How to make a wedding banquet menu

This paper mainly analyzes the design principles of wedding menu through some examples of wedding menu. Rule 1: The number of dishes should be even. There is an unwritten tradition in most parts of China: the number of dishes in "red and white" weddings (that is, what we call wedding banquets) is even; The number of dishes in a white wedding (which we call a funeral banquet) is odd. The number of wedding dishes is usually eight dishes symbolizing wealth, ten dishes symbolizing perfection, and twelve dishes symbolizing the happiness of the month. For example, the popular "August 8th Banquet" in Jiangnan consists of eight cold dishes and eight hot dishes. Moreover, the wedding date is generally chosen on the eighth, eighteenth and twenty-eighth day of the second lunar month, which hides the auspicious meaning of "I want to get rich, add eight to eight, and get rich again". The common menu is as follows: eight cold dishes: roast bone, fried chicken, red duck, wind fish, stinging skin, eggs, mushrooms and celery. Eight hot dishes: Ruyi Sea Cucumber, Babao Crispy Duck, Stuffed Mushroom, Sanxian Haiyuan, Lotus Seed Chicken Chopped, Yipin Jujube Lotus, Kirin Pine Nut and Shijia Albizia. Principle 2: Try to use auspicious words in the naming of dishes, express good wishes to newcomers, please guests psychologically and set off the atmosphere. For example, we can name the pearl shrimps as flying with me, the fish balls in milk soup as fish and water dependent, and the jujube longan lotus seed peanut soup as early-born sons. If the dishes at the wedding banquet are matched with color, material and taste, we usually name them after Yuanyang, such as Yuanyang fish fillet, Yuanyang chicken brain, Yuanyang crisp and so on. I wish the couple harmony and happiness. The names of dishes are taboo, such as two dragons playing with pearls, Yi Long playing with pearls, and two phoenix rising in the sun. The following is the wedding menu of a hotel in Taiwan Province Province, in which twelve dishes have been given auspicious names, which have achieved the effect of setting off the atmosphere, pleasing the guests and blessing the new couple. The four seas have the same rhyme-the dragon and phoenix platter, the husband and wife happily reflect the fairy pool-the miniature Buddha jumping wall with a century-old brocade jade belt-Yuhuan Yuanyang Beihai and Longfeng vowed to each other-steamed lobster with garlic and the old red line are affectionate-braised sea cucumber and fish belly accompany me to fly to Huihe Bridge-money chicken wings are more celebrated-sweet and sour fried tuna embroidered Yuanyang pillow-assorted stew. Pills, soup, flowers, lotus-reunion lotus seeds, Lu Fu, Lan Xin fruits, family fun-global fruit dishes are another example: traditional wedding banquets, flying banquets with me, dragon and phoenix banquets, and vows of eternal love banquets, in which the names of dishes all follow this principle. Fly with me for cold dishes: mandarin duck eggs, chicken rolls, lotus seeds in syrup, stuffed fish strips, red barbecue, shrimp cakes, crispy flower kernels, loving toast, and eight hot dishes: family fun-braised seafood flies with me-crispy fried quail, fish in milk soup, harmoniously playing the lute and harp-golden-fu Pipa shrimp, sweetheart, spring rolls, and early birth. Honey Honey-the joy of a festive cake-the excitement of a crisp sandwich-the chestnut fried with sugar is round and full-Principle 3 of jiaozi with bean paste: The wedding menu should follow the principle of matching dishes according to different people in the design process. China is a multi-ethnic country, and each ethnic group has its own unique customs and dietary taboos. First of all, we should know the nationality, religion, occupation, hobbies, taboos, etc. of the guests, and flexibly master and match the menu that the guests are satisfied with. For example, in the traditional Muslim wedding banquet, the dishes in the eight bowls and the ten bowls are usually mainly beef and mutton. Pay a little attention to the local chicken, duck and fish, which has strong national characteristics. Principle 4: The choice of raw materials for wedding dishes must be based on customs and pay attention to taboos. The dishes of wedding banquets are generally not restricted by the gang genre, and the raw materials are not required to be expensive, but the weight should be slightly larger, the taste should be appropriate, and the wine should be matched as much as possible. There must never be a situation where guests are not full or feel that they have nothing to eat. I personally heard that a friend went to a five-star hotel to attend a wedding banquet, and when he came back, he complained that he didn't have enough to eat, which brought a very bad impression to the guests. The raw material of traditional wedding banquet dishes must have chicken, which symbolizes auspiciousness and celebration; There must be fish, which symbolizes more than one year, and is generally used as a meat dish. Generally, there should be Chinese dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds and homophonic sounds. I wish the new couple an early birth. Most of the dishes in the wedding banquet are mainly in red tones, which brings a festive feeling to the guests. There are generally "sauce red, brown red, orange red, carmine, etc." At traditional wedding banquets in Sichuan, there should be braised pork and beets, such as sweet boiled vegetables; Wedding banquets in Northeast China are generally attended by "four happiness balls" as a symbol of celebration. In Hong Kong, there must be no dishes such as tofu and lotus leaf rice in the wedding banquet. Pomegranate (because it has many seeds, it means many children), watermelon, bayberry and peach (meaning a sweet and happy life in the future) are usually used as fruits at wedding banquets. It is forbidden to serve pears and oranges, because pears are like separate "Li" sounds, and oranges should be eaten separately. In addition to the design of wedding menu, the layout of wedding environment is as important as the choice of wedding tableware. Let me give you a brief introduction. The layout of the wedding environment must be festive, peaceful and lively. In China, there is a saying that weddings are "no trouble, no hair, no hair". Humorous wedding jokes, wedding quotations and wedding sketches are interspersed in the wedding process, so that some well-designed wedding games can lead the wedding atmosphere to a warm and warm atmosphere. Tableware should use red and gold disks and round bowls, red tablecloths and red painted chopsticks. In the past, it was taboo to break tableware, tea sets and wine sets. Wedding is one of the most important ceremonies in life, and the wedding reception is the key to the whole wedding process. There has long been a folk saying in our country that "you can't get married without a banquet, and you can't marry a woman without a banquet." Nowadays, in order to seize the booming wedding market, many hotels have set up wedding departments or "wedding housekeeper" posts to provide customers with professional wedding planning. Their work includes many specific contents, such as the layout of wedding environment, the organization of wedding process and the design of wedding menu.