Fan Zhihong, an associate professor at the College of Food Science of China Agricultural University, said that when people go out to eat, they often order hot dishes according to their heads, plus cold dishes, soup and snacks, which can't be finished.
"When entering the restaurant, pay attention to the amount of food at other tables, and then order as appropriate."
Xie Ye, secretary-general of the Nutrition and Food Professional Committee of China Cuisine Association, taught her the trick of ordering food while dining with reporters. "Generally, three people eat, and it is just right to order 3 hot 1 cold. The three kinds of hot dishes can be vegetarian dishes, meat dishes and semi-vegetarian dishes; In practice, it can include cooking, stewing and soup, which is more reasonable. " It should also be noted that the amount of ordinary stir-fried dishes in each restaurant is roughly the same, but some special dishes will be larger, such as boiled fish, northeast stew, Dongpo meat and so on. When ordering, you can ask the waiter to indicate the size of the plate, so as not to wait until the dish is served before exclaiming, "This big plate can't be eaten!" "
Fan Zhihong also said that ordering should be based on the situation of the guests at the table. If there are more women and children, you can refer to the principle of one person and one dish; If there are more young men, you can add one or two dishes as appropriate.
The method of choosing vegetables is more important than choosing vegetables.
"Now everyone will consciously put some healthier dishes when eating out. However, many people choose the right ingredients, but ignore the practice. In fact, the choice of practice is more important than the choice of dishes. " Professor Chen, director of the Nutrition Department of Shanghai Huadong Hospital, said that taking tofu as an example, it is healthy to stew or make soup, but in some dishes, tofu is fried first and then burned-such as tofu, a home-cooked dish often eaten in the north, which adds a lot of oil and calories. Xie also attaches great importance to the practice of dishes, and the reporter has a deep understanding when dining with her. Professor Xie ordered a pickled pepper fish. The method is to stew fish and Flammulina velutipes into clear soup, and then season with salt, pepper and vinegar. "This dish has soup, less oil and mushrooms, which is very healthy." Xie said to him. When eating out and ordering food, people generally have a problem that there are too many meat dishes and almost no vegetarian dishes. Sometimes there is only one dish on a big table, and one person loses his chopsticks. "We usually recommend a table with half meat and half vegetables," said Fan Zhihong.
In addition, for the choice of cold dishes, hot dishes and staple foods, experts also gave the following suggestions.
Cold dishes should be fresh. Fan Zhihong said that cold dishes are low in fat and good for meat and vegetables. If you order more refreshing vegetarian dishes, you can balance the problem of too much fat in the main course and too much protein. However, most consumers habitually place fish-flavored cold dishes such as sauce beef, which makes the cold dishes lose this function. A better choice is to mix raw vegetables with vegetables dipped in sauce and add starchy foods (such as buckwheat noodles and fern root powder). ), root foods (such as lotus root slices, yam, etc. ) and fruit salad, plus one or two fish and bean products with less oil. Chen reminded that many food poisoning are caused by cold dishes, so it is best to order cold dishes that are sold now, such as big miscellaneous vegetables. Many salted ducks, pickled chicken feet and so on. It's all refrigerated in advance. If the storage conditions are unqualified, it is easy to have problems.
Light and hot dishes are fresher. Northerners have a strong taste, but a table of dishes should be salty and sour, and don't make the taste buds too tired. "In fact, strong cooking will mask the stale smell of food ingredients, so restaurants often enthusiastically encourage diners to order this dish." Chen said that when I go out to eat, I seldom order such dishes that I can't see the original color and taste. Fan Zhihong suggested ordering something fresh, such as steamed, boiled and stewed dishes. One or two strong dishes are enough. Serve with hot and sour vegetables to refresh and nourish the stomach.
Most staple foods are cooked. The staple food at home is often single, but it is different in restaurants. Pumpkin cakes, scallion cakes, durian cakes, Dandan Noodles, steamed dumplings and steamed buns are all available. "Generally speaking, a lot of oil is put in the snack staple food called XX Crisp to make a crisp taste. It is best to eat less. " Chen said: "Because the oil content of other dishes in restaurants is much higher than that of home cooking, I usually only choose boiled staple foods, such as noodles with clear soup, Wowotou, wild vegetable jiaozi and so on. Vegetarian stuffed buns are also good, the dough is easy to digest and the stuffing is not greasy. " "Many people eat staple food at last, which easily leads to excessive calories. In fact, the staple food in the middle is the most suitable, which will not destroy the atmosphere of the table and eat healthier. " Xie said to him.
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