(a) dishes placed on the table have to pay attention to

dishes placed on the table, that is, according to a certain pattern of dishes placed on the table, the basic requirements of the dishes placed: to pay attention to the art of modeling, pay attention to courtesy, respect for the host and guest, to facilitate the consumption. And there are many etiquettes in the table setting, generally in front of each seat are set with chopsticks, spoons, take dishes, seasoning plates, soup bowls, tea cups, wine glasses, etc., and sometimes there will be placed on the bones of the utensils or napkins.

The specific requirements for the presentation of dishes are as follows.

1. The location of the dishes should be moderate. Sitting dishes should be placed in front of small pieces of tableware, spacing should be appropriate. A table with several groups of scattered customers, each guest in front of the dish should be relatively centralized, between each other to leave a certain interval to prevent errors. Chinese food banquets are generally placed from the center of the table to the four sides.

Chinese restaurant platter, big dishes in the first dish is generally placed in the middle of the table. If you use a carousel, you should first set to the front of the guest of honor. Soup dishes such as pot, casserole, warm pot, candle cup, etc., generally also placed in the middle of the table.

2. In the banquet, the head of the face of the dish should be facing the main seat, the other dishes should be adjusted to the face of the surrounding. The so-called face of the dishes, is the most suitable for viewing the side. Various types of dishes to see the face is: plastic head of the dishes, such as roast suckling pig, cold dish peacock screen, etc., the head for the face; and the head is hidden plastic dishes, such as roast duck, eight treasures of chicken, eight treasures of duck, etc., its plump body for the face; general dishes, the knife work fine, good-looking part of the hue for the face.

3. Various dishes should be placed symmetrically, pay attention to the art of modeling. Placement of attention to meat and vegetables, color, taste and smell of the collocation and spacing, the distance between the plate and the plate is equal.

In addition, according to traditional etiquette and folk banquets, the feast of the whole chicken, the whole duck, the whole fish placed to follow? Chickens do not offer head, ducks do not offer tail, fish do not offer spine? Customs, that is, do not serve the chicken head, duck tail, fish spine toward the guest of honor. Especially on the whole fish, should be the fish belly rather than fish spine toward the guest of honor. Because the belly of the fish less spiny, tender and flavorful, toward the guest of honor, to show respect. And more upscale dishes, dishes with special flavors, or every new dish, to first set to the guest of honor position.

(B) tableware placement

Chinese food culture is profound, long history, China is a state of etiquette, so food etiquette naturally become an important part of food culture. With the continuous exchange of Chinese and Western food culture, Chinese food is more and more favored by foreigners. Today, I would like to talk to you about Chinese food etiquette.

Chinese drinking etiquette is said to have begun in the Duke of Zhou, thousands of years of evolution, of course, there will be no more? Meng Guang took the case of Liang Hong? That kind of day, but also still finally formed a set of today's generally accepted dietary eating etiquette, is the inheritance and development of the ancient dietary etiquette. Chinese food diet etiquette due to the nature of the feast, the purpose and different; different regions, is also very different.

Chinese tableware mainly cups, plates, bowls, plates, chopsticks, spoons six. In formal banquets, water cups are placed on the upper left side of the dish, and wine glasses are placed on the upper right side. Chopsticks and spoons can be placed on special holders or in paper sleeves. Public chopsticks and spoons are best placed on a special stand.

(C) Chinese food ordering skills

Chinese food ordering priority dishes

1. Chinese food characteristics of the dishes, banquets for foreign guests, this article should be more important. Like fried spring rolls, boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings, lion's head, Gongbao chicken, etc., is not a delicacy, but because of the distinctive Chinese characteristics, it is respected by many foreigners.

2. Local specialties, such as Xi'an's mutton buns, Hunan's braised pork, Shanghai's braised lion's head, and Beijing's shabu-shabu, are much more popular than the same old raw seafood when served to foreign guests.

3. Many restaurants have their own specialties. The last specialties of this restaurant can show the host's care and respect for the invitees.

At the same time, when arranging the menu, it is also necessary to consider the dietary taboos of the guests, especially to pay great attention to the dietary taboos of the guest of honor.

Chinese food taboos

1, religious dietary taboos, not at all negligent. For example, Muslims usually do not eat pork and do not drink alcohol. Domestic Buddhists eat less meat food, it refers not only to meat, but also includes onions, garlic, leeks, mustard and other pungent odor food. Some Buddhists who believe in Guanyin in the diet especially forbidden to eat beef, this point to entertain Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese compatriots should pay particular attention.

2, for health reasons, for some foods, there are some contraindications. For example, heart disease, cerebrovascular, vascular sclerosis, hypertension and post-stroke people, not suitable for eating dog meat, hepatitis patients avoid eating lamb and turtle, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer soup and other digestive disorders are not suitable for people to eat turtle, high blood pressure, high cholesterol patients, to drink less chicken broth and so on.

3, different regions, people's dietary preferences are often different. For this, in the arrangement of the menu to take into account. For example, people in Hunan Province share a general preference for spicy food, less sweets. People in Britain and the United States usually do not eat pets, rare animals, animal offal, animal head and claws. In addition, when entertaining foreign guests, as little as possible to point to the raw hard to gnaw dishes, foreigners in the meal is less likely to bite the food in the mouth and then spit it out, which also needs to be taken into account.

4, some professions, for some reason, in the dining often have their own different special taboos. For example, national civil servants are not allowed to eat in the performance of official duties, not allowed to eat and drink in the official banquet, not allowed to exceed the national standard dining, not allowed to drink hard liquor. Another example is that drivers are not allowed to drink during their work. If this is ignored, there is a possibility that the other party will make a mistake.