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Foodservice establishments with names ending with the Chinese character ju (), or ju zihao ().

The business of this category of foodservice establishments was generally evenly divided into two areas: serving different customers onsite on a walk-in basis, and hosting banquets made by appointment for customers who came as one group.

Occasionally, when catering at the customers ’ homes, foodservice establishments of this category would only provide the few specialty dishes they are famous for, just like foodservice establishments with names ending with the Chinese character lou.

However, unlike foodservice establishments with names ending with the Chinese character lou, which always cooked their specialty dishes on locations like higher ranking foodservice establishments, foodservice establishment of this category would either cook on location, or simply bring the already cooked food to the location.