Serving cart
A serving cart is a kind of smaller food cart.[1] It is typically used by restaurants to deliver or display food.[1]
Serving carts with dim sum and breakfast pastries
Serving carts are also used in households.[2]
Types
- Dessert cart – This is mainly used in restaurants where it is wheeled from table to table allowing customers to select a dessert.
- Dim sum cart – Used in Chinese restaurants, this type of cart contains a steam table to keep the bamboo steamers hot. It may be wheeled by servers from table to table or be stationary.
- Cocktail or wine cart
- Airline service trolley – This standardized cart contains numerous shelves to hold passenger meals. The top surface may be used for beverages.
Gallery
Cocktail-cart service in drawing by Marguerite Martyn, 1920
Airline service trolley, about 2004
Dim sum serving cart in Chicago, 2006
A wheeled dessert cart in a Budapest museum, 2014
See also
- Food cart – a mobile kitchen that is set up on the street to facilitate the sale and marketing of street food to people
- Lazy Susan
- List of restaurant terminology
- Tray
- TV tray table
References
- Van Pelt, N. L. (1995). Creative Hospitality. Review and Herald Pub. Association. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-8280-0894-5. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- Popular Science. Bonnier Corporation. March 1980. p. 123. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
Further reading
- Frid, T.; Frid, E.; Frid, P. A. (2005). Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking. Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking. Taunton Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-56158-834-3. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- Press, E. C. S.; Group, N. A. M. (2014). Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Outdoor Carpentry, Updated 2nd Edition: Complete Plans for Beautiful Backyard Building Projects. Black & Decker Complete Guide. Cool Springs Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-1-62788-370-2. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
- Stone, H.; Sidel, J. L.; Taylor, S. (2012). Sensory Evaluation Practices: Food and Science Technology Series. Food Science and Technology. Elsevier Science. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-323-13976-2. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
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