Chinanews, August 25. According to the US "World Journal" report, since Los Angeles opened outdoor dining, restaurants of different styles have had different situations. Although some restaurants have seats outdoors, they are not crowded. However, the dishes of some restaurants are more suitable for outdoor dining, which attracts more people. Many Chinese owners and diners said that now there are more opportunities to experience "food stalls" in the United States.
In Asia, summer supper culture is an important part of urban fireworks. The regrets of the daily life of American Chinese must also include the lack of lively nightlife. However, during the epidemic, the San Gabriel Valley and other places where the Chinese in Southern California live, allowing catering businesses to move indoor dinning services outdoors, it gives many people the opportunity to experience "food stalls".
In the summer evening, a group of people set up tables and chairs to eat hot pot in the courtyard and on the roadside. In the Sichuan-Chongqing region of China, it is called "Yuanba Hot Pot." Now in the United States, such scenarios are becoming more common.
Mr. Xie, the hot pot restaurant owner in Alhambra, is from Chengdu. From the beginning of the epidemic to the beginning of August, his hot pot restaurant has been closed. After the authorities announced that outdoor dining was possible, he began to plan for outdoor hot pot. He said that he hopes to make the environment more market-like, so that diners can experience the feeling of eating street hot pot in old Chengdu.
The store uses the open-air parking lot behind the house as a venue. In order to prevent the epidemic, each table is far apart. In order to make up for the lively atmosphere that may be reduced due to social distancing, the owner put string lights on the surrounding area and added 2 decorative torches.
Miss Liu from Chengdu made a special drive from Irvine to eat hot pot. During the epidemic, she hadn't had a good hot pot meal for several months, and she came this time to relieve her homesickness. She said that she was worried about the hot weather, but she didn't expect the cool breeze after evening, but it was actually fine.
Because it is the first time for outdoor dining, Mr. Xie is constantly improving. After a few weeks, business has gradually taken shape, and more and more diners have heard the news. Except for the pot, all the tableware and tablecloths in the store are disposable, and the store also prepares some exquisite disposable plates. The hot pot dipping sauce is pre-installed in small portions according to the requirements of the health department, and no self-service sauce is used. In addition, diners can scan the QR code posted on the table and use their mobile phones to order and pay without having to touch the menu, cash or cards.
In addition to hot pot, open-air barbecue with beer is also an indispensable element in Chinese supper culture. Mr. Gao, from Northeast China, also experienced the authentic "strings" way in his hometown in Los Angeles.
A skewers bar in El Monte has recently set up tables and chairs in the parking lot and opened an open-air barbecue. The barbecue grill is placed outdoors to add fireworks, which has the atmosphere of a night market "food stalls". Mr. Gao said that the "food stalls" outdoors on summer nights, greasy skewers and beer, are very nostalgic and make people "forget about the troubles of the epidemic." (Li Xue)