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Cha chaan teng buffet is a concept of
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of
cha chaan teng ''Cha chaan teng'' (; "tea restaurant"), often called a Hong Kong-style cafe or diner in English, is a type of restaurant that originated in Hong Kong. Cha chaan teng are commonly found in Hong Kong, Macau, and parts of Guangdong. Due to the ...
dishes in Hong Kong. It has become part of the
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's food culture. Cha Chaan Teng buffet is originated in a tea restaurant located in
Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...
. The motive for this buffet was to resist inflation.


History

Fei Du Du Cha Chaan Teng, owned by Stephen Cheng in Tsuen Wan, was the first restaurant to offer consumers a buffet on 1 March 2013. The idea originated when Stephen, facing high rent, decided to try a new method to run his business. With reported success, several restaurants tried to follow the trend, including Wo Heng Restaurant.


Characteristics

Cha Chaan Teng buffet is rich in Hong Kong local culture. Take ''Fei Du Du Cha Chaan Teng'' as an example. Both Chinese and Western food is served. Cha Chaan Teng tends to offer food at a cheaper price compared to other restaurants in Hong Kong.


Menu

Just like other tea restaurants, Cha Chaan Teng Buffet provides food and drinks such as French toast,
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, various Fried rice and Chinese noodles. For drinks, it offers Hong Kong style
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,
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, Yuanyang, lemon tea and so on.


Customer opinion

Most of the customers are pleased with this brand new selling method. The restaurant owners were appreciated because of their effort of competing with the high
inflation In economics, inflation is an increase in the general price level of goods and services in an economy. When the general price level rises, each unit of currency buys fewer goods and services; consequently, inflation corresponds to a reduct ...
rate. Most of the customers still think that was acceptable when the owner increase the price. Meanwhile, Mr. Chan living in
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also said the meal was almost 70% cheaper than the meal having in the industrial regions nearby. While some are opposing the raising of price, they think that the original intention of the buffet may be changed.


References

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"New Strategy in market, people started the trend of buffet, $68 for 1 hour"
''Sky Post'', 15/03/2013


External links

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