バイキング形式(けいしき)

ばいきんぐけいしき
noun
buffet style; all-you-can-eat format
food
1. buffet style; self-service format
A serving format in which diners help themselves freely from a spread of dishes, often for a fixed price.
朝食(ちょうしょく)はバイキング形式(けいしき)だ。
Breakfast is buffet style.
このホテルはバイキング形式(けいしき)の夕食(ゆうしょく)が人気(にんき)だ。
This hotel's buffet-style dinner is popular.
パーティーはバイキング形式(けいしき)なので、好(す)きなものを自由(じゆう)に取(と)れる。
The party is buffet style, so you can freely take whatever you like.

The word バイキング (from English "Viking") is the standard Japanese term for an all-you-can-eat buffet; 形式(けいしき) means "format" or "style." The name originated at a 1950s Tokyo hotel and is not used this way in English.

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Similar words

  • ビュッフェ: buffet — a newer loanword from French, common in upscale or hotel settings

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