The 13th Xi'an International Hotel Equipment and Supplies Exhibition was held in May 2012. Xi'an has become the trade gateway for western China: the Guanzhong-Tianshui economic zone plan and the Xixian New Area put the city on the same footing as Beijing and Shanghai in national planning, and hotel and restaurant investment followed.
That is why the Xi'an show matters for equipment manufacturers. The previous edition, the twelfth, reported more than 30,000 square metres of floor space, 1,200 booths and close to 800 exhibitors, and drew around 30,000 trade visitors. The organisers ran the show alongside a baking, coffee and tea exhibition and a food, wine and beverage exhibition, so visitors arrived already thinking about a whole kitchen rather than a single item.
Cookeryaki was invited to attend the Xi'an Hotel Equipment Exhibition.
Cookeryaki's teppanyaki grill tables were shown in that context. The questions that come up at a western China show are practical ones — how a counter suits a local menu, how many seats it needs to carry, and what has to be arranged in the building before delivery. Operators fitting a grill into an existing dining room can work through the existing restaurant case before the site visit.
About Cookeryaki
Cookeryaki is the export brand of ZHIMING, a manufacturer of commercial teppanyaki grill tables established in 2004. Its headquarters and showroom are in Pudong, Shanghai, and its 5,000+ sqm factory is in Huai'an, Jiangsu, where every table is built and tested before it leaves. Cookeryaki tables are used in teppanyaki restaurants, buffets and chain stores, hotels, private clubs, food halls and villa kitchens. The company exports to Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Russia, Europe, North America and Latin America, and holds multiple international certifications and dozens of patents granted by the China National Intellectual Property Administration.