1, the first plate. The first course of western food, also known as appetizer. The contents of appetizers are generally divided into cold starter and hot starter, and the common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, chicken tail cup, cream chicken crisp box, baked snail and so on. Because appetizers are appetizers, appetizers generally have a special flavor, with salty and sour tastes, 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 soups can be roughly divided into clear soups, cream soups, vegetable soups and cold soups. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soups, American clam soups, Italian vegetable soups, Russian Luo Songtang soups and French baked onion soups. There are few varieties of cold soup, such as German cold soup and Russian cold soup.
3. Main course. 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 cows, sheep, pigs, cowboys and other parts, of which beef or steak is the most representative. Steak can be divided into sirloin steak (also called sirloin steak), filet mignon, "T" bone steak, thin steak and so on. Its cooking methods are often roasted, fried, grilled and so on. The sauces used in meat dishes mainly include Spanish sauce, concentrated boiled sauce, mushroom sauce and Bainis sauce.
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1, side 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. Usually aquatic dishes and eggs, bread and crispy box dishes are called side dishes. Because fish and other dishes are tender and easy to digest, they are placed in front of meat dishes and are called differently from the main course of meat dishes.
2. Vegetable dishes. Vegetable dishes can be arranged after meat dishes or served at the same time with meat dishes, so they can be regarded as a dish or called a side dish. Vegetable dishes are called salads in western food. Salad served with the main course is called raw vegetable salad, which is usually made of lettuce, tomato, cucumber and asparagus. The main sauces of salad are vinegar oil juice, French juice, dried island juice, cheese salad juice and so on.
3. In addition to vegetables, there is another kind of salad made of fish, meat and eggs. Generally, this kind of salad is not flavored and can be used as the first dish in the order of eating. There are also some vegetables that are cooked, such as broccoli, boiled spinach and potato chips. Cooked vegetables are usually served on the plate together with the meat dishes of the main course, which is called side dishes.
4. 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. ?
5. Coffee and tea. The last course of western food is to serve drinks, coffee or tea. Coffee is usually served with sugar and whipped cream. Tea usually contains fragrant peach slices and sugar.