膳ぜん部ぶ

noun

food served on a table; dinner; cover charge

Refers to food placed on a small Japanese table (膳), or the meal itself. In restaurant contexts, it can mean a cover charge or table charge.

See also: 膳

• 旅りょ館かんで豪ごう華かな膳ぜん部ぶが出だされた。

  A lavish meal was served on a small table at the inn.

• この店みせは膳ぜん部ぶとして五ご百ひゃく円えんかかる。

  This restaurant charges a 500-yen cover charge.

noun

cook; chef; person who prepares food

Rare or archaic term for a cook or chef, especially one who arranges food on trays or tables. Modern Japanese usually uses 料理人 or シェフ.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの膳ぜん部ぶは、料りょう理りを膳ぜんに載のせる役やく目めだった。

  In the Edo period, a zenbu was a person responsible for placing dishes on trays.