What is Restaurant?
[[File:Cabaret de la Boheme 1, Paris 24 August 2013.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Restaurant in [[Paris]]]] [[File:Ritz Hotel London Dining Room.JPG|thumb|right|250px|The Palm Court at the [[Ritz Hotel, London]]]] [[File:HyattRegencyKyotoGrill.JPG|thumb|right|230px|Typical hotel restaurant]] A '''restaurant''' (sometimes known as a '''diner''') is a place where cooked [[food]] is sold to the [[public]], and where people sit down to eat it. It is also a place where people go to enjoy the time and to eat a meal. Some restaurants are a chain, meaning that there are restaurants which have the same name and serve the same food. [[McDonald's]], [[Burger King]], and [[Pizza Hut]] are examples of chain restaurants that are all over the world. These restaurants serve [[fast food]], that is, inexpensive food, prepared and served quickly. At some, you do not have to even get out of the [[car]] to eat. You can pay and get your order from a window. These places are called [[drive-through]]s. There are also chain restaurants that serve slightly more expensive food. They are called [[fast casual restaurant]]s. [[Applebee's]] and [[Perkins]] are examples of this type of chain restaurant. [[Haute cuisine]] or 'fine dining' is found in a guide, such as the ''[[Michelin Guide]]'', the most famous restaurant guide in the world. Their 3-star rosettes are given only to restaurants with the highest standards of cooking and service. Interestingly, the Guide gives more 3-stars to [[Tokyo]] and [[Kyoto]] than to [[Paris]], [[London]] and [[New York City|New York]] together.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.michelin.com/corporate/EN/content/newsAndPress/products_and_services/Travel%2520Services/MICHELIN-Guide-Tokyo-Yokohama-Shonan%25202012.pdf |title=Michelin Guide Tokyo Yokohama Shonan 2012, with list of starred restaurants |access-date=2014-09-03 |archive-date=2011-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111218132739/http://www.michelin.com/corporate/EN/content/newsAndPress/products_and_services/Travel%20Services/MICHELIN-Guide-Toky