According to statistics, in Dream of Red Mansions, the chapters related to "eating" account for one-third of the book, and there are about 90 large and small banquets. In addition to daily lunch, dinner and night banquets, there are also wedding banquets, reception banquets, lantern riddle banquets, crab banquets, begonia banquets, as well as Lantern Festival banquets, Dragon Boat Festival banquets, Mid-Autumn Festival banquets, New Year's Eve banquets and so on. There are even more delicious wines and delicacies. number.

In the first 80 chapters, almost every chapter contains articles about eating, with varying degrees of detail. The statistics are as follows: