What is the hotel ADD department?

Hotel ADD means Western restaurant.

In the hotel industry, ADD is the abbreviation of Western Restaurant. ADD is the abbreviation of All Day Dinning. When Western restaurants were introduced into hotels, they basically appeared in the form of buffets.

The all-day dining restaurant in the hotel is a restaurant that can provide breakfast, lunch, dinner buffet and late night snack delivery. In English, it is called all day dining. In the professional name of hoteliers, this kind of restaurant is called ADD restaurant. Now we also call it a Western restaurant.

The term Western food is determined by its specific geographical location. "西" means west. Generally refers to Western European countries. "Meal" refers to dietary dishes. What we usually call Western food not only includes the food and dishes of Western European countries, but also includes the food of Eastern European countries, as well as the food of the Americas, Oceania, the Middle East, Central Asia, the South Asian subcontinent, and Africa. Western food generally uses knives and forks as cutlery and bread as the staple food, and the table is mostly in the shape of a long table.

Western restaurant food culture

The main characteristics of Western food are outstanding main ingredients, beautiful appearance, delicious taste, rich nutrition, and convenient supply. Western food can be roughly divided into French, British, Italian, Russian, American, etc. People in different countries have different eating habits. There is a very vivid saying: the French eat to praise the chef's skills, the British eat with attention to etiquette, the Germans eat with nutrition in mind, and the Italians eat happily.