Formal western food, ordering method is "one main six with", that is, contains seven dishes.

The dishes are balanced with light, strong, pungent, and sweet flavors, and the texture, temperature, and color of different foods and condiments should be coordinated. Unlike Chinese dining culture, Western food is generally eaten one course at a time, with each course existing to enhance the enjoyment of the taste buds.

Formal Western food ordering order

①Head plate (appetizer) ②Soup ③Side dishes ④Main dishes ⑤Side dishes ⑥Dessert ⑦Hot drinks (coffee or tea)

Western food ordering the five guidelines

1. When ordering, the taste of each dish should not be repeated, and before and after the different types of dishes can be ordered.

2. Don't choose fruits (except grapefruit) as appetizers because the sweetness will dull the taste buds.

3. If the first course is a flour-coated fried food, don't choose something like a pastry for dessert.

4. If the first course is a cream soup, don't order vegetables with cream sauce for the main course.

5. Serve sauces in all dishes only once.

1. First course (appetizer)

The first course is the first course of a Western meal, also called an appetizer, and is generally divided into a cold first course and a hot first course. The purpose of appetizers is to stimulate the taste buds and increase the appetite, the taste is mainly salty and sour, the quantity is small and the quality is high.

Common appetizers include caviar, foie gras, smoked frogfish, cocktail cups, and baked escargot.

2. Soup

Soup is usually the first course in Chinese food, but for Western food, it is the second course. A small portion of hot soup stimulates the taste buds and adds a little "lubrication" to the digestive tract.

Western soup can be roughly divided into four categories: clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. Varieties of oxtail clear soup, various cream soup, seafood soup, American clam chowder, Italian vegetable soup, Russian borscht, French baked onion soup. There are fewer varieties of cold soups, such as German-style cold soups and Russian-style cold soups.

3. Side dishes

Side dishes is the third course of Western food, usually called white meat, mainly aquatic dishes and eggs, bread, pastry dishes, including a variety of varieties of fresh and saltwater fish, shellfish and mollusks. Because fish and other dishes of tender meat, easier to digest, so put in front of meat dishes. Western food to eat fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, varieties of tartare juice, Dutch juice, hotel juice, white cream juice, American juice and sailor fish juice.

4. Main course

Main course is the fourth course of Western food, usually called red meat, mainly pork, beef, lamb, etc., which is the most representative of the beef or steak, the cooking method is commonly used grilled, pan-fried, iron plate and so on. Meat dishes with sauces are mainly Spanish sauce, thick barbecue sauce, mushroom sauce, white Nice sauce, and so on.

5. Side dishes

Side dishes are lighter in flavor, mainly to remove the heavy taste in the mouth and restore the taste buds perception. Side dishes are mainly vegetable dishes (salads) and are usually served after meat dishes or at the same time as meat dishes.

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, and asparagus. The main dressings are vinaigrette, French dressing, dry island dressing, and cheese salad dressing. There are also vegetables that are cooked, such as cauliflower, boiled spinach, and fried potato fries.

6. Dessert

Dessert is served after the main course, as the sixth course of a Western meal, and it includes all the foods that come after the main course, such as pudding, jellies, pancakes, ice creams, cheeses, fruits and so on.

7. Hot Drinks (Coffee or Tea)

The last course of a Western meal is served with a drink, coffee or tea. Coffee is usually served with sugar and light cream. Tea is usually served with sliced peaches and sugar. Of course, a simple Western food does not have to pay full attention to "a main six with", if too many points but can not eat is not only a waste, but also a sign of rudeness. For people who do not eat a particularly large amount of food, you can order an appetizer and the main course each one, plus a dessert. You can skip the soup, or omit the appetizer. It is also more appropriate.