Western food is a common name for western food, which can be roughly divided into European-American style and Russian style. Western food has outstanding main ingredients, rich nutrition, exquisite color and delicious taste; Its cooking and diet are very different from Chinese food, which embodies a western culture. It is necessary to learn and understand the basic knowledge of western food.
1. Seating arrangement for western banquet
Compared with Chinese food, the seating arrangement of western food has many similarities, but there are also many inconsistencies. Because people are very concerned about the arrangement of seats, we must pay more attention to it.
1 arrangement rule
In most cases, the seating arrangement of western banquet is mainly a matter of ranking. Except for the extremely grand banquet, the dining table is generally not involved. Knowing the routine of western food seating arrangement and the difference between western food seating arrangement and Chinese food seating arrangement can better handle the specific seating arrangement problems.
Ladies first. In western food etiquette, the principle of ladies first is often embodied. When arranging dining seats, the hostess is usually the first host and takes a seat in the main seat. And the man is the second Lord, sitting in the position of the second Lord.
Distance positioning. The ranking of seats on the western dining table is determined by their distance from the theme. The position near the theme is higher than the position away from the theme.
Respect rights. When arranging seats, respecting rights is the basic principle. As far as an instrument is concerned, according to etiquette, its right side is higher than its left side. When arranging western food, the male guest of honor should be arranged on the right side of the hostess, and the female guest of honor should be arranged on the right side of the male host. According to this principle, they should be arranged in turn. Face the door first. In a restaurant, when taking the restaurant door as a reference object, according to the requirements of etiquette, the seat facing the main entrance of the restaurant is higher than the seat facing the main entrance of the restaurant.
Cross arrangement. When arranging seats in western food, we should pay attention to the principle of cross arrangement, that is, men and women should cross arrangement, and acquaintances and strangers should also cross arrangement. The opposite and both sides of the diners are often people of the opposite sex or strangers, so that they can make friends.
2 seating arrangement
The layout of the long table. The most common and formal western-style dining table is the long table, and the ranking on the long table is generally as follows:
First of all, the host and hostess sit in the center of a long table, and people may or may not sit at both ends of the table.
Second, the host and hostess sit at both ends of the long table.
Third, when there are many diners, you can put the long table into other patterns for everyone to eat together.
It should be noted that both ends of the long table should try to arrange the organizers' men to sit.
The arrangement of square tables. Arrange seats at the Eight Immortals table, and the number of people sitting on the four sides of the table should be equal, and make the male and female hosts sit opposite to the male and female guests respectively, and both sit diagonally with their lovers or spouses.
2. Western food service orders
Because of the different eating habits, the menu of western food is obviously different from that of Chinese food. For example, when eating western food, soup is usually served first, while in Chinese food, soup means the end of a meal.
For a formal western-style banquet, its menu is both complicated and exquisite. Generally speaking, a complete western meal includes the following eight courses.
1 appetizer
Appetizers are appetizers, also known as appetizers and appetizers, which are generally composed of vegetables, fruits, seafood and meat.
2 loaves of bread
Western dinner bread is generally sliced bread. When eating bread, you can spread butter, jam or cheese according to your personal taste.
3 soup
Western food has two kinds of soups, thick soup and clear soup, which also have a good appetizing effect. When you officially eat soup, you can officially start eating western food.
Four main courses
The main courses are very wide, including aquatic products, livestock, poultry and vegetables. In a formal western banquet, generally speaking, there is a cold dish and two hot dishes. Of the two hot dishes, pay attention to the first fish dish, which consists of fish or shrimp and vegetables. The other is meat dishes, which are the main courses in western food and are essential. It often uses barbecue with vegetables, which often represents the highest grade and level of this meal.
5 kinds of snacks
After the main course, we usually serve some western snacks, such as cakes, biscuits, toast and sandwiches.
6 dessert
The most common desserts are ice cream, pudding and so on.
7 fruit
After dessert, dried and fresh fruits are usually put on.
8 cups of hot drinks
Before the end of the banquet, hot drinks, usually black tea or coffee, are provided for diners to help digestion. Western hot drinks can be drunk at the dining table or in the lounge or living room in another place.
From the actual situation, western food is also simplified, and the relatively simple menu of western food can be:
1 appetizer.
2 soup.
3 main course.
4 dessert.
5 coffee.