Food Decoration Ideas

In the art world cooking, not only taste delicious that became its main purpose, beauty and harmony factor also plays an important role. Purpose garnish (garnish) in a dish is to give an incentive as well as the beauty of the dish. Both of these factors will affect our eyesight, so unappetizing that finally acquiesced to immediately taste the dishes presented. Actually, the art of decorating a dish with fruit and vegetables that are a legacy of our ancestors. For example, the form of decorative fruits for offerings on the island of Bali and mountains on Sekaten in Yogyakarta.

Garnish sometimes indicate the name of a place from where the food came from or shows the name of who is being feted. For example, the abbreviation name of the bride who was feted carved on the statue or butter as a beautiful decoration.

Terms Garnish

When will decorate the dish, should pay attention to some of the requirements, the following:

1.Material used to be fresh ingredients, edible, no wormy, and clean.

2. Must know the type of cuisine that will be decorated, so that the materials used can be adapted to the material to be cooked.

3. Use a striking and attractive color.

4. Large ornaments and dishes that will be decorated to be balanced with a great room and know exactly where it will be placed ornaments. Comparison of the dish with a garnish of ± 10: 1.

5. The tools are used in accordance with the requirement that the result is good, tidy, beautiful, and charming.

6. Provide color variations on food does have a less attractive colors to make it look more attractive.

7. Food should look attractive and better texture. Foods that have less attractive form, for example, that food consists of an assortment of colors that look crowded. Garnish will greatly assist a food to make it look more attractive, for example by providing a leaf parsley or sliced ​​tomato / lime and others.

8. Add flavor and a delicious aroma. For example, cream of asparagus soup coupled with asparagus pieces are small, steaks that taste bland added black pepper and others.