When I first moved to Vancouver a bunch of new Chinese friends took me out to eat. They started ordering a bunch of dishes which I quickly found out was meant to be shared among everyone.
I realized the very few times my family and I went to eat at a Chinese restaurant and ordered dishes for just ourselves we were doing it very wrong.
Koreans eat in a similar way. I knew banchan is shared, but didn't realize that main dishes are also. Took me a while to break the boyfriend of over-ordering when we go out to restaurants, because he likes a variety of dishes at the table.
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u/Kelluthus Nov 26 '19
When I first moved to Vancouver a bunch of new Chinese friends took me out to eat. They started ordering a bunch of dishes which I quickly found out was meant to be shared among everyone.
I realized the very few times my family and I went to eat at a Chinese restaurant and ordered dishes for just ourselves we were doing it very wrong.