1, the first appetizer.
The first course of Western food is the first plate, also known as appetizers. Appetizers are generally cold appetizers or hot appetizers, common varieties of caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail cups, creamy chicken pastry box, the Bureau of escargot and so on. Because it is to be appetizing, so appetizers generally have a characteristic flavor, the taste of salt and acid-based, and the quantity is small, high quality.
2. Second soup.
With Chinese food is very different, the second course of Western food is soup. Western soup can be roughly divided into four categories of broth cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. Varieties of oxtail soup, cream soup, seafood soup, American clam Chowder, Italian vegetable soup, Russian borscht, French Bureau of onion soup. Cold soup is less varied, there are German cold soup, Russian cold soup and so on.
3, the third side dishes.
Fish dishes are generally used as the third course of Western food, also known as side dishes. Varieties include a variety of fresh and saltwater fish, shellfish and mollusks. Usually aquatic dishes and eggs, bread, crispy box dishes are called side dishes. Because fish and other dishes of tender meat, easier to digest, so in front of the meat dishes, called and meat dishes on the main dish is different. Western food to eat fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauce, varieties of tartare juice, Dutch juice, hotel juice, white cream juice, Archbishop juice, American juice and sailor fish juice.
4, the fourth entree.
Meat and poultry dishes are the fourth course of Western food, also known as the main course. Meat dishes from the raw materials from cattle, sheep, pigs, small cowboys and other parts of the meat, the most representative is beef or steak. Steak can be categorized into sirloin steak, filet mignon, T-bone steak, and thin steak. It is often cooked by grilling, pan-frying or steak. The sauces used for meat dishes are mainly Spanish sauce, thick roasted sauce, mushroom sauce, white sauce and so on. Food dishes from the raw materials from the chicken, duck, goose, usually rabbit and venison and other game is also classified as poultry dishes poultry dishes are the most varieties of chicken, chicken, turkey, bamboo chicken, can be boiled, can be deep-fried, can be grilled, can be stewed, the main sauce has yellow meat sauce, curry sauce, cream sauce.
5, the fifth vegetable dishes.
Vegetable dishes can be arranged after meat dishes, but also with meat dishes on the table at the same time, so it can be counted as a dish, or called a side dish. Vegetable dishes are called salads in Western cuisine. Salads that are served at the same time as the main course are called raw vegetable salads, and are usually made with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, asparagus, and so on. The main dressings for salads are vinaigrette, French dressing, dry island dressing, cheese salad dressing, and so on. Salad in addition to vegetables, there is also a class of fish, meat, eggs, such salads are generally not added to the flavor of the juice, in the order of meals can be done as a first plate to eat. There are also vegetables that are cooked, such as cauliflower, boiled spinach, and french fries. Cooked vegetables are usually served on a plate with the meat dishes of the main course and are called side dishes.
6, the sixth dessert.
Western desserts are eaten after the main course, can be counted as the sixth course. In the true sense, it includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.
7, the seventh course of coffee, tea.
The last course of Western food is on the beverage, coffee or tea. Drinking coffee is generally added sugar and light cream. Tea is usually added with spiced peach pieces and sugar.