taste of the year." said Mr. Zhang, a citizen.
“Eating New Year’s Eve dinner at home can not only avoid intensive contact with people, but also satisfy family gatherings and continue the traditional custom of having family reunion dinners.” Some citizens said that merchants launching New Year’s Eve dinner delivery services are very convenient for consumers.
C Buy semi-finished products
Supermarket semi-finished dishes "boom in supply and demand"
New Year’s Eve dinner reservations have become a new trend this year.
Data shows that on January 20th, the "2021 National Online New Year's Eve Festival" kicked off. Different from previous years, the "post-90s" took over as the main force in purchasing new year's goods. Among the top ten new year's goods, the semi-finished New Year's Eve dinner ranked first.
"It used to be my grandma to go to the market, and then my mother went to the market to buy food. This year I did it on my mobile phone." For Ms. Liu, born in the 90s, although she can't go back to her hometown during the Spring Festival, it is also meaningful to spend the New Year with colleagues and friends. .
In addition to the specialty dishes she cooks, she noticed that some supermarkets have launched semi-finished New Year’s Eve dinners. “I saw pickled fish and large potted vegetables on the APP of a supermarket. Just defrost and heat them. I plan to place an order in a few days. , You can eat delicious food at home on New Year's Eve." Ms. Liu said.
New Year's Eve Dinner Online
Prosperous
In addition to choosing take-out New Year’s Eve dinner and semi-finished New Year’s Eve dishes, many citizens have taken a different approach by ordering New Year’s Eve dinner sets or semi-finished gift boxes on e-commerce platforms.
The reporter searched the Internet using "New Year's Eve dinner" as the keyword and found that many well-known catering companies have launched new year's eve dinner packages, which can be eaten through simple processing and cooking. The prices are generally not high, ranging from tens to hundreds of yuan.
Xiao Wang, who originally planned to return to Heilongjiang to accompany his parents for the New Year, plans to stay in Haikou this year and meet with friends to celebrate the New Year.
"I can only cook some home-cooked dishes, but hard dishes can't be prepared." Later he discovered that there were semi-finished New Year's Eve dinners on the Internet, so he began to choose them.
Finally, Xiao Wang ordered a 599 yuan semi-finished New Year's Eve dinner set, including 10 dishes.
"You have to cook the New Year's Eve dinner by yourself. The sense of ritual can't be reduced. Now it's ready, when it's time to heat it up, a big meal will be done." Xiao Wang said.
D 自己做饭
Make your own New Year’s Eve dinner, it’s a new year
No matter how the form changes, "Nianweier" is always the soul of the New Year's Eve dinner.
“Last year, I stayed at home during the Chinese New Year and learned some cooking skills, so I can show my skills on New Year’s Eve.” Mr. Fan, a citizen of Haikou, said that he planned to cook the New Year’s Eve dinner at home.
Mr. Fan said that he stayed at home during the epidemic last year and he followed the video to learn how to cook every day.
This year he is going to show his hands at home.
"Cooking your own New Year's Eve dinner will have the flavor of the New Year." Mr. Fan said.