1, western food ordering and serving order

There are four or five categories on the menu of western food, namely appetizer, soup, salad, seafood, meat, snacks and so on.

The main course should be decided first. If the main course is fish and the appetizer is meat, the taste of meat is more diverse. In addition to eating a lot, you don't have to prepare a whole meal from a single dish on the menu. As long as the appetizer and the main course are together, a dessert is enough. You can skip soup or appetizer, which is also an ideal combination (but in Italian food, spaghetti is regarded as soup, so in principle, these two dishes will not be ordered together).

The formal order of providing a full set of services is:

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, and the quantity is small and the quality is high.

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) Small dishes. Fish dishes are generally regarded as the third course of western food, also known as side dishes. Species include all kinds of freshwater and seawater 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 and have different names from the main course of meat dishes. Western fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, archbishop sauce, American sauce and sailor fish sauce.

4) staple food. 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. Its cooking methods are often baking, frying, baking and so on. Sauces used in meat dishes mainly include Spanish sauce, concentrated boiled sauce, mushroom sauce and Baines sauce.

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. Chicken is the largest variety of poultry dishes, including pheasant, turkey and bamboo chicken, which can be cooked, fried, roasted and stewed. The main sauces are yellow gravy, curry juice and cream juice.

5) Vegetable dishes. Vegetarian dishes can be arranged after or served at the same time as meat dishes, so vegetarian dishes can be regarded as a dish or called 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. Generally, this salad is not flavored and can be used as the first dish 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. In a real sense, it includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.

Coffee and tea. The last course of western food is to serve drinks, coffee or tea. Coffee usually contains sugar and whipped cream. Tea usually contains fragrant peach slices and sugar.

2, the use of knives and forks

When using a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from the outside to the inside, the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand; When cutting things, the left hand holds the fork to hold the food, the right hand cuts it into small pieces and sends it to the mouth with the fork. When using a knife, the blade should not face outwards. When you need to have a rest during eating, you can put down your knife and fork and put it in the center of the plate in the shape of "8", which means you haven't finished eating yet, but you should continue to eat. After eating a dish, put the knife and fork side by side on the plate, indicating that you have finished eating, and you can take the dish or plate away. If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork, don't put it down, but don't wave it. When you don't use a knife, you can hold a fork in your right hand, but when you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork, never wave it in the air, don't wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, and don't hold a glass with a fork in the other. Never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table at any time.

3. Matters needing attention at the dinner table

Don't wear makeup on the dining table. Wipe your nose with a napkin. Burping while eating is a big no-no. When you take food, you can ask others to hand you food that you can't get. Don't stand up. Don't send too much food to your mouth at once, and don't talk while chewing. Don't wolf down your food. You should also put some food you don't want to eat on the plate as a courtesy. You shouldn't leave your seat while eating. If you really need to leave, you should say hello to the surrounding guests in a low voice. When drinking and toasting, even if you don't drink, you should put the cup mouth on your lips to show your respect. When someone pours wine for you, if you don't need it, you can simply say "no, thank you!" " Or gently cover the cup with your hand to show your refusal. Don't unbutton or undress in public during meals. If the host invites the guest to take off his coat, the male guest can take off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.