Sunday, February 7, 2010

Defination of menu

Defination of menu
Defination of menu
The menu can be defined as the list of food and beverage items along with the individual price. A menu has to be well designed since it acts as a selling tool. It helps the guest to select what they like to it and drink. The prepared menu should match with customer eating habit. The list of menu is presented in a card know as menu card and presented in a folders that can be formed as a menu folder. Which should be clean, attractive and pleasing colour to match the decor and theme of the restaurant.
There are two types of menu that is:- A'La carte and Table D hote menu.A La carte is a French word which litterly mean 'as per card'or ' from the card'. As it suggest this menu gives a wide and veried choice of food and beverage listed in the card. Therefore it is a choice menu with the wide range of food and beverage along with the price lis of individual item to suit the customer test. It is expensive then the table D hot menu.
The litteral meaning of table d hote menu is table of the hote. It refers to menu of limit of choice which is planned in advance for specific. The customer don't have alternative to make choice in this type of menu where foods are normally served in 3-5 courses and the price of the food are charged inclusively as a set a wether the customer completes the entire set of meal or hot. It is comparativly inexpensive that A'La carte menu.

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