Order of serving in western food etiquette
Western food and Chinese food are quite different in menu arrangement. Take banquets as an example. In addition to nearly 10 kinds of cold dishes, Chinese banquets are rich in 6-8 kinds of hot dishes, plus snacks, sweets and fruits. Although western food has six or seven dishes, it looks very complicated, but each dish is generally only one. For many people, ordering western food is still a stranger. The following is the order of serving western food for your reference.
1. Roof
Also known as appetizers, there are usually cold dishes and hot appetizers. Common varieties include caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail cup, creamy chicken crisp box, Tujia snail and so on.
2. soup
It can be roughly divided into clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soups, American clam soups, Italian vegetable soups, and Russian Luo Songtang. French onion soup.
3. Additional dishes outside the main dish
Aquatic dishes, eggs, bread and crispy box dishes are usually called side dishes. Western food pays attention to the use of special sauces when eating fish dishes, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, archbishop sauce, American sauce, sailor fish sauce and so on.
Step 4: Main course
Meat and poultry dishes are the main courses. Among them, beef or steak is the most representative, and the seasonings used in meat dishes mainly include Spanish juice, concentrated sauce, mushroom juice, shredded white juice and so on. The raw materials of poultry dishes are taken from chickens. Duck and goose; The most common poultry dish is chicken, which can be cooked, fried, roasted and simmered. The main sauces are curry juice and cream juice.
5. Vegetable dishes
Can be arranged after the meat dishes, but also can be eaten at the same time with the meat dishes. 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, tomato, cucumber and asparagus. There is also a kind of fish, meat and eggs, which are generally not flavored.
6. dessert
The dessert of western food is eaten after the main course and can be counted as the sixth course. It really includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.
7.coffee
Coffee usually contains sugar and whipped cream.
There's no need to order them all. It's impolite to order too much and not finish it. A slightly standard restaurant welcomes guests who only order appetizers. Appetizers, main courses (fish or meat) and desserts are the most suitable combinations. Ordering is not an appetizer, but a favorite main course, and then a soup suitable for the main course.
Common sense of using tableware in western etiquette
When eating with a knife and fork, fix the left side with a fork, cut a small mouth with a knife and dip it into the mouth. The American way of eating is to cut all the food into small pieces first, and then change your right hand and take a fork to eat slowly. But if you eat juicy meat dishes, the gravy will flow to the plate, which is unsightly. So, you'd better take a bite.
How to use a knife and fork
1. When eating, the plate is in the middle, so the knife and fork are on the right side of the plate and the fork is on the left. Generally, people who write with their right hand naturally take a knife or spoon in their right hand, a fork in their left hand and a cup in their right hand when drinking western food.
2. Put knives and forks on the dining table, generally no more than three pairs. For a set meal with more than three courses, you must put a new knife and fork after the meal.
3. Knife and fork are used from outside to inside (that is to say, they are placed from outside to inside in advance according to the order of use).
When eating, the left and right hands usually cooperate with each other, that is, one knife and one fork are used in pairs. With some exceptions, when drinking soup, put the spoon on the right and hold it with your right hand. Oysters are usually eaten with an oyster fork in their right hand.
Knife and fork have different specifications and sizes according to different uses. When eating meat, whether you want to cut it with a knife or not, you should use a big knife. Use a medium knife when eating salads, sweets or some appetizers. The fork or spoon usually varies with the size of the knife. Use a large spoon for soup and a small spoon for coffee and ice cream.
6. Don't serve others with your own tableware.
7. Don't stick a fork in the food entrance, but shovel the food. Of course, this rule has become less strict now. The Englishman holds a fork in his left hand, with the fork pointed down, and puts the meat upright and sends it to his mouth. If it is a burnt vegetable, he puts it on a fork and sends it to his mouth. Americans cut meat in the same way, then put down the knife in their right hand and put it under the meat with the fork pointed upward. Without a knife, he shoveled meat into his mouth and ate burnt vegetables in the same way.
8. If you don't need a knife to eat a dish, you can also hold a fork in your right hand. For example, Italians eat noodles with only one fork and do not need other tableware, so it is simple and convenient to hold the fork with their right hand. If there are no large pieces of meat to cut, such as vegetarian dishes, just vegetables and non-staple foods that don't need to be cut, then it is reasonable to eat with a fork in your right hand.
9. To be on the safe side, don't tell me what to do when holding a knife and fork. It is polite to put a knife and fork on a plate when talking or talking. This is also a kind of respect for the people next to you.
Basic etiquette
1. Knife and fork: Don't hold a fork like a cello, and don't hold a fork like a dagger of Lady Macbeth. In addition, don't fly around with a knife and fork in your hand to emphasize a certain point of your speech, and don't put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the dining table. Once the knife and fork are picked up and used, they can't be put back. When the knife is placed on the plate, the blade is inward, the head is in the plate, and the handle is placed on the edge of the plate.
2. napkin: don't wipe the lower part of your face with a napkin, but gently wipe it. Don't shake off your napkin and fold it. Don't wave in the air like a flag. The napkin should be on your knee. If you leave the table, put the napkin on the chair and push the chair closer to the table. Move carefully and gently. Don't fold napkins at the end of the meal; Otherwise, the waiter who doesn't know the situation may give it to other guests. At the end of the meal, pick up the napkin from the middle and gently put it on the left side of the plate on the dining table.
3. Chew: Keep your mouth shut when chewing. No matter how amazing your wit is and how good your timing is, you should never talk with food in your mouth. You can't swallow food right away for a quick conversation. You should keep a posture of chewing slowly and smile knowingly after swallowing food to convey your inner activities: there was a punch line just now, but there was food in your mouth.
4. Sitting posture: Remember what mom said, sit up straight and don't put your elbows on the dining table. If your hand is uncomfortable in any position, put it on your thigh.
5. Bread: It is especially important to spread butter on bread. Break the bread into small pieces that can be eaten in one bite, and butter the small pieces before eating. Don't butter the whole bread conveniently.
6. Speed: Not too fast. Whether eating in RitzCarton or GreasePit Hotel in Gerty, it is not only harmful to your health, but also unsightly, especially when dining with others. * * * Everyone should eat the same amount at the same time, and at the same time keep the start and end speed. When you are still drinking soup, it is not advisable for others to taste sweets.
7. Pick your teeth: If your teeth are blocked, don't pick your teeth at the dinner table. If you really can't stand it, find an excuse to go to the bathroom, where you can pick up enough.
8. Lipstick: It is not advisable to leave lipstick on the tableware, especially when working and eating. If you don't bring paper towels, you can go to the bathroom when you enter the hotel, or get paper towels from the bar.
9. Smoking: Even if you eat in the smoking area, you should not smoke while eating. Smoking will affect other people's appetite, which is not in harmony with the whole atmosphere. You should wait until after dinner, and remember: don't use the plate as an ashtray.
10. Items: Do not put ladies' handbags and men's suitcases on the dining table, and do not put keys, hats, gloves, glasses, glasses cases, cigarettes and other items on the dining table. In short, nothing that has nothing to do with eating can be served.
French Serving Etiquette in Western Food
The serving staff will send all the food to the trolley, because the food is only preliminarily processed in the kitchen and becomes semi-finished products, and the finished dishes need to be processed on the trolley, so the serving staff should have certain professional skills. The specific procedures are as follows: the guests are seated, the serving staff delivers drinks, then the dishes cooked in the kitchen are put into the trolley of the restaurant, and the preparation for serving is completed in front of the guests, and the unfinished semi-finished products are burned into food and put on the plate. At the same time, the sauce needs to be prepared by the service staff in front of the guests, and the cooked dishes are put on the plate and then sent to the guests. Bread, butter, salad or other small items should be taken from the guest's left side with the left hand, and all other foods should be taken from the guest's right side with the right hand, including drinks. In addition, pay attention to stay away from the guest's right hand when withdrawing the plate, and use your thumb, forefinger and middle finger when ending the plate, and don't touch the upper part of the plate edge with your fingers to ensure hygiene. After all the guests have finished eating, clean the table. After the main course is removed, the seasoning bottle is also removed, and dessert can be served at this time. The French serving procedure makes the guests feel comfortable, but the serving staff keeps working.
Serving etiquette in American western food
Guests are used to drinking a glass of ice water after sitting down. At this point, the cup should be placed on the right side of the guest and filled with ice water. If a guest doesn't drink ice water, he should be served cocktails or other aperitifs, and then all guests should be served with bread, butter and appetizers (salads) in soup. The appetizer glass should be removed from the right with your left hand, and then the main course is served, usually in the kitchen, and the soup and appetizer are sent out. The main course is served from the guest's left, and the bread and butter are added from the left. If you need coffee, it is usually served with the main course, but the coffee must be served from the right side of the guest, and the coffee cup should be filled with your right hand. If there is dessert, remove the main dish, and then serve the dessert dish from the left side, which contains drinks and coffee. It can be seen that the American service is fast and simple.
Russian Serving Etiquette in Western Food
After the guests sit down, they serve drinks first, and the food is completely prepared in the kitchen. When the service staff distributes the large plate from the guest's left side to the guest with the right hand, it is done counterclockwise. In addition, the dishes left in the big plate can be sent back to the kitchen for reuse, reducing waste.