Having entered the restaurant corresponding to your identity is half the battle

First, you must first know what grades of restaurants are there in your location, where are the high-end, mid-range and low-end ones;

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Third, first evaluate the identity and taste of the person you want to invite, and choose a suitable restaurant. Important guests must order private rooms. ;

Fourth, if you want to talk about sensitive topics, be sure to order a private room or a restaurant far away from the customer’s living circle;

Fifth, if the customer’s status is relatively high, you must When considering saving on your own, it’s best to bring your own drinks. The food bought outside is cheaper than in the hotel.

Ordering knowledge:

First, ask the guest to choose the dish first. If the guest humbly gives up the right to order, the host does not have to Too reluctant;

Second, the ordering process should be quick. Don’t order for a long time without making a decision. Ask the guests if they like the key dishes and flavor dishes. Be especially careful not to order too spicy or greasy for your taste. Third, when ordering dishes, you must first assess your budget. Generally, there are one or two more main dishes than the guests. It is enough to go with a cold dish and a soup. Generally, order special greasy dishes. Just one is enough, such as salt and pepper pork ribs, pork belly, pork belly, Dongpo pork, etc. If there are more than 4 main dishes, you can consider fish, chicken or duck, and meat. There must be a light dish in the end. For example, green vegetables;

Fourth, ordering must be high-end. You only need to order one or two distinctive and high-end dishes. Each dish does not need to be expensive;

Fifth, when ordering, don’t order several dishes of the same type at the same time. For example, they are all fish, but the methods are different (I have had a whole fish feast - 18 dishes made from a fish weighing more than 40 kilograms, with different tastes). If it is meat, it is best to distinguish the type and cooking method; pay attention to whether the guests have taboos - whether they eat spicy food, whether they are Muslims, whether they are pregnant, whether they are taking medicine, whether they are allergic to seafood, etc.; if there are elderly people or children, pay attention to ordering a few Dishes that don’t require too much teeth

Sixth, after ordering, ask the guests what kind of drinks they want. If you don’t want to drink, you can consider ordering beer or red wine. If you can’t drink wine at all, you can drive, or I have work arrangements in the afternoon and it is not convenient to drink alcohol, or simply explain that the company does not allow alcohol at lunch. However, drinking alcohol is not necessarily cheaper than drinking yogurt or juice. Some customers think that juice is unhygienic, so you should carefully confirm the production date, manufacturer and other information

Seventh, things to note when ordering wine: 1. The price of a single bottle of white wine should not exceed 1/3-1/2 of the meal budget; 2. When drinking red wine, pay attention to the pairing with the dishes, and remember "red wine pairing" Red meat, white wine with white meat” principle will be fine. That is to say, if it is seafood, try to drink dry white. For Chinese food such as greasy food, it is best to drink dry red;

Eighth, if it is your first time to go to a restaurant, you can ask the waiter to recommend a few special dishes. , and then choose some home-cooked dishes, I guess the taste will not be much worse;

Ninth, lastly order the staple food; pay attention to the differences between the north and the south. In the north, only pasta is called staple food, while in the south, as long as it can fill the stomach, it is basically not It is limited to porridge, rice, noodles, steamed buns, and steamed buns, but the key is to have characteristics.

Tenth, if you are tight on meal time, be sure not to order dishes that take time to prepare (often expensive main dishes). If you are not sure, you can ask the waiter for confirmation;

No. Eleventh, don’t go to restaurants if you don’t have money, and don’t eat all the cheap dishes when you get there;

Twelfth, practice your rhetoric and say a few words for each dish. "Star"! In this way, the order is signed smoothly, the official promotion is faster, and the waist is no longer sore at night~~?

Tips for treating guests to dinner

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This is important. Don’t open the menu and order when you arrive at the restaurant. Of course, you already know the familiar restaurants very well, but when dining in a new restaurant, you should:

1. First, look at other people’s tables who are ordering the same dish, then this dish must be from this restaurant. Features, price-performance ratio is not bad, might as well have some. Looking at other people's tables can also allow you to intuitively understand the production of dishes, and observing the expressions of diners can also accurately distinguish the quality of dishes. Choose dishes that are generally popular and your ordering success rate will be higher.

2. Take another look at what people are doing. Are there many diners? If there are many people in the restaurant and most of the tables have not yet served all the dishes, it means that the restaurant will not serve food very quickly. , then you need to order slightly more cold dishes and less steamed and labor-intensive dishes, so as to avoid long waits. On the contrary, you can order less cold dishes to avoid waste.

Distinguish one word

1. First, distinguish “words”. Generally speaking, the waitress will always recommend a few dishes to you, and you have to discern her intentions. Many restaurants have this unwritten secret system: before the market opens every day, the kitchen will issue a note stating the dishes that need to be promoted today. Most of these dishes are "the quality will be affected if the raw materials are put down, so they must be sold quickly." The waitresses who sell these dishes are rewarded, so they work extra hard. Therefore, you must not be moved by the bright smiles and pleasant voices, and be careful about taking the bait and suffering losses.

2. Distinguish the "type" again. Eating in restaurants is nothing more than business banquets, family gatherings, drinks with friends, and work lunches.

Business banquet: Naturally, a full set of cold dishes, hot dishes, snacks, soups, and fruits is provided, but there is no need to be too particular about ostentation. It is most scientific to limit it in moderation. If it is the other types, there is no need to be so particular. Order less or no cold dishes. The fastest cooking speed can avoid long waits.

3. Then identify the "number of people". Those with special meanings are a different matter. If it is just for a gathering or to fill your stomach, order 3 dishes and 1 soup for 4 people or less; 5 dishes and 1 soup for 5-7 people; 5 dishes and 1 soup for 8 people or more; order less 2 according to the number of people , should be enough. The above refers to hot dishes, and try to order as few cold dishes as possible. If you order more cold dishes, you can reduce the number of hot dishes to one or two.

Avoid

The word "avoid" means ordering dishes alone away from the diners. This can avoid a lot of embarrassment, especially suitable for some special dining activities. For example, for business banquets, birthday parties, etc., you might as well order food in advance. This way you have much more freedom and you can feel more comfortable rejecting the lady's recommendation. After ordering, you can also calculate the cost first so that you know what to expect. If you find that the total price exceeds the standard or is too low, you can adjust it immediately.

There are "routines" for treating guests to dinner. In fact, banquet dishes are the easiest to order because there are routines to follow. The expression of grade should not rely on "quantity" but on "quality".

Tips for ordering at various stages

How to order cold appetizers

Tip 1: Choose more starchy foods for cold dishes.

Traditional cold dishes are mainly fish, meat and eggs. Drinking alcohol and eating meat on an empty stomach is actually not good for the health of the gastrointestinal tract and the balance of nutrients. It is more reasonable to use staple food as side dishes. However, if it is entertaining friends or a business banquet, it will appear unruly and disrespectful to serve the staple food as soon as it is served. The solution is to work on your cold cuts selection.

For example, you can order some starchy cold dishes with fruits, vegetables and cold meats. Eat starchy foods and vegetables at the beginning of the meal, then eat a few bites of protein-containing fish and meat, and then start drinking. This article is from the WeChat public account Today's Health. Letting some starch enter the stomach first can reduce the problem of protein waste later. , can also quickly relieve hunger, delay the speed of eating, and reduce the harm of drinking on an empty stomach.

Moreover, the dietary fiber contained in these cold dishes can also make up for the lack of hot dishes later. Recommended cold dishes: Cold dishes should be mainly vegetarian, with as few greasy dishes as possible. Just order one of the braised fish and pork dishes, and pair it with some starchy cold dishes, such as buckwheat noodles, fern root powder, jelly rice noodles, and potatoes. Mud, glutinous rice lotus root, lily, red dates, spiced kidney beans, etc. You can also order one or two of various low-oil raw vegetables, cold fruit salad, etc.

How to order hot dishes for dinner

Top 2: Diversify food categories.

Many times, people think that their dishes are rich enough, but if you look closely, they are just a combination of a few ingredients such as stewed pork, fried pork, and pork meatballs. You might as well divide the food into meat, aquatic products, eggs, vegetables, soy products, staple foods, etc. When ordering, all types of food should be included. Among meats, try to choose multiple varieties, such as pork, beef, Chicken, duck, etc. can be considered, and the ingredients should not be repeated as much as possible.

Tip 3: The proportion of meat and vegetables should be reasonable.

Although it is impossible to completely achieve the ratio of one meat to three vegetables when dining out, as long as you order wisely, you can still achieve a ratio of 1:1 or even 1:2. Vegetables are also divided into green leafy vegetables, orange vegetables, light-colored vegetables, fungus vegetables, etc. Try to achieve a variety of combinations in terms of matching. The principle is that there should be a wide variety of vegetarian ingredients, and the animal ingredients should not be excessive but refined. Such a meal can leave a beautiful and deep impression on people. Recommended dishes: In addition to vegan dishes, you might as well choose dishes that contain both meat and vegetable ingredients, such as meat with nuts and vegetables, chicken soup with vegetables and fungi, aquatic products with green vegetables, etc., which can achieve both It has a delicious taste and can improve the proportion of various ingredients.

Tip 4: The cooking method should use less oil.

When ordering, ask the chef to use as little oil and salt as possible when cooking. You can also ask the waiter to serve soup and vegetarian dishes earlier, especially when frying vegetables, do not pour oil on them, so that you can eat less oil and salt. If possible, order more dishes that use steaming, boiling, or stewing as the main cooking methods.

How to order the staple food

Top 5: Try to have the staple food as early as possible.

At most banquets, people consider whether to eat the staple food after eating a lot of fish and meat. This is not conducive to the utilization of protein, brings a burden to the body, and is not conducive to controlling blood lipids. In order not to affect people’s interest, this article is from the WeChat public account Today’s Health. In addition to some starch-containing varieties in cold dishes, you can also choose ingredients such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, taro, miscellaneous grains, and miscellaneous beans in hot dishes. Varieties such as taro stewed chicken, pork ribs stewed with lotus root, red kidney beans and white mushrooms and beef cubes, or you can start the main course in advance after two or three hot dishes.

Tip 6: Choose more whole grains, beans and potatoes.

In addition to white rice and soft pasta, the staple food options in most restaurants are pastries, steamed buns, dumplings, fried rice and the like. Refined white rice and white flour steamed buns do not have high nutritional value and raise blood sugar quickly, although they do not have much fat. It is worth noting that other staple foods contain oil, salt or sugar, and there are no whole grains in them.

Pay special attention to eating less crispy snacks, which usually contain a lot of saturated fat, which is not good for your health. We have already eaten so many high-fat dishes at the banquet, and there is already quite a surplus of oil and salt. Wouldn't it be worse to add more oil and salt to the staple food? So it is better to choose more whole grains.

Staple food recommendation: Some cold dishes contain whole grains, such as buckwheat flour, oatmeal noodles, large kidney beans, etc. It’s best to order some whole grain and potato combinations like “Farmhouse”. Nowadays, many restaurants have combinations such as steamed corn, sweet potato, taro, and pumpkin, which not only creates a happy atmosphere, but also provides nutritional value that polished rice and white noodles do not have. In addition, some corn tortillas, steamed buns, purple rice porridge, mung bean porridge, etc. are also good staple food choices.

How to order fruit with meals

Tip 7: You might as well serve the fruit early.

If you do not deliberately control your food intake, your stomach will be full after the meal. Adding fruit at this time will increase the energy supply, which is not conducive to weight control. If you can include fruit into a meal and serve it as a cold dish for breakfast, you can avoid the problem of excess energy in a meal. Especially for people with high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia and obesity, if there is no gastrointestinal discomfort when eating fruit on an empty stomach, if the fruit can be served first and used to fill the stomach bag, it can make up for the problem of insufficient vegetables and fiber during meals, which will help prevent overeating and improve nutritional balance. Might be helpful. In addition, it is not very appropriate to serve cold fruit or ice cream before and after meals.

Especially for people with weak gastrointestinal function, eating greasy food and eating cold fruits after meals may affect digestion and absorption and cause discomfort. Therefore, do not refrigerate the fruits that are served with the meal. It is more suitable to keep them at room temperature.

How to order drinks

Tip 8: Drinks should be low-energy.

Most of the drinks you can order during meals contain sugar or alcohol, which will increase calories and are not conducive to the prevention of obesity and chronic diseases. But there are also some energy-free drinks, such as boiled water, tea, flower and fruit tea (such as chrysanthemum tea), and fried grain tea (such as barley tea). They hydrate without adding extra calories. If you drink alcohol, try to control the amount. For men, it should be within 1 tael of white wine, 1 glass of red wine, and 1 bottle of beer. For women, the amount should be reduced to half. And try not to drink on an empty stomach.

Ordering Tips

Ordering Tip 1: Use clear soup as the base, and the broth is out.

Those who drink the soup first as soon as it is served may not be able to become Hong Kong-style Pretty girl. If you drink pork rib soup or broth made from grass chickens, you may be consuming too much fat in just one bowl! The stomach-nourishing base soup you drink at the beginning is just like using toner for skin care, use it as soon as you drink it. Thick facial cream, it’s so out of common sense. If you must drink it, it is best to order some vegetarian soups such as tofu and mushroom soup, celery and corn egg soup. If it is a banquet, you can order wolfberry and white fungus soup, red bean and lotus seed soup, etc.

Ordering Tip 2: Cold dishes are not a face-saving dish and should be vegetarian rather than meat-based.

Many people are accustomed to ordering cold dishes such as soy sauce beef, smoked fish, and mille-feuille crisp ears as appetizers. In fact, choosing more refreshing vegetarian cold dishes can balance the problem of excessive fat and excess protein in the main dish. Green leafy vegetables and cucumbers such as raw vegetables and dipping sauces, as well as cold dishes with high starch content, such as fern root powder, kudzu cold peel and blueberry sauce yam puree, can ensure the dietary fiber and trace elements such as potassium and magnesium in one meal. Intake can also prevent protein from being wasted as energy. However, "vegetarian and meat-based" cold dishes, such as vegetarian roast goose, vegetarian roast chicken, vegetarian abalone, etc., use too much fat to bring out the flavor of meat dishes and have high calories, so they should be eaten less.

Ordering Tip 3: Staple food protects the stomach

If you order the stir-fry first and then order the staple food, you will often waste four-fifths of it. Therefore, eating some whole grain staple food first can protect and nourish the stomach and maintain nutritional balance. Steamed taro, steamed corn, steamed chestnut and purple sweet potato are all good choices. You can also drink some millet porridge or noodle fish soup first.

Ordering Tip 4: Boil the fish and shrimp and steam them

Put a mandarin fish into a frying pan and fry until crispy, then add the sauce to make it into a squirrel mandarin fish. It is steamed 220% of mandarin fish! Strong-flavored cooking often covers up the stale smell of raw materials. Therefore, it is best to steam fish and boil seafood and shrimps. This not only reduces the calories, but also prevents restaurants from using stale ingredients. Fool you.

Ordering Tip 5: Order three less fake "vegetarian dishes"

Some fake vegetarian dishes may not be low in calories. Among them, the three "vegetarian dishes" have the same caloric content as the soy pork ribs: Di San Xian, oiled eggplant and dry stir-fried beans. These three dishes have been "bathed in an oil pan". Although the ingredients are all vegetarian, once they are oiled, the calories are higher than ordinary fish. When ordering vegetarian dishes, order ones with low oil content, such as stir-fried water spinach, stir-fried chrysanthemum with minced garlic, etc. If you are stir-frying green leafy vegetables, ask the waiter to use less oil.

Ordering Tip 6: Drink herbal tea to relieve tiredness

Drinking too many drinks will make you as fat as a Coke bottle! Many girls have become "green tea girls" in restaurants. In fact, this way of drinking is not healthy, because tea contains tannic acid and theophylline, which will affect the digestion of protein in the intestines and stomach. If you want to drink tea, you should choose herbal tea with less tannic acid and theophylline, such as wolfberry, chrysanthemum tea, and rose and red date tea. In fact, some starchy hot drinks are more suitable than tea to accompany meals and relieve fatigue, such as whole grain soy milk, "Red and Black List" soy milk, etc. By ordering it, you can skip the soup with higher salt content and eat less staple food.

Wedding banquet ordering skills

A wedding banquet generally includes 8 cold dishes, 8-10 hot dishes, 1 soup, 2 snacks, and 1 fruit.

Most hotels now provide wedding banquet packages. The main way to distinguish the specifications of wedding banquet packages is to look at the three main dishes of shrimp, crab and fish. If you use grass shrimp, safflower crab, mandarin fish or left-mouthed fish, they are basically mid-range specifications.

The asking price of a social hotel is between 1,000 and 1,400 yuan;

The asking price of a three-star hotel is between 1,300 and 1,800 yuan;

Four The asking prices of star-rated hotels range from 1,600 to 2,200 yuan.

If you go up a level, the shrimps may be replaced by shrimps or medium-sized prawns, the crabs may be replaced by paste crabs, and the fish may be replaced by turbot, which will be more than 30% more expensive.

If you change it to lobster, Eastern star spots, etc., it will be on a higher level. When ordering a wedding banquet, you only need to pay attention to these three main dishes, and the rest are similar.

Tips for ordering dishes at business banquets

Who to invite: Government/state-owned enterprise leaders

Where to invite: Choose a time-honored five-star hotel with a relative history or age (mostly (It has the tradition of government banquets), the design style is moderately gorgeous, the production level of the dishes must be stable, the traditional flavor should be properly retained, and creative elements should be added appropriately.

1. Understand the living habits of the person being invited. Understand the ancestral home of the person being invited (subconsciously they will have a favorable impression of the taste of their hometown), where they lived during their childhood and further studies (the period when taste bud memory is formed and deeply imprinted), and where they currently live for a long time (the taste styles they may be exposed to at present). After studying the proportions of various aspects, it is recommended to choose a Chinese restaurant with the most traditional dishes in a local five-star hotel.

2. Look for “original” dishes in the menu. You must know how to distinguish between innovative dishes and dishes with improved taste. For example, most Sichuan restaurants in hotels have been modified to cater to the tastes of foreigners, so as to avoid ordering a "spicy chicken" that is neither spicy nor spicy.

3. Diet taboos. Most of the leaders are not young, so they should pay attention to whether they have a history of cardiovascular disease, gout, diabetes, etc., and pay attention to the corresponding dietary taboos. For example, they should try to avoid dishes that are heavy in sugar and oil, such as greasy croquettes and candied fruits.

The key to choosing a restaurant is the key to ordering knowledge

Who to invite: banquets with foreign companies and foreigners

Where to invite: choose a hotel with a "strong Chinese atmosphere" in the decoration design Chinese restaurants, such as restaurants with folk music performances, Qingming furniture, ancient calligraphy and painting decorations, etc.

1. Be well versed in the changes in tastes of Chinese food among foreign companies and foreigners. If foreigners don’t eat fish with small bones, shells, whole crabs, or fish with fine spines, they may recommend ordering crab paste, shrimp, etc.

2. Be careful with dishes that are too unusual or have hidden dangers of being “acclimated to the local environment”. For example, order less or no drunken shrimp/crab, hairy clam, red oil venison, etc. Too oily, too raw, and too spicy may cause gastrointestinal diseases.

3. Go to a Chinese restaurant with a first-class reputation. If you don't vigorously promote traditional Chinese food culture, it is recommended to go directly to a Chinese restaurant with a first-class reputation in the Chinese food industry. 80% of the dishes will be liked by foreigners in terms of taste and presentation, such as "Huangpu Club".

Chinese restaurants with grand decoration are suitable for banquets with private business owners

Who to invite: banquets with private business owners

Where to invite: European design style, grand or exquisite decoration Hotel Chinese restaurant.

1. Eat well when treating guests. Private business owners are accustomed to socializing and mainly treat themselves. They need rich experience in ordering food and know how to meet the physical and mental needs of the key guests at the table. The focus is not on being full, but eating well.

Tips for ordering dishes for family dinners

Who to invite: a family of three

Where to invite: With a garden (liuxue86.com) for children to play. Or a hotel restaurant with childcare services.

1. Avoid ordering dishes that are too home-cooked. Ordinary ingredients and average taste are not worth the five-star price.

2. Lunch time is suitable for children to go out, and hotel restaurants usually have special discounts during lunch time, which is very cost-effective.

3. Consider children’s nutrition. The ingredients should be high in protein, vegetables and lean meat, and the products should be “fancy” to attract children.

Who to invite: Three generations living under one roof

Where to invite: A hotel restaurant with casual decoration and warm design. The private room should preferably have a larger space for children to play and move around.

1. Avoid gimmicks. If you don’t understand a dish, try not to order it. Instead, order signature dishes (except high-priced dishes for banquets) and word-of-mouth dishes.

2. Reasonable matching. Considering the different dietary needs of the elderly and children, nutrition and food texture (soft and hard) are the key points. Pay attention to the ratio of hot and cold and sweet and salty dishes on the entire table. For example, do not have more than two sweet main dishes or meat dishes on one table. It is better to mix fish, shrimp and meat evenly.

Tips for ordering dishes for birthday banquets

Most of the dishes are ordered by consumers themselves. The routine is similar to that of wedding banquets. Just control the taste. If you're on a budget, your best bet is to highlight one entree rather than splitting your money between several entrees to make a good impression.

In particular, I would like to remind you that for this kind of family banquet, you should pay more attention to the elderly and children, order more soft-tasting dishes, and order less "per person, per" type dishes that need to be shared after being served, so as to avoid overcrowding the dining table and longevity. Noodles are a must.