Another point is that many relatives and friends haven't seen each other for a long time, even for many years. It's a good time to chat and talk about the recent situation. So the wedding reception started late, leaving enough time to chat with the guests and serve the chef.
The order of Chinese food
1, appetizer
Generally, it is a big platter made up of four cold dishes. Sometimes as many as ten kinds. The most representative are cold jellyfish skin and preserved eggs. Sometimes cold dishes are followed by four hot dishes. Common ones are fried shrimp and fried chicken. But the hot plate is mostly omitted.
Step 2: Main course
Followed by appetizers, also known as big dishes, more than appropriate tables. If the menu is marked with "Eight Items", it means that * * * has eight main courses. The number of main courses is usually an even number of four, six and eight, because people in China think even numbers are auspicious numbers. A luxurious dinner sometimes has as many as sixteen or thirty-two main courses, but it is usually six to twelve courses.
These dishes are made of different materials, with four flavors of sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty, and there are many cooking methods such as frying, steaming, boiling, frying, roasting and frying. The order of dishes is mostly light and rich, or dry-cooked soup. It usually ends with soup.
Step 3: fast food
Refers to the dessert served after the main course, such as pie, cake, steamed stuffed bun, almond tofu, etc. Finally, the fruit.