1 Naming method of the dish
The naming of dishes is often directly related to the raw materials used, cooking methods, colors, textures, tastes, and physical characteristics, and sometimes has a lot to do with historical allusions and local characteristics, such as:
A product
Originally referred to the highest rank of feudal society. The restaurant industry often borrows these words to describe the noble and high-end dishes, such as: a taste of bird's nest, a bite of puff pastry.
Ternary
Take the meaning of three yuan auspiciousness. In ancient times, there were three yuan of heaven, earth and people, and there were also three yuan of the first day of the first lunar month of each year, which was the meaning of wishing for a good start to the year and wishing everything as they wished. Sanyuan mostly refers to three kinds of raw materials, such as: three-yuan white sauce duck, three-yuan fish.
Four hi
It refers to four raw materials made into four equal amounts of shape, with a container to hold. In the past, the four great joys of life refer to: long drought and sweet rain, other parties meet the old knowledge, cave flower candle night, gold list nomination time. It is now used in the name of the dish, which means to wish people good luck.
Unicorn
Legend has it that it is a noble animal, mostly used as a symbol of auspiciousness. It is often used as a dish name in the catering industry, which means auspicious, such as: unicorn cinnamon fish.
mandarin duck
The food and beverage industry often names dishes with color into pairs, taste into pairs, and raw materials into pairs, such as: Mandarin duck chicken, Mandarin duck sea cucumber.
There are also eight treasures, hydrangeas (shark fin, sea cucumber), crystal (duck, chicken), jadeite (shrimp), three fresh and so on.
Named after the image
This is to emphasize the image characteristics of the dish, pay attention to the artistic modeling effect of the dish, such as: lion's head, dragon boat to send treasure, squirrel fish, gourd duck.
Named after the vegetarian dish
Dishes are made into meat dishes, such as: vegetarian sea cucumber, vegetarian chicken, vegetarian fish balls, vegetarian fish.
It is named after vegetables and fruits as containers
Vegetables and fruits vermicelli are made into the shape of a food container to hold dishes, such as watermelon cups and winter melon cups.
Named after a combination of East and West
Emphasis is made using Western ingredients or Western cooking methods, such as: Qiandao beef, Jili shrimp steak, sauce scallops...
Named after a famous verse from a poem
Emphasize the artistry of the dishes and give them poetic meaning, such as: palm pearls, birds returning home, a row of egrets on the blue sky, Mandarin ducks playing in the water.
Named after the serving dish and ingredients
Emphasize the characteristics of heating dishes, for example: lamb steam pot chicken, casserole shark fin soup.
Named after an exaggeration
Through exaggeration, the atmosphere is rendered, giving people a new feeling, such as: the world's first dish, the world's first soup, flat land a thunder.
Named after good wishes
Emphasize happiness and good wishes, so that people feel comfortable, such as: carp jumping dragon gate, family portrait, mother and child meeting.
Named after the artistic modeling
Emphasize the artistry of the composition of the dishes, so that the dishes are picturesque, such as: Erlong Ju zhu, Yaochi fresh fruit, dragon play phoenix, goldfish play water.
Named after the magic system
The emphasis on unique preparations is fascinating, such as: cooked live fish, loach drilled tofu, fried ice cream.
Named after the harmonic sound
Replace the words or words of the dish itself with homophones or words, such as: Fortune Fish Dumpling Soup, Bawang Bieji (turtle, chicken).
Named after the theme of the banquet (birthday and wedding)
For example: Eight Immortals Hexi (Eight Wai Dish), Long Life 100 Years (Braised Turtle), Anju Leye (Magpie's Nest Shuangcui), Yuanliu Chang (A-Ma Hand Rolling Noodles), Red Pink Pretty Guy (Goji Berry Stewed Golden Rooster), Thousand Silk Heart Knot (Chicken Silk Wing Belly), Xie He Hao (Lotus Lily), Early Born Takako (Red Jujube Stewed Lotus Seed), Song Crane Yannian, Dragon Wind Auspicious (Chicken Ball Fried Shrimp Ball).
Named after historical allusions or legends
For example, the Buddha jumped off the wall (seafood, rare birds simmered in crock pots, it is said that "the meat fragrance floats around, the Buddha smells the Zen jumping off the wall"), called the flower chicken.
Give the raw material a good name
For example: silver sprout chicken shreds (bean sprouts), Kaiyang golden hook celery (sea rice), pearl (fish balls, shrimp balls).
How to name the dishes of the 2nd Annual Feast
There are many customs of the Chinese New Year, among which "asking for the head of the lottery" (talking about the head of the intention) is a major feature of the Spring Festival custom, and people like to bring the good intentions home, which also adds a lot of festive atmosphere to the Chinese people.
Therefore, when naming the dishes of the New Year's Feast, you can give the dishes another festive and auspicious name, for example:
Colorful red robes flying (Japanese big platter) Ruyi dragon and phoenix with celebration (garlic steamed lobster) Gui Mussel with pearl love (xo sauce osmanthus mussel) Hibiscus jade liquid with beauty (crab meat bird's nest wings) Spring Wind Rafting Golden Lotus Bi (Abalone Braised Black Ginseng) Water Rising Boat Bow Mandarin Duck Standing (Tree Steamed Stone Spot) Magpie Lian Lian Bao Jia Yin (Wine Fragrant Crispy Duck) Yuanding Sansheng Fu Xing Zhao (HuaiShan Braised Three Treasures) Thick Love Honey Happy Lian Ming (Bamboo Sheng Braised Seasonal Vegetables) Beauty Point ShengHui Tong Celebration (Yaozhu Luobu Cake) Sweet Honey Welcome New Jiao (Silver Ear Stewed Red Dates) Putian Tonghe Has a Lover ( Seasonal fresh fruit)
Red Robe Xi Linmen (State Guest Grand Platter) Phoenix Exhibition Cai Tang (When Red Fried Chicken) Golden Ball Hui Photo (Sauce Emperor Dragon Phoenix Ball) Li Ying Yao Chi Dance (Abalone Braised Shark Fin) Love Double High Fly (Yi Pin Abalone Slice) Dragon Fish Yongde Shui (Steamed Grouper) Heart-to-Heart Imprint (Typhoon Shelter Crispy Bone) Silver Swallow Hug Fu Lai (Fish Lip Grilled Three Treasures) Magpie News Jiayin (Coral Grilled Double Vegetable) Yongjie Xi Tongxin (Raw Fried Glutinous Rice) Centennial Kai HaoHe (Lotus Seed Red Bean Paste) Liangchen Tian Mei Mei (Seasonal Fresh Fruit)
Imperial City Red Robe Tim Festive (Suckling Pig Big Platter) Mandarin Duck Emerald Gold Belt (Kale Gold and Silver Belt) Splendid Hundred Flowers Ruyi Ball (Apricot Slice Hundred Flower Ball) Dragon and Phoenix Fluttering Wings Soaring Into the Sky (Former Cup Chicken Stewed Wings) Yaochi Yu Female Online Bao (Oyster King Net Abalone Slice) Bibo YouLong Affection Long (Ancient Steamed Stone Spot) Starlight Golden Sand ManhuaTang (Mushroom Tender Lamb Chop) Ten Virtues Ruyi Cup (Flower Glue Stewed North Mushroom) Happy Heavenly Gift Jade Qilin (Fresh Lily Asparagus) Centennial Beauty Celebration Good Union (Dried Shell Taro Cake) Good Couple Forever Knotted Together (Curry Salty Meat Crisp) Ruiguo Chengxiang Hejia Huan ( Seasonal fresh fruit)
White-scorched shrimp (red hot) Black pepper cowboy bone (Zhao Cai Jinbao) Steamed live mandarin fish (more than every year) Flavor Fried Double Spell (Fluke Shuangquan) Jinsha Pepper Salt Crab (Happiness and Happiness) Qiao daughter-in-law MixEd With Three Fresh (Neighborhood Harmony) New Casing Bone (Step by Step) Imperial Pen Roasted Snail Meat (Life Life Nianfeng) Xiu Fried Tender Tofu (Fuxing Gaozhao) Miaoling Hand Torn Chicken (Bright Future) Mountain Zhen Lion Head (Hong luck dang) Jin Garlic Steamed Scallops (Icing on the Cake)
Ji Xing Gao Zhao (white sea shrimp) Bafang Lai Cai (matsutake stewed sea cucumber) Flying Yellow Tengda (soy sauce guifei chicken) Hongyun Dangtou (steamed fish head with soy sauce) Purple Qi Donglai (sour and spicy fish belly soup) Jiqing Mantang (shallot oil fresh abalone slices) and Hemi Mei (emerald white jade cup) Spring return to the earth (exquisite seasonal vegetables) Step by step (beef fillet with porcini mushrooms) Joyous (shacha lamb) FuGui Ying men (rich roast duck) The future is like a brocade (vegetarian stir-fried assorted)