Seating order at banquets. Many people believe that the seat facing the door at a formal banquet is the main seat, and the leader should sit there. Actually this is wrong. The main seat facing the door is not determined by the level of position or fame, but by who is the master, that is, whoever is hosting the guests today will sit in this seat. After the host position is determined, the person with the highest position or the most famous person will sit on the right side of the host. This is the first guest of honor seat. To the left of the host is the second guest of honor seat. After the three protagonists were determined, the rest of the people did not sit as in the group photo, but started from the second guest of honor seat and descended in a clockwise direction until the seat close to the first guest of honor was called " The so-called "last seat" and "the last seat" refer to this seat. But there is also a saying that other people sit according to the distance between host and guest. The seat with the back to the door is usually occupied by the host. If the guest of honor has a higher status than the host, the host should give up the seat of honor and sit to the left of the guest of honor. This should be determined by the nature of the banquet. The latter one is more suitable for treating guests to dinner, while the former one is more suitable for official banquets. In addition, the seating order mentioned here does not apply to large banquets with a front desk, such as state banquets, wedding banquets, etc. In such a big event, the seat facing the front desk is the main seat. Who wants the VIPs to turn their heads to look at the front desk. The order of serving Chinese food. There are six aspects to pay attention to in the order of serving Chinese food. Firstly, there are a few cold dishes for the guests to enjoy as they please, firstly to avoid being left in the cold, and secondly, if any of the guests are hungry, they can pacify their stomachs first. The second is about the order of soup. In the South, it is customary to serve soup first, advocating drinking to whet your appetite first. There is also a saying that "drinking soup first before eating is better than prescribing medicine." Northerners are pragmatic and believe that if you drink a lot of soup first, you should eat less vegetables. As for the order of soup, just do as the Romans do. Third, the wine glasses must be filled before the hot dishes are served. Sometimes two or three hot dishes are served and the wine is still missing. The host wants to say a few words. How can he say something while holding an empty glass? By the time the waiter slowly opened the bottle and sifted the wine, the hot dishes that were served were already half cold. Fourth, for hot dishes that are fried and served right away, there should be a certain interval between the two dishes. After eating more than half of one dish, the second one came. If the same dish is served in the right way, the guests will have a better appetite. Some restaurants go to two extremes in this regard, either finishing one dish and not serving the second one for a long time. Either the guests have not made the minimum mental preparation, and the table is filled with a gust of wind. Faced with a table full of dishes, the guests suddenly have nowhere to place their chopsticks. Fifth, the restaurant's signature dishes, especially those made with fine craftsmanship, as well as fatty dishes such as braised pork and braised pork, should generally not be placed too late in the order. Because the guest had already hiccupped at that time, bringing these good things to the table would only give people the feeling of giving an umbrella after rain. 6. From the perspective of saltiness, each dish should be lighter than the other. The biggest knowledge when cooking is adding salt. The so-called salt seasoning, the umami, sweetness, and aroma in dishes all rely on salt to bring them out. There is a saying that salt is a gentleman. After salt brings out all the good flavors in food, it retreats into the background. If a dish is served and someone tastes the salt, then the dish has failed - this is called salt overpowering the taste. The human tongue, like other senses, will become numb after being used for a long time. Therefore, each dish should be lighter than the other. If it's the opposite, then it's a complete blow. The gourmet Mr. Zhu Ziye said that once when he went to a banquet, the master chef forgot to add salt to the last soup. When it was brought to the table, everyone drank, and almost shouted one word in unison: "Fresh!"