China News Service, February 5 (Xinhua) According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", a Taiwanese website used the "OpView community word-of-mouth database" to track the online voice performance of the topic "Eating Around the Fire" (how to eat New Year's Eve dinner) in the past year.
The picture shows the information map of the furnace. Image source: Taiwan's "United Daily News"
The Chinese New Year is coming, and one of the highlights is the New Year’s Eve dinner! Observing the discussions among Taiwanese netizens over the past year on topics related to "How to eat around the fire", we can find that in recent years, many people have chosen to go out for New Year's Eve dinner in order to avoid the complicated process of cooking by themselves. All it takes is a phone call to make a reservation. You can enjoy delicious dishes easily with less worry and hassle.
Some people said, "This year's New Year's Eve dinner was eaten out instead of cooking, and this table was super exciting." A table full of hot reunion dinner will make people welcome the new year with satisfaction.
However, many people complain about going out to restaurants on New Year’s Eve and often have to squeeze in with a bunch of strangers in the restaurant. Therefore, for those who don’t like lively environments and don’t want to cook in person, ordering New Year dishes is a good idea. Maybe another good solution.
People shared the benefits of pre-ordering New Year's dishes, for example, "It's really convenient. My elders in the family used to be vegetarians and insisted on cooking it themselves, but then they couldn't go back after ordering it once." "It's very rich." However, some people said that they had come to the store to pick up the New Year dishes according to the time given by the store, but they had to wait for several hours and still couldn't get them. Even if they were hot, they were cold when they were brought home. and other issues, remind everyone to be mentally prepared that popular restaurants may not provide food in time, or choose frozen New Year dishes to be delivered at home, and you can easily enjoy sumptuous five-star delicacies at home.
In addition, many families still choose to cook their own reunion dinner. Although the process of preparing ingredients and cleaning up is relatively cumbersome, precisely because they are controlled by themselves from beginning to end, they not only feel more at ease in terms of hygiene, but also can control the amount of oil and salt used. , protect the health of your family.
Many netizens said, "It's more comfortable to eat at home" and "I feel happy to be able to eat the New Year's Eve dinner cooked by my mother when I get home on New Year's Eve." Others mentioned that "you can only eat hometown-style New Year's dishes by cooking them yourself." For people living in a foreign country, sometimes cooking with your own hands is the only way to taste nostalgia.
However, some people reminded that cooking and household chores are the biggest source of conflict. They said, "It's really tiring to cook by myself, and there's a lot of pressure." I was watching TV in the living room, and I was cleaning up and washing the dishes by myself, and no one took the initiative to help." This pointed out the conflicts and division of labor issues that may arise from this.