What should I serve before serving? Thank you.

China traditional banquet serving order is as follows:

1. Tea and fruit (roasted seeds and nuts, such as melon seeds and peanuts, are usually used to kill time before guests come, and candied fruit is used for high-grade ones).

2. Cold dishes (with wine)

3. Hot dishes: The order is: the first dish (usually the most expensive raw material for a banquet), the second dish (usually barbecue and stir-fry), the last soup (sober up, appetizing and refreshing), and then other hot dishes (the number of hot dishes is 8 to 12, of which there are two soups, one is two soups and the other is two soups. One is soup, which is put at the end of hot dishes.

4. Snacks: Serve in a hot dish, starting with two dishes.

5. With meals: usually vegetarian, for the next meal.

6. Fruit: used to clean the mouth.

Back to the landlord: "It is the practice of western food to put soup in front, and Cantonese food in Chinese food was later influenced by western food before putting soup in front." There are only two kinds of soups: one is two soups, which are placed behind two dishes; One is soup, which is put at the end of hot dishes. "

It is helpful to find some information on the Internet:

In the past, pubs and restaurants, which were a little more particular, had certain rules about the dishes at banquets. For example, the standard big table banquet in the north usually serves four cold dishes, mostly meat dishes, for drinking. People who drink wine will serve eight cold dishes for a long time. Next, four hot dishes are served, the weight is slightly more than that of cold dishes, and the dishes are mostly fresh and tender in season, not greasy or greasy, and light and palatable; Then serve four stew bowls, and there is soup in the dish, which can not only keep warm, but also appetize; Then there is the real main course, with delicacies, which is not only delicious, but also amazing in cooking skills. Even the tableware for the main course is different. I used to use sea bowls, up to four dishes. The main course is followed by beets, desserts, porridge, rice, and finally soup and fruit. If you eat Cantonese food, serve soup first. Nowadays, this "rule" is only followed at formal banquets.

1. western food ordering and serving order

There are four or five categories on the menu of western food, namely appetizer, soup, salad, seafood, meat, snacks and so on.

The main course should be decided first. If the main course is fish and the appetizer is meat, the taste is more diverse. In addition to eating a large amount, it is not necessary to prepare a whole meal from a single dish on the menu, as long as the appetizer and the main course are together, a dessert is enough. You don't need soup or appetizers, which is also an ideal combination (but in Italian food, spaghetti is regarded as soup, so in principle, these two dishes are not ordered together).

The formal order of providing a full set of meals is:

1) headboard. The first course of western food is the first course, also called appetizer. The contents of appetizers are generally divided into cold dishes and hot dishes. The common varieties are caviar, foie gras, smoked salmon, cocktail glass, creamy chicken crisp box, roasted snail and so on. Because appetizers are appetizers, appetizers generally have a special flavor, salty and sour, with small quantity and high quality.

2) soup. Different from Chinese food, the second course of western food is soup. Western-style soup can be roughly divided into clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, seafood soup, American clam soup, Italian vegetable soup, Russian Luo Songtang soup and French roasted onion soup. There are few varieties of cold soup, such as German cold soup and Russian cold soup.

3) Side dishes. Fish dishes are generally considered as the third course of western food, also called side dishes. Species include all kinds of freshwater and marine fish, shellfish and molluscs. Aquatic vegetables and eggs, bread and crispy box vegetables are usually called side dishes. Because fish and other dishes are tender and easy to digest, they are placed in front of meat dishes, which is different from the main course of meat dishes. Western-style fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, archbishop sauce, American sauce, sailor fish sauce and so on.

4) 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 cattle, sheep, pigs and cowboys, among which beef or steak is the most representative. Steaks can be divided into sirloin steak (also called sirloin steak), filet mignon, "T" bone steak and thin steak. Its cooking methods are often roasting, frying, roasting and so on. Sauces used for meat dishes mainly include Spanish sauce, concentrated boiled sauce, mushroom sauce and Bainisi sauce.

The raw materials of poultry dishes are taken from chickens, ducks and geese, and game such as rabbit meat and venison is usually classified as poultry dishes. Chicken is the most variety of poultry dishes, including pheasant, turkey and bamboo chicken, which can be cooked, fried, roasted and stewed. The main sauces are yellow gravy, curry juice and cream juice.

5) vegetarian dishes. Vegetarian dishes can be arranged after or at the same time as meat dishes, so they can be regarded as a dish or a side dish. 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, tomatoes, cucumbers and asparagus. The main sauces of salad are vinegar oil juice, French juice, dried island juice, cheese salad juice and so on.

Besides vegetables, there is another salad made of fish, meat and eggs. This kind of salad is usually without sauce and can be used as the first dish in the eating order.

Some vegetables are cooked, such as broccoli, boiled spinach and potato chips. Cooked vegetables are usually served on the plate with the meat dishes of the main course, which is called side dishes.

6) dessert. The dessert of western food is eaten after the main course, which can be regarded as the sixth course. It really includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.

7) Coffee and tea. The last course of western food is to provide drinks, coffee or tea. Coffee usually contains sugar and whipped cream. Tea usually contains fragrant peach slices and sugar.