Special Menu Selection for Christmas and New Year
Christmas and New Year are special moments that are usually enjoyed with family or friends to gather and eat food while enjoying the atmosphere of Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Presenting a unique menu for the upcoming Christmas & New Year holidays is certainly a focus point for the HOREKA industry because this is an effective marketing strategy, especially during the high season.
Look at several important things you need to pay attention to when presenting a menu to welcome the Christmas and New Year moments in your culinary business:
1. Menu Selection
Presenting a unique and innovative menu is crucial. Offering authentic and popular dishes certainly guarantees good business profits. In this case, Pro friend can present a set menu with the following details:
• Appetizers
As the name suggests, appetizers are initial dishes served to customers before starting the main course. This dish tends to be light and can usually be eaten in just a few bites. Appetizers are meant to stimulate your appetite and make you hungry enough to eat the main course.
• Main course
When serving main course, you can choose classic dishes, such as turkey or ham. Turkey can be served whole, cut into pieces or rolled and can be served with a variety of side dishes. These two dishes can be a delicious addition to customers' dinners
• Dessert
Something sweet at the end of dinner can provide a memorable culinary experience for customers. Dessert can aid digestion and increase serotonin levels, which can make you feel happier and calmer. However, it should be noted that the portion of this dessert needs to be adjusted so that customers do not consume too much sweet food
2. Menu Portioning
At Christmas and New Year, customers tend to come with family or friends, so in this case a menu with a sharing concept is the right choice to serve them. For this reason, Pro Friends can choose dishes with sharing portions which contain protein, vegetables and carbohydrates. Don't forget to refer to the balanced nutrition guidelines so that the portions served remain within reasonable limits
3. Type of Presentation
The type of presentation at Christmas and New Year is also very important. Generally, restaurants implement a type of presentation with several alternatives, such as buffet & a'la carte. With a buffet, guests can try a series of dishes served on the table with a variety of menu choices. This is different from a'la carte, where each menu item needs to be ordered by the customer in advance and served separately or according to request. Well, actually there is another alternative too, namely the type of family style serving or a mixture of buffet and a'la carte, where customers who gather at the table have the right to choose their food or what is usually called "middle food".
4. Type of Cuisine
There are of course various types of dishes usually served on Christmas and New Year's Eve with their own characteristics, for example in the following countries:
• America: Mashed Potato
Mashed potatoes are a staple food in the US during the holidays. The character of this dish is its soft and buttery texture. Examples of other dishes include green bean casserole, roast turkey and cranberry sauce
• England: Baked Potato
It is a popular dish served at Christmas in England. Examples of other dishes, such as Ham, Beef Wellington, and sauce with cranberry variants
• Italy: Panettone
Or the typical Milanese cake which is a yeasted sweet bread and is usually eaten at Christmas. This cake is usually filled with raisins, candied fruit & almonds. Apart from that, there is also a Bolognese Lasagna menu which is usually served at this moment.
So, the cuisine of several countries above can be a reference for Pro Friends in choosing the menu that will be served to welcome NATARU 2024. Hopefully these tips are useful & happy holidays!
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