The order of ordinary Western food is usually bread, soup, various dishes, pudding, coffee or black tea. According to the formal rules, when entering the table, the guest should be seated by the left side of the chair, and when leaving the table, the left side of the chair should also be withdrawn from the seat, and the napkin should be spread out by the host before the napkin on the table can be placed on his lap. The same is true when putting it away, it must be the master first, otherwise it will be rude.
Also known as appetizers, there are generally cold cuts and hot plates, common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, chicken tail cup. Cream chicken crisp box, round snail, etc.
2. Soup
It can be roughly divided into four categories: clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. Varieties include oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soups, American clam soups, Italian vegetable soups, and Russian borscht soups. French shallot soup.
3. Side dishes
Usually aquatic dishes and eggs, bread, and crispy box dishes are called side dishes. Western fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, such as tartar juice, Dutch juice, hotel juice, white cream juice, archbishop juice, American juice and sailor fish juice.
4. Main course
Meat and poultry dishes are the main course. One of the most representative is beef or steak, and the seasonings used in meat dishes are mainly Spanish juice, thick sauce essence, mushroom juice, and benis juice. Poultry dishes are made from chicken. Ducks, geese; The most popular poultry dishes are chicken, which can be boiled, fried, grilled, and boiled, and the main sauces are curry juice, cream sauce and so on.
5. Vegetable dishes
It can be arranged after the meat dish, or it can be served at the same time as the meat dish, and the vegetable dish is called salad in Western food. Salads that accompany the main course are called raw vegetable salads and are generally made with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, asparagus, etc. There is also a category made of fish, meat, and eggs, which are generally not flavored juice.
6. Dessert
The dessert of Western food is eaten after the main course and can be counted as the sixth course. In a real sense, it includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, ice cream, cheese, fruit, etc.
7. Coffee
Coffee is generally sweetened and lightly creamy.
Laying napkins, in formal occasions, is to fold the napkins into two layers, placed on the thighs, can not be completely spread, not to mention tucked into the waist clothes, but the general regular meal does not have to be so rigid, if you want to spread out fully, it is no harm. Sometimes you have to leave the table temporarily because of an incident, and don't put the napkin on the table, because this means that if you don't eat anymore, the waiter won't serve you anymore, so you must put the napkin on the chair when you leave. After eating, the napkins are roughly folded, or they can be not folded, placed on the table, and thrown away. If you find dirt in the water cup or the dish, do not shout loudly to attract the attention of people at the same table, but quietly tell the waiter to let him take a heavy copy. The same goes for changing plates and cutlery. When drinking, wipe your lips with a napkin before drinking the drink in the cup to avoid rabbit crumbs getting on the face or throwing them into the glass. If you have a paper napkin, it is best not to wipe your mouth with a napkin, do not push the used plate aside, or stack the plate up. It is best not to move the position of any plate. Drop crumbs on the tablecloth and leave it alone. If you accidentally drop a little meal, you can carefully pick it up into the plate when the waiter removes the plate, and the napkin carefully picks it up into the plate.