1) headboard. The first course of western food is the first course, also called appetizer. The contents of appetizers are generally divided into cold dishes and hot dishes. The common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail glass, creamy chicken crisp box, roasted snail and so on. Because appetizers are appetizers, appetizers generally have a special flavor, salty and sour, with small quantity and high quality.
2) soup. Different from Chinese food, the second course of western food is soup. Western-style soup can be roughly divided into clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soup, American clam soup, Italian vegetable soup, Russian Luo Songtang soup and French roasted onion soup. There are few varieties of cold soup, such as German cold soup and Russian cold soup.
3) Side dishes. Fish dishes are generally considered as the third course of western food, also called side dishes. Species include all kinds of freshwater and marine fish, shellfish and molluscs. Aquatic vegetables and eggs, bread and crispy box vegetables are usually called side dishes. Because fish and other dishes are tender and easy to digest, they are placed in front of meat dishes, which is different from the main course of meat dishes. Western-style fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, archbishop sauce, American sauce, sailor fish sauce and so on.
4) Main course. Meat and poultry dishes are the fourth course of western food, also known as the main course. The raw materials of meat dishes are taken from the meat of cattle, sheep, pigs and cowboys, among which beef or steak is the most representative. Steaks can be divided into sirloin steak (also called sirloin steak), filet mignon, "T" bone steak and thin steak. The raw materials of poultry dishes are taken from chickens, ducks and geese, and game such as rabbit meat and venison is usually classified as poultry dishes.
5) vegetarian dishes. Vegetarian dishes can be arranged after or at the same time as meat dishes, so they can be regarded as a dish or a side dish. Vegetables are called salads in western food. The salad served with the main course is called raw vegetable salad, which is usually made of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and asparagus. The main sauces of salad are vinegar oil juice, French juice, dried island juice, cheese salad juice and so on. Besides vegetables, there is another salad made of fish, meat and eggs. This kind of salad is usually without sauce and can be used as the first course in the eating order. Some vegetables are cooked, such as broccoli, boiled spinach and potato chips. Cooked vegetables are usually served on the plate with the meat dishes of the main course, which is called side dishes.
6) dessert. The dessert of western food is eaten after the main course, which can be regarded as the sixth course. It really includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.
7) Coffee and tea. The last course of western food is to provide drinks, coffee or tea. Coffee usually contains sugar and whipped cream. Tea usually contains fragrant peach slices and sugar.