For formal western food, the ordering method emphasizes "one main dish and six dishes", which includes seven dishes.

Cuisine pays attention to the balance of light, strong, pungent and sweet taste, and the texture, temperature and color of different foods and the collocation of condiments should also be coordinated. Different from the catering culture in China, western food is usually eaten together, and each dish exists to improve the enjoyment of taste buds.

the ordering order of formal western food

① the first dish (appetizer) ② the soup ③ the side dish ④ the main dish ⑤ the side dish ⑥ the dessert ⑥ the hot drink (coffee or tea)

Five rules of western food ordering

1. When ordering, the taste of each dish should not be repeated, and different types of dishes can be ordered before and after.

2. Don't choose fruits (except grapefruit) as appetizers, because the sweetness will dull the taste buds.

3. if the first course is fried food wrapped in flour, don't choose cakes and other foods for dessert.

4. if the first course is cream soup, don't order vegetables with cream juice in the main course.

5. The sauces in all dishes are served only once.

1. starter (appetizer)

starter is the first course of western food, also called appetizer, which is generally divided into cold starter and hot starter. The purpose of appetizers is to stimulate taste buds and increase appetite. The taste is mainly salty and sour, with a small quantity and high quality.

Common appetizers include caviar, foie gras, smoked frog fish, cocktail glass and baked snail.

2. soup

soup is usually the first course of Chinese food, but for western food, it is the second course. A small portion of hot soup can stimulate taste buds and add some "lubricant" to the digestive tract.

Western-style soups can be roughly divided into clear soups, cream soups, vegetable soups and cold soups. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soups, American clam soups, Italian vegetable soups, Russian Luo Songtang soups and French baked onion soups. There are few varieties of cold soup, such as German cold soup and Russian cold soup.

3. Side dishes

Side dishes are the third course of western food, usually called white meat. They are mainly aquatic dishes, eggs, bread and crispy box dishes, including all kinds of freshwater fish, shellfish and molluscs. Because fish and other dishes are tender and easy to digest, they are placed in front of meat dishes. Western-style fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, American sauce and sailor fish sauce.

4. Main course

The main course is the fourth course of western food, which is usually called red meat, mainly pork, beef, mutton and so on, among which beef or steak is the most representative, and its cooking methods are often roasted, fried, iron plate and so on. The sauces used in meat dishes mainly include Spanish sauce, concentrated boiled sauce, mushroom sauce and Bainis sauce.

5. side dishes

the taste of side dishes is relatively light, mainly to remove the heavy taste in the mouth and restore the perception of taste buds. The side dishes are mainly vegetable dishes (salads), which are usually served after meat dishes or at the same time with meat dishes.

Salad with main course is called raw vegetable salad, which is usually made of lettuce, tomato, cucumber and asparagus. The main sauces are vinegar oil juice, French juice, dried island juice, cheese salad juice and so on. There are also some vegetables that are cooked, such as broccoli, boiled spinach and potato chips.

6. Dessert

Dessert is eaten after the main course. As the sixth course of western food, it includes all the foods after the main course, such as pudding, jelly, pancakes, ice cream, cheese and fruit.

7. Hot drinks (coffee or tea)

The last course of western food is to serve drinks, coffee or tea. Coffee usually has sugar and whipped cream. Tea is usually flavored with peach slices and sugar. Of course, there is no need to pay full attention to "one master and six matches" for a simple western food. If you order too much but can't finish it, it is not only a waste, but also a rude performance. For people who don't eat a lot, you can order an appetizer and a main course, plus a dessert. You can skip the soup or skip the appetizer. It is also more appropriate.