Kings and concubines mostly eat chickens, ducks, fish, pork, sheep and vegetables. The daily diet of the Qing emperors was called diet. The place where the king eats is not necessarily. If a banquet is held, it will be held in Gan Qing Palace or Hall of Supreme Harmony, while the normal meal will be held in hall of mental cultivation or China Palace. The size of the king's daily diet depends on the stage. For example, in the early Qing Dynasty, from Nurhachi to Kangxi, the country was in the stage of recovering social stability and productivity from war, and needed to save a little, so the meals of kings and concubines would be simpler. Since Qianlong, the country has prospered and daily meals have become extravagant. The king eats 40 to 50 dishes at a time.

In the early Qing dynasty, the food was relatively simple and the requirements for food were not high, so most of them were cooked directly with game and sprinkled with spices, such as roe deer and so on. The emperors and concubines in the early Qing Dynasty were also very rude in dining, which also showed the rough and crazy side of Manchu people. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, after the reunification of the country, foreign dishes gradually came to the table of princes and concubines. The royal family lost face because of the rude way of eating in the past. Therefore, ingredients such as game are gradually squeezed out of the imperial list by dishes from inland cuisines.

Venison cooked during the Qianlong period often appeared on the dining table, but it was rarely seen later. Chicken, duck, fish, pig, meat and sheep have become the main meat recipes. In order to serve the king and his concubine for dinner, the royal restaurant should consider the preferences of the king and his concubine. They have strict requirements on the selection of dietary materials and cooking time, and they record the raw materials and seasonings used in each meal in detail. And make sure everyone's dishes are cooked according to the standard.

For example, the Daoguang monarch wants to eat the dishes once eaten by a generation of monarchs, and the chef can immediately summon people to cook the same dishes. This shows that the chef is meticulous in food management and has a high degree of completion of meals in previous dynasties. Not only that, in order to cater to the king's taste, whenever the king eats, the officials in charge of food will watch carefully. They should record the dishes that the king eats more and less every time, and also ask the eunuchs around the king at any time to understand the king's evaluation of each dish and then improve it.