Italians are used to the traditional dining in this country, that is, Italian western food, which mainly focuses on local traditional dishes and big meals in various regions of Italy. As far as western cooking is concerned, Italy should be the ancestor, which can be compared with French and other western European countries. Therefore, Italians are proud of it when they treat their guests to Italian dinners. There are also some people who like Chinese food. Italy especially likes Beijing roast duck with local characteristics and light and slightly sweet and sour Cantonese food. They generally attach importance to dinner, and important banquet activities are often arranged in the evening, taking their spouses with them. Noon is generally called a working meal, which is relatively simple and ends in one hour without a spouse. Dinner takes a long time. When having a meal, they often drink and chat, and eat a meal for more than two hours or even longer. They admire the slow food movement and think it is a real food culture.
Italians love pasta, which is often put in the first course. There are many ways to eat noodles. There are at least hundreds of kinds of noodles with various shapes, colors and tastes, such as letter-shaped, shell-shaped, solid noodles, macaroni strips, noodles with vegetable sauce, etc., as well as intentional wonton and Italian jiaozi. Eating Italian western food mainly uses knives and forks. Therefore, Italy's habit at the table is to shut up as much as possible, try not to make a sound when eating and drinking, and roll noodles with a fork and send them into the mouth. Do not inhale and make a sound. Conversation between meals should also wait until there is no food in your mouth. Otherwise, it is considered uncultured. After each dish is finished, as long as the knife and fork are placed side by side on the plate, it means that it is finished. If there is any left, the waiter will withdraw. On the dining table, don't get up and cross several people to pick up distant meals or condiments. If necessary, please ask your neighbor to do it for you, bring the distant dishes or condiments in front of you, and then take food and put it in your personal bowl.
Italy is suitable for growing grapes from south to north, and all regions are rich in wine, so there are many varieties and brands of wine in Italy. Italians like to drink wine, which is a necessary drink at the family table. When guests come, they treat each other with wine. However, Italians pay more attention to the way of drinking. Generally, they drink aperitif before meals, also known as aperitif, which can stimulate people's appetite and increase their appetite. During the dinner, you should drink white wine or red wine depending on different dishes such as seafood or meat, and drink a small amount of sweet wine or spirits after the meal to help digestion. There is generally no need for hard liquor during the dinner, and there is no habit of persuading alcohol. Therefore, there is basically no alcoholism. In addition, Italians prefer to mix some hard liquor in appetizing soft drinks, pour some brandy on ice cream, and even add some wine to the last coffee, thinking that it will taste more delicious and different.
If an Italian friend invites you to dinner at home, the guests can bring some small gifts, such as wine, sweets or chocolates, flowers, etc., as well as some exquisite and elegant handicrafts or souvenirs with ethnic characteristics. In Italy, when arranging seats, a man and a woman are apart, and sometimes husbands and wives are separated. The wine, food and dessert brought by the guests can also be eaten immediately. Gifts are generally used to being opened on the spot. If you send flowers, don't send chrysanthemums. In Italy, chrysanthemums are taboo, because chrysanthemums are in full bloom when people sweep graves, and chrysanthemums are used for funerals. Pay attention to the odd number when sending flowers. Red roses show warmth for women, so generally don't send them; Handkerchiefs can't be given away.
The Italian dinner will provide a complete menu, including appetizer, soup, pasta, pizza, main course and dessert. Eat the first dish, soup or noodles is called the first course, the main course is equal to the second course, then salad, dessert or cheese, and finally coffee or wine after dinner. Choose one for each course.
the first course includes soup, pasta, risotto rice, corn cake or pizza.
The second course includes a seafood plate and a meat plate. In Italian food, seafood is cooked in more ways than meat. The traditional menu will keep the side dishes column. Popular side dishes include coriander fried with fresh-keeping mushrooms, tomato and cheese salad, etc., while modern main dishes will be served with more vegetables and starch to balance nutrition, and there is no need to choose another dish. Well-known main dishes include stuffed flower branches, fried beef slices with herbs and roasted beef tenderloin with mushroom red wine sauce.
There are a wide variety of desserts in Italy, including cakes, ice cream, wine-flavored fruits, etc. The famous Italian cheesecake, Sicilian tricolor ice cream, Tiramisu, etc. After enjoying the dessert, the waiter will push the cheese cart. Cheese is a very common food in Italy. There are about 411 kinds of cheese, which can be eaten with vegetables or red wine. Common Italian cheeses include Gorgonzola, BeiPaese, Fonfina, Parmesan, Provolone and Mozzarella.
after eating, you can drink a cup of Expresso or Cappuccino to help digestion, and it is best to have some almond cookies.
Italian food is heavy. In order to avoid waste, several dishes can be separated, or two or three people can share a whole set of Italian food.