Chinese rice meal is not only an important part of China traditional culture, but also loved by foreign friends. It is common to invite foreign guests to eat Chinese food in foreign exchanges. The following is what I collected for you, hoping to help you!

If you hold a formal banquet, you must send out an invitation in advance and indicate "Please be seated on time". Some people are proud of being late for dinner, but in fact they are very disrespectful to others. If you want to entertain foreign guests, you should avoid the taboo of foreign guests when choosing the banquet time. For example, if you entertain westerners, you should avoid 13, especially if 13 falls on the same day as Friday. Banquet in Ramadan should be held after sunset. In addition, the choice of dishes should take into account the dietary characteristics of foreign guests, such as Shanghai ginseng and animal offal.

A manager in China hosted a banquet for the chairman of a western cross-border company at home. He fried four vegetarian dishes for foreign guests, burned 1 bowl of pickled mustard tuber and shredded pork soup, and finally gave everyone a small bowl of Dandan Noodles. The foreign boss, who is known as "eating all over the world", sincerely said: This is the most beautiful meal he has ever eaten. It can be seen that it is not necessary for Chinese food to highlight the characteristics of Chinese food.

: business restaurant

Participating in various business banquets is a compulsory part of many professionals' daily work, which is also an important platform for people to get closer, understand business information and solve business problems. People often call me and ask me, "What are the guests invited to eat?" "What should I pay attention to when I treat you to dinner?" "Why am I always worried that I will go to make a fool of oneself?" . . . .

In fact, China's food culture is extensive and profound, and our ancestors have left us many ways to cope with it, but many of them have been ignored by us. Now, we summarize the common puzzles as follows:

First, the choice of dining place

Eating is the best way to shorten the distance between people, so the restaurant is no longer a simple dining space, and the choice of dining place directly affects the effect of the banquet. Thousands of years of Chinese culture, vast territory and romantic figures of past dynasties have become inexhaustible materials for various restaurants, and the following are common:

Take a specific historical dynasty as the theme.

With a strong historical charm, it shows its historical features in terms of dishes, decorations and services, such as Datang Restaurant and Qing Palace Imperial Restaurant.

Take specific local dishes as the theme.

Many restaurants choose one of many cuisines as the basis for making menus, decorating and serving, forming a restaurant with the theme of local cuisines. Such as Guizhou Xiangge and Jiangsu Zhehui.

Take scenic spots as the theme of restaurant layout.

Highlight the theme of the restaurant through murals, statues and decorations with regional characteristics. This is an excellent choice for people who want to enjoy both delicious food and scenic spots. Such as the Great Wall Hall, Dunhuang Palace, Xihu Xuan and Meilong Town.

Take flowers and plants as the theme.

Create an immersive atmosphere for guests with potted plants, woodcuts and murals. Such as Taoyuan, Meiyuan and Furong Building.

Take history and literature as the theme

According to the familiar historical materials, we should adapt them or take their homophones, such as the romance of Sichuan.

Etiquette tips:

If it is a business banquet, the main consideration when choosing a dining place is whether it can reduce each other's vigilance and create a stress-free dining atmosphere.

Dim the lights and play dim music.

The customer's line of sight should be blocked by a screen or a huge green plant, so as to make the guests concentrate and get a favorable decision easily.

Second, order food

According to our eating habits, it is better to say "please eat vegetables" than "please eat". Therefore, the arrangement of the menu should not be sloppy.

Many people invite guests to dinner and are not familiar with various cuisines, so "misfits" often occurs. At present, the eight most representative cuisines in China are Shandong, Sichuan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Huizhou. Some people use anthropomorphic methods to describe their characteristics incisively and vividly: Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine are like beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River; Shandong and Anhui cuisine is like Gu Zhuo's simple northern strong man; Guangdong and Fujian cuisine are like romantic and elegant sons; Sichuan and Hunan cuisine are like celebrities with rich connotations and talents.

Different dishes also have different cooking methods. For example, stewing is to add soy sauce, sugar and other sauces to the fried, fried or boiled raw materials, boil them with high fire, and then heat them with low fire for a long time. The shape of the product is complete, and it is not broken or cracked. Stew is a kind of dish which is made of a variety of raw materials processed into slices, shreds, strips and dices with strong fire. In addition, there are methods such as baking, boiling, frying, roasting, rolling, exploding, steaming, stewing and simmering. Knowing the basic cooking skills is also helpful to point out the menu that is satisfactory to both the host and the guest.

In general, the menu structure of a standard Chinese meal includes:

Appetizer

Soup soup

Main course

Noodles or rice

Dim sum dessert

Etiquette tips:

When entertaining guests, you can ask the guests to order, or ask the ladies to order first.

When arranging the menu, we must consider the dietary taboos of the guests, especially the dietary taboos of the guests. For example, religious dietary taboos, "three highs" patients for health reasons taboos, like to eat spicy food and other regional preferences.

Decide the main course first and then mix it with others. The main course represents the taste and the host's "position", that is, the "budget price". Therefore, the host should have his own opinion on what to order for the main course.

The special dishes of the day can be attached to the menu, can also be placed on the table with a vertical menu, and sometimes displayed in the form of advertisements at the door of the restaurant. Special dishes may be varieties with excess raw materials, or seasonal dishes or chefs' specialties. If it is a leftover dish or a seasonal dish, it is usually cheaper and can be selected appropriately.