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How fitting that the author calls the 4th option Communism. In Chinese culture, food is shared. Maybe not when you go out on a date - but if you are dining out

• Mikeb85 10y ago
  It's a good way to dine. In western dining culture you'd call that 'family style' service, or tapas style (colloquial usage, not the original meaning of tapas). My wife and I always preferred this style of ordering because we can get a large variety of items, as well as have whatever portion we desire (some things I prefer so eat most of, and vice-versa). Heck, even when I go out with coworkers or friends, we usually dine like this. Good way to be social and sample variety.
• contingencies 10y ago
  The lazy susan is more south-east Chinese; you can find it everywhere but it's less common outside of the Fujian-Cantonese zone. It's also more common at big banquets in private rooms rather than normal restaurants, where perhaps one or two tables may feature it but others would have different fixtures or designs (smaller, square, rectangle, hotpot or grill-style with a hole in the middle, etc.).