China Overseas Chinese Network, July 29. According to the US "World Journal" report, following the US California Governor Newsom once again issued an epidemic avoidance order, the restaurant is not allowed to eat in the hall, and the restaurant launches outdoor dining services in all counties in Southern California. However, Chinese restaurant operators are relatively calm and adopt a wait-and-see attitude.

  Officials from the Chinese People’s Elections believe that providing outdoor dining services is a last resort during the epidemic, and hopes that Chinese restaurant operators will adapt to the situation, make changes, and meet challenges.

  In order to maintain the vitality of restaurants to survive the epidemic, cities in Southern California have begun to encourage the catering industry to introduce outdoor dining services.

  Some Chinese officials believe that Chinese and Asian people do not like outdoor dining because of cultural reasons. For example, American residents eat sandwiches, drink coffee and eat cold food, and they have long been used to outdoor dining. But Chinese dishes need to be eaten while they are hot, and they are not suitable outdoors. But the official believes that this habit is gradually changing. For example, in the milk tea shop on Quantong Square, there are always many young people enjoying drinks in the dining area outside the shop. Outdoor dining service is actually a challenge to the traditional way of Chinese restaurants.

  In contrast to Chinese politicians who encourage Chinese restaurants to open outdoor dining services, a Chinese restaurant owner in Donggu City, Riverside County said that they do not approve of outdoor dining because they will also be contagious to bacteria and viruses, and outdoor dining is not high-end. It is pointed out that there are many industry players who have similar ideas, and even think that traditional Chinese restaurants are not suitable for outdoors and will not attract Chinese customers.

  Ms. Ren, who owns many restaurants in the Sacred Valley, said that she set up an outdoor dining area in the ramen shop in Roland, which was cancelled within a week because no customers like to eat noodles outdoors.

  A vegetarian restaurant operator in Chino City did not consider setting up an outdoor dining service, because it was too troublesome, so it has been doing takeout, and the business is also very good.

  A senior catering industry believes that Chinese people do not like eating outdoors, which is a matter of habit. The Shanghai Beach restaurant he runs in Hagang had an outdoor dining area at the beginning of its opening, but it stopped because there were no customers. Chinese dishes and hot soup are not suitable for eating outdoors. At the same time, if outdoor dining is set up, investment and various service facilities must be increased. Now the industry is watching, who is going to invest? The restaurant's outdoor dining service depends on many factors such as location and environment.

  A senior restaurant manager said that the Chinese are more conservative and do not want to be scorned for outdoor dining. In addition, they feel that eating outside is unhygienic, and they have to smell the exhaust fumes from cars, which affects their appetite.

  Before the epidemic, Ms. Hui, who often liked to patronize restaurants and taste various types of food, said that for older Chinese, dining is a relatively private activity. Dining with relatives and friends is a kind of enjoyment. If you eat outdoors, I am afraid that this is not the case. Feel it. However, young people of Chinese descent hold this concept less and think that fast food that combines Chinese and Western styles may be more suitable for outdoor dining. (Qi Chrome)