[Explanation] The Spring Festival of the Year of the Rabbit is approaching. For the Chinese, a family reunion and a New Year’s Eve dinner on the night of New Year’s Eve is the prelude to the Spring Festival, and it is an indispensable highlight.

With the adjustment and optimization of epidemic prevention policies, the restaurant market for New Year's Eve dinners has accelerated its recovery.

The reporter visited a number of restaurants and found that the number of reservations for New Year's Eve in 2023 has doubled, and the phenomenon of "hard to find a table" has reappeared.

　　[Concurrent] You Zeyu, deputy general manager of Dayali Catering Group

　　From the current point of view, our New Year's Eve dinner reservations are very popular, basically reaching the point where "one room is hard to find".

At present, it has basically reached 100%, and even more reservation needs.

　　[Concurrent] Song Chunjing, manager of Beijing Quyuan Restaurant

　　This year's New Year's Eve dinner has basically been booked since November, especially the New Year's Eve dinner on the 30th night, which was fully booked before the twelfth lunar month.

　　[Explanation] In order to meet the peak of the New Year's Eve dinner, many restaurants have launched various types of New Year's Eve dinner sets, and also provide prepared dishes and cooked food gift boxes.

Judging from the preference of customers to book New Year’s Eve dinners, auspicious Italian dishes such as Niannianyu and Booming are more popular.

And, the ambience of the restaurant gets more attention than the food itself.

　　[Concurrent] You Zeyu, deputy general manager of Dayali Catering Group

　　We have considered more dishes for our family dinners, focusing on Beijing-style dishes from our old Beijing and Sichuan dishes to meet the needs of different customer groups.

Roast duck is currently our most popular dish among customers, with a very high hit rate.

　　[Concurrent] Song Chunjing, manager of Beijing Quyuan Restaurant

　　Hometown roasted mandarin fish and chopped pepper fish head are very good. There are also semi-finished and prefabricated dishes that we prepare. There are two types of fish in them, because it is Chinese New Year after all. This fish means that there is more than enough every year, and then chopped The pepper fish head, because it is also filled with chopped peppers, is booming, which means that the coming year will be booming.

　　[Same period] Chen Jian, manager of Haidilao Beijing Xizhimen Store

　　It is true that there are more hot pot dinners, because it is almost the Chinese New Year, and it is more atmosphere for everyone to reunite outside.

They are all family-oriented, and most of them are big dishes such as meat dishes, and they order more, such as beef and mutton.

　　[Concurrent] People

　　(New Year's Eve dinner) may pay more attention to the atmosphere, the whole dining environment, the atmosphere and activity of everyone here, will pay more attention to these.

　　As for the atmosphere, this restaurant is very popular, as long as there are many people, I think the more people there are, the more lively it is, and the ingredients of the dishes are clean and hygienic.

　　[Explanation] In addition to choosing a restaurant to eat, when it comes to New Year's Eve dinner, more people will think of the taste of home.

In many people's minds, the memories of the New Year's Eve dinner are different, but there is always one dish that is a must-have dish on their own New Year's Eve dinner table.

　　【people】

　　The lotus root and meatballs fried by the old people are because the old people in the family fry these things one day in advance every year. I feel that everyone has this dish to have the taste of the New Year.

　　It may be that chicken and fish are a must. In recent years, ducks must also have these hard dishes, and cold dishes must also be available.

According to the customs of the Northeast, we may have another one that must have pig's feet.

　　It must be dumplings, dumplings, because reunion symbolizes our reunion. This is a must-have meal on our New Year's Eve.

　　The best thing is that I like to eat the homemade cold dish mixed by the cook at home, which belongs to the kind of hodgepodge cold dish, but taste that taste and remind everyone that we need to get together.

　　Reporter Wang Shibo reports from Beijing

Responsible editor: [Wang Kai]