Wedding banquet hotel: Is it necessary to taste food before the wedding banquet?

I have eaten at many wedding banquets, and the dishes are basically the same. Generally, there are no particularly attractive dishes, and there are only one or two dishes. At the dinner table, you will often encounter dishes that you don’t like, or that are inappropriate, or there may be repeated dishes, such as the same ingredients appearing in several dishes. It is also possible that the banquet ends because it does not suit the taste or the portion is too large, leaving a large amount of delicacies on the table, which is a waste.

When many restaurants first open, they will organize some free tasting activities. One is to increase their popularity and attract consumers' attention, and the other is to allow consumers to put forward their own opinions while tasting the food. , allowing chefs to continuously improve to achieve customer satisfaction. I often sign up for such tasting events, but my character has never been outstanding. As a result, I have never tasted the fun of tasting. With this wedding banquet, I can experience it.

Food Tasting

Regarding the food tasting, from my personal understanding, it means that the hotel prepares a small portion of each dish on the pre-determined wedding banquet menu for people to taste. . Let us make it easy to choose dishes, and negotiate for dishes that do not suit our taste, whether to replace the dishes or try to change the taste. After all, everyone’s taste is different. Some people like sweet, some like spicy, and some have strong taste. , some people can’t even eat it if they add too much salt.

My opinion

I also have my own opinions on the method of tasting dishes and the basis for selection.

1. Price of food tasting

Food tasting at a wedding banquet is a new thing to me, so I don’t know much about the price of food tasting, whether it is free or at a discounted price. It is still full payment. This needs to be negotiated with the hotel. It is best to be free of course. If there is a discount, try to negotiate the lowest discount. After all, this is just a trial. If you have friends or relatives who have just hosted a banquet, you can also ask them about the price of the dishes they tried at that time.

2. Are the dishes on the menu?

Most of the wedding banquet standards are fixed by the hotel. Some of them are not on the general menu, but are specially customized. This is usually the case. We often don't encounter it when eating, and we don't know how it tastes and whether it suits us. Of course, you won’t be able to see the beautiful illustrations on the menu, and you won’t know whether the dishes will be delicious, tasty, and delicious in the end. This requires careful inspection by tasting the dishes. If you are not satisfied with the style or the taste of the dishes, you can put forward your own opinions, so that you will not encounter embarrassing problems at the wedding banquet, such as serving a dish. I don’t know what kind of dish it is, or the way it is made is not suitable for a wedding banquet. Of course, these situations only happen by chance. Even so, we should try our best to avoid them and be aware of them before the wedding banquet.

3. Who of us will go?

I think there should be targeted choices for the people who will test the dishes. For example, there should be an old man among the people who test the dishes. Generally, the elderly are very interested in the food. The taste of food is different from that of young people. It may be due to the loss of taste function. I always think that the food of the elderly should be slightly saltier. The same is true for having a child. Most children like sweets, whether boys or girls. I remember when I was young, I loved eating the last dessert when I went out to eat. The two most critical protagonists are indispensable. After all, the wedding is ours, so naturally we have to make all the preparations personally. Regarding other personnel, such as those who have special needs. You can also bring friends or family members. For example, those with special tastes or special customs of the Hui people must be taken into consideration.

4. Inappropriate dishes can be replaced

Regarding the menu, hotels generally follow the standard of set meals. Among the dozens of dishes, there are many dishes we don’t like. This requires negotiation with the hotel, or there are dishes in this standard that I want, but there are also dishes in another standard that I want. Can it be adjusted? Or if you have a favorite dish that you particularly like, can you add it to it?

In today's society, more and more people pay attention to advancing with the times and regard innovation as a highlight. Among the dozens of delicacies, can we add a particularly novel and unique dish to give people a refreshing feeling and make people The first thing that shines in front of you makes your memory more vivid. If you can't think of a special style, you can also work hard on the taste and choose a dish that you have never tried before. Of course, this is for me personally. There are also people who prefer tradition and don’t like trouble. They leave the choice to the hotel and choose an appropriate amount of the plans provided by the hotel and make slight modifications. This will be more convenient and save a lot of trouble. All of these are required. It depends on our own hobbies.

5. How many dishes are there, and detailed descriptions of each dish

Regarding the hotel’s standard dishes, there are eight, ten, or fourteen people, depending on the person. This requires the newcomers to make their own choices. As for the adjustment of table positions, the reasonable allocation of people at each table, and the ratio of men to women, I will not go into detail here. In short, the number of dishes should be proportioned according to the number of people. Don’t be too wasteful or create an insufficient scene. These experienced hotels will give some suggestions. Of course, we ourselves should also choose the number of dishes appropriately based on our previous dining experience.

Another point is that detailed description of the dishes is also necessary. To give a simple example, I used to go to a wedding banquet with my family, and something like this happened at the wedding banquet. A person suffered from dizziness and a red rash on his face during a banquet, which was due to eating allergic food. There are many ingredients added to the dishes that you don’t pay much attention to at first glance, or you don’t know much about them, and they are easy to eat by mistake. We should do enough homework before the wedding banquet, and pay attention to the foods that people around us are allergic to. Of course, the menu at the wedding banquet does not need to be so detailed. You only need to mark the main ingredients. After all, many hotel dishes now have really nice names, such as "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea", "Zhuangshuang", etc., just look at the dish names. I have no idea what ingredient this is. If the friends and relatives who came to eat thought it was delicious but didn’t know what it was, why should they ask the waiter one by one? Of course, this is already a problem with the menu, and is a bit off topic with the tasting, so I’ll just mention it and pay attention to it.

6. When testing dishes, should you try all the dishes or select specific dishes?

Generally speaking, there are dozens of dishes at a wedding banquet. It is not necessary to try all the dishes. Once you try it, and if not many people go to try the dishes, or if they don’t eat a lot, it’s almost impossible to finish dozens of dishes. Furthermore, generally average dishes taste very different, so there is no need to test the dishes specifically. I think it is more purposeful to choose a few targeted dishes, or dishes that everyone is controversial about whether they need to be added or deleted, and then decide on the final choice, which is why trial testing is more important.

Written at the end

I think that no matter whether we need to try dishes, how many dishes we try, or the final decision, these are not the affairs of one person or the two of us. A wedding banquet is considered a wedding. The highlight of the banquet, and the dishes at the banquet are the top priority. This is not just a meal. Therefore, the choice, taste, and quantity of dishes need to be carefully selected. We need to discuss more with family and friends, and seek advice from relatives who have hosted wedding banquets before, so that our wedding banquet can have a romantic beginning and a perfect ending.