Serving cart explained

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 are also used in households, airplanes, and trains.^[2]

Types

• Dessert cart (known as a sweet trolley in the UK) – 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.

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

Further reading

• Book: Frid . T. . Frid . E. . Frid . P. A. . Tage Frid Teaches Woodworking . Taunton Press . bk. 3 . 2005 . 978-1-56158-834-3 . December 12, 2017 . 109.
• Book: Press . E. C. S. . Group . N. A. M. . Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Outdoor Carpentry, Updated 2nd Edition: Complete Plans for Beautiful Backyard Building Projects . Cool Springs Press . Black & Decker Complete Guide . 2014 . 978-1-62788-370-2 . December 12, 2017 . 86.
• Book: Stone . H. . Sidel . J. L. . Taylor . S. . Sensory Evaluation Practices: Food and Science Technology Series . Elsevier Science . Food Science and Technology . 2012 . 978-0-323-13976-2 . December 12, 2017 . 260.

Notes and References

1. Book: Van Pelt, N. L. . Creative Hospitality . Review and Herald Pub. Association . 1995 . 978-0-8280-0894-5 . December 12, 2017 . 80.
2. Book: Popular Science . March 1980 . Bonnier Corporation . December 12, 2017 . 123.