A foreign girlfriend found that Chinese tourists like to eat shrimp in a buffet restaurant. I wonder why it was because of the reason that while studying abroad, I dated a girlfriend from Ireland.

Foreign girlfriend found that Chinese tourists like to eat shrimp in the buffet restaurant. I wonder why

While studying abroad, I dated a girlfriend from Ireland . When I first got together, what I was most worried about was that the cultural differences between the two people were quite large, but my concern was unnecessary, because if we can compare the cultural differences, it must be that we have a certain understanding and understanding of the cultures of both parties. But she doesn't understand our culture. If you ask her what impression she has of China, it will be very mysterious to her. Although she knew that we had the Great Wall, she didn't know which cities the Great Wall was distributed in. That year, Bruce Lee and the ancient civilization were all her perception of us.

I want to take her to understand Chinese culture, so start with food culture, because food has no borders. The first time I took her to eat Chinese delicacies, I chose an overseas Chinese hotpot buffet restaurant. It was a very ordinary hot pot restaurant, and the ingredients provided were very home-style. She chose some green vegetables and a little fresh fish cubes, and I still prefer to eat beef and mutton with sesame paste.

With the arrival of a domestic tour group, she aroused her curiosity and confusion. Because when all tourists were choosing ingredients, they gathered on the plate of prawns and were snatched away in a short while. When the shrimps are served again, the same scene is still the same. She asked me curiously: "Do Chinese people like to eat shrimps and it is very expensive, so they bring them back to the table from the buffet?" The question of

really stumbled on me. Although this phenomenon is very familiar to me, I have never analyzed the reasons behind it. Although most Chinese people like to eat shrimp, the shrimp provided by the buffet is not those expensive or rare varieties, but ordinary green shrimp. Judging from the size of those shrimps, it is only 15 yuan per pound in Beijing, and there is not even more expensive beef and mutton in the local area. So what are you grabbing?

I thought, eating shrimp in China is not expensive and buying shrimp is not difficult. Why are you rushing to eat shrimp? I personally think it is related to my childhood experience, because in my impression, many families in my childhood only eat a plate of spicy and delicious prawns when their family celebrates their birthdays or the Chinese New Year. Although the material conditions are getting better and better now, childhood memories still affect our prawns as a good thing, because most families could not eat prawns every meal when they were young. may not be the big prawns, but a memory of feelings.

However, I just answered the question from my girlfriend in an understatement: "Maybe they are from coastal cities and prefer shrimp."

Travel in Thailand, the tour guide refreshed my understanding of the phenomenon of tourists snatching prawns

I have traveled to Thailand more than 10 times, and each time I go there, it is mainly for diving, so there are many buffet restaurants in Thailand, and I have experienced them in all levels. Whether it is ordinary or high-end consumption, domestic tourists still like to choose prawns to eat. When there are many tourists, it will indeed give people a feeling of snatching. And I found that when there are prawns and salmon options for the buffet, domestic tourists will first choose to "occupy" the salmon territory. If there are prawns, salmon, and king crab legs at the same time, domestic tourists will first choose to "occupy" the king crab legs at the same time.

My friend runs a diving shop in Thailand, and before that, he was the tour guide who led the tour. So I asked him this question, wanting to hear what he thinks. The answer he told me from his perspective as a former tour guide is: is all designed "routines". The answer to is really novel and refreshes my understanding. So what is the routine of taking a tour group to eat shrimp from a buffet restaurant?

Friends said: Many aunties grab shrimps for buffets, which has something to do with travel agencies. The reason for this is that many tourists come here for a low-priced tour, spending 2,680 yuan in Thailand for 6 days and 5 nights. If the travel agency does not want to lose money, it must bring shopping and entertainment activities on its itinerary.The group meals along the way are the most common home-cooked dishes, sometimes even cold rice and cold dishes. Only the last meal is provided by a buffet. Who can not grab such an itinerary?

My friend said that in the low-priced group he brought, almost all tourists were not satisfied with high satisfaction, and felt like they were being cheated. In addition, the last buffet was eaten in a duty-free shop, and the time was still limited. When tourists who were full of anger saw something rare and worthwhile, they must recover their losses from the prawns. In fact, my tour guide friend once always guided tourists to say: Thai prawns are very delicious, with limited quantity, first shovel first served. The final purpose is to let the tourists and aunts vent their dissatisfaction.

Later, I tried it once when I was having a buffet, and I specially used a plate to shovel the prawns when there were too many people. This is also the first time I used a plate to shovel the prawns, and I shoveled 4 plates at a time. Although I cannot explain it with the principles of psychology, the moment I used a clip to grab shrimps into the plate and shoveled it with the plate gave me a sense of satisfaction that could not be described in words, and it also had a sense of accomplishment. The whole process was indeed very pleasant and indeed played a role in relieving stress. At that moment, what I was pursuing was no longer how many shrimps I could eat, but to enjoy the pleasure brought by the moment I shoveled it on a plate. (Only one experience, I just want to verify it. I suggest that readers should use elegant methods to get ingredients)

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I often see some reports of domestic tourists grabbing food in overseas buffet restaurants, but many readers cannot see the difficulties behind them. Although some tourists have the mentality of taking advantage of low-priced tours when referring to low-priced tours, many tourists do have to apply for such low-priced tours because of their limited economic level. But venting is venting, still reminds tourists not to waste food and take as much as they eat. At the same time, they should also consider their feelings for the next tourist waiting to receive ingredients.