Western food serving order
1． Head plate
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 dish
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. Duck, goose; poultry dishes are the most chicken, can be boiled, fried, roasted, can be jiong, the main sauces are curry sauce, 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/after-dinner drinks
Western food pays attention to drinking coffee, tea, etc. after eating, and the matching after-dinner wine can choose a variety of post-dinner dessert wine, brandy wine, etc.
It is worth mentioning here that in western food, drinking champagne accompanies the meal is a pleasant thing, and it can be matched with any kind of dish. It seems that when you do not understand the rules of Western wine selection, the choice of champagne is not a safe choice.
Western dining etiquette
1. Men and women eat together in restaurants, usually the man is responsible for ordering and paying the bill. When seated, the body should be upright, the elbows should not be placed on the table, not stilted, and the distance from the table is so that the use of tableware is better. Do not fiddle with the tableware that has been laid out on the table, fold the napkin in half and gently place it on your lap, after ordering, open the napkin at the time before the appetizer is delivered, fold one-third inward, let two-thirds of it lay flat on the legs, and cover the legs above the knees. It is best not to tuck napkins into the neckline.
2, each time the food in the mouth should not be too much, do not speak when chewing. When eating, do not swallow, should eat from left to right, chew food, and avoid making noise. Be polite about the foods you don't want to eat. Do not stand up when taking food, and ask others to pass on food that you can't get while sitting.
3. Hiccups during meals is the biggest taboo, in case of such a situation, you should immediately apologize to the people around you.
4. If you are willing to add milk or sugar when drinking coffee, stir well with a small spoon after adding, and put the small spoon on the pad plate of coffee. When drinking, you should take the cup handle in your right hand, pad the dish in your left hand, and drink directly with your mouth, do not use a small spoon to scoop and drink spoon by spoon.
5. Do not smoke until the end of the meal indicates the end of the meal. If there are female guests around, they should politely ask "You don't mind!" ”
6, do not sip when drinking soup, and keep your mouth shut and chew when eating. Don't lip off your lips or smack your lips to make a sound. If the soup is too hot, you can wait for a little cool before eating, do not blow with your mouth. When drinking soup, use a spoon to scoop it from the inside out, and when the soup in the soup plate is almost finished, use your left hand to slightly the outside of the soup plate and use the spoon to scoop it clean. When eating the soup dish, leave the spoon in the soup dish (bowl) and point the spoon at yourself.
7. When the woman has not yet taken a seat, the man cannot take the seat first. Both men and women should develop the habit of sitting from the left.
Western tableware use
1. Knife and fork holding method
When using the knife, the tail end of the knife handle should be placed in the palm of the hand, with the thumb against the side of the knife handle, the index finger is pressed on the handle, but it should be noted that the index finger must not touch the back of the knife, and the other three fingers are bent to hold the handle. If the fork is not used in conjunction with a knife, the fork teeth should be upwards. Holding the fork should hold the end of the fork handle as much as possible, the fork handle rests on the middle finger, and the middle is supported by the ring finger and little finger, and the fork can be used alone for fork meals or feeding, can also be used to eat certain first dishes and pies, and can also be used to eat the main dish that does not need to be cut.
2. The use of knives and forks
With a knife in your right hand and a fork in your left, you first hold down the food with a fork, then cut it into small pieces with a knife and send it into your mouth with a fork.
If you have to continue to eat during intermission, divide the knife and fork into triangles, and the waiter will not remove the plate; if you have eaten well, put the knife and fork parallel on the same side of the plate, and the waiter will naturally take it away; if you can also add food, divide the knife and fork into a figure-of-eight shape, and the waiter will continue to add dishes.
3. Use of spoon
Hold the spoon with your right hand, holding the same way as holding the fork, but the finger must be held at the end of the spoon handle, in addition to drinking soup, do not use the spoon to eat other foods.
4. Napkin usage
When eating, the large napkin can be folded up (generally folded in half) and spread outward on the legs, and the small napkin can be extended directly on the legs. Be careful not to hang napkins on your chest (but in places where space is small, as you can do on an airplane). When wiping your mouth, you need to wipe the top of a napkin and use its inside to wipe your mouth. Never use to wipe your face or wipe knives, forks, dishes, etc.
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