When choosing a tour package, travelers rely on their requirements regarding accommodation, food systems, entertainment, etc. For many, it is especially important how and what they will be fed during their stay in a particular hotel. The ultimate dream for an ordinary Russian tourist, of course, is the "all inclusive" food system, that is, "all inclusive". However, there is a category of vacationers who wish to eat in "a la carte" restaurants. What does this mean? You can find out by reading this article.
Meaning of the term "a la carte"
As you may have guessed, this concept is of French origin and means choosing dishes from the menu or card at your own request. At the same time, the customer clearly knows how much lunch or dinner will cost him, because the cost of one serving is written before each of the dishes. In a word, "a la carte" is the most ordinary restaurant. Similar institutions exist in almost all cities of the world. However, in the hotel and tourism business, the term "a la carte" refers to a type of food in which the consumer can order a meal of three dishes included in the menu: hotgarnish, salad and dessert. In addition, he can choose a side dish for a meat or fish dish at his own request.
A la carte restaurants
Food establishments of this type, which operate at hotels or hotel complexes, are often created in addition to the main restaurants that operate on an all-inclusive basis. So, if a person has bought a tour package in which the "all inclusive" food system is marked, then very often, as a bonus, he gets the opportunity to use the services of the "a la carte" restaurant once or even several times, that is, order the three dishes he likes from the menu. If the vacationer prefers to eat this way during the entire stay at the hotel, then the services of the a la carte restaurant remain paid for him.
When choosing a tour package, be sure to inform the agent that you refuse to eat at a buffet restaurant, preferring à la carte dishes. Such catering establishments are mainly thematic, that is, they can only serve fish, vegetable or national cuisine of a particular country, for example, Italian, Mexican, French, Chinese, Japanese, etc. In expensive hotels or hotel complexes where several different a la carte restaurants at once, vacationers are given the opportunity to try dishes in each of these themed restaurants.
Advantages and disadvantages of this power system
Many Russian tourists prefer to eat at buffet restaurants. There is a huge selection of different dishes: first, second, desserts, appetizers, salads, etc. You can take a small portion from each dish and thus diversify your meal. The disadvantage of these restaurants is that the dishes are almost always repeated, and only occasionally something original and extraordinary is prepared. Therefore, during a long stay in a hotel, guests simply get bored with these dishes, they want to eat something unusual and delicious. That's when they decide to visit the a la carte restaurant.
The menu in these establishments is not as extensive as at the buffet, but all of them are more than original and prepared by the masterful hand of the chef. The great advantage of these restaurants is also a wide selection of drinks of higher quality than in the main institution, working on the buffet system. The only drawback is that you have to wait a long time for the ordered dish. However, if visitors are not in a hurry and just want to enjoy a pleasant evening in a good restaurant, then this, of course, cannot become a hindrance for them.
Etiquette
To visit such a restaurant, vacationers choose the most presentable of their outfits, because, unlike the democratic buffet, which can be visited in light beachwear, and even in shorts, the chic interior and high-class service in the restaurant "a la cards" are disposed to ensure that visitors have a desire to comply with allsolemnity of the situation. Well-trained waiters will serve you with such correctness and courtesy that it will further enhance the feeling of a holiday.
BBQ
Recently, a la carte barbecue restaurants have been operating in many resort hotels. They are intended for those tourists who love to fry kebabs on their own. By the way, they are usually in the open air. Visitors are offered a choice of a huge assortment of meat preparations (butchered and marinated) for barbecue.
Eaters first choose the product they like, and then go to fry it to the mobile barbecues at their tables. Naturally, this is rather an Asian, rather than a European idea, which is often implemented in the resort areas of Turkey, and the French would hardly call such an institution an "a la carte" restaurant. The tour operator, however, is well aware that it is the Europeans, in particular the Germans, who are big fans of this culinary fun. Therefore, when compiling tour packages, they include a clause about visiting such a restaurant.
