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Silverware / Flatware

Serving spoon -
Dinner Fork - Dinner forks are perfect for meat and pasta dishes, as well as
any other main course meal that you would use a stabbing and scooping
tool to eat.
Dinner Fork - With four elongated tines, a dinner fork is used to eat the
main course of a meal, such as a steak, chicken, or beef. It is around 7
inches long and appears bigger than your salad forks and table forks. It’s
easy to spot a dinner fork.
Salad Fork - Shorter than a dinner fork and sometimes used as dessert
forks, salad forks measures around 6 inches long, with the left side having
a flat edge. Another way to identify a salad fork is that the out tines are
thicker than the central tines.
Serving Fork - As the term implies, a serving fork is used to serve different
kinds of food dishes from a buffet, such as cut meat, fish, or cheese.
Serving forks are also sometimes used as a substitute when cleaning meat.

Dessert Fork - A dessert fork or pastry fork has three to four prongs and is
slightly smaller than your salad fork as the size is perfect for eating small
portions such as pie or cake.

Cocktail/Seafood Fork - A small fork of around 4 ½ to 5 ½ inches in


length, the cocktail or sometimes called a seafood fork, is often found in
bars that are used to eat seafood or add garnishes to drinks.

Oyster Fork - This eating utensil is a must-have for times when crustaceans
are served at the table. While it is not a requirement to enjoy oysters or
crabs, this is a handy tool. The fork has two or three times, which is no
different from a regular fork, but the fork is made of thick steel.

European Dinner Fork - The usual color we see forks are colored in is
chrome or silver color. Sometimes, we also encounter plated ones that
come in a variety of colors, like gold.
Teaspoon - A small spoon usually goes unnoticed among a collection of
spoons until it’s time to follow some baking instructions or administer
medication. A teaspoon’s standard capacity ranges from 2.5 ml to 5 ml.
Tablespoon - A tablespoon is a general-purpose utensil for eating, mixing,
drinking, etc. we use for our daily needs. A standard tablespoonful varies
based on region. In the western world, the U.S. tablespoonful capacity is
14.8 ml, U.K. and Canada have it at 15 ml, and Australia at 20 ml.

Soup Spoon - This large class of spoons is characterized by its large


capacity and deep concave to make room for fluid contents. It is used for
transferring large amounts of fluids in one go. Some soup spoons come
with long handles, angled at almost 90 degrees, for mixing soup in deep
cylindrical pots while still cooking.

Dessert Spoon - The dessert spoon is almost indistinguishable from a


regular spoon at first glance but based on capacity, the dessert spoon’s
capacity is halfway between a teaspoon and a regular spoon which is
around 10 ml. The spoon is used for eating desserts but can also function
for taking sips of soup or for eating cereals.

Bouillon Spoon - A bouillon spoon has a similar form factor to the Asian
soup spoon, but this one has a rounder (almost circular if not fully circular)
and a shallower bowl with a short handle.

Demitasse Spoon - This is a special spoon intended to be used for drinking


coffee or espresso. The demitasse spoon has a capacity of 2.5 ml. It is
smaller than a teaspoon and has a longer handle. The small size of the bowl
makes it easy to maneuver around and scoop excess foam from the surface
of an espresso.
Dinner Plate - The first type of plate is the dinner plate. The dinner plate is the type of
plate that usually be used to serve the main dish. This plate is in the form of a flat
circle with a diameter around 26 cm. However, it also has various sizes ranging from
8 inches, 9 inches, to 12 inches.

Dessert Plate - A dessert plate is a plate that is used to serve dessert. The size of this
plate is smaller than the dinner plate because it is specialized to serve dessert, which
is little and small.

Appetizer Plate - As the name implies, an appetizer plate is a plate that is used to
serve appetizers. The size of this plate is ranging from 17 cm and generally it has a
curved edge but without indentation.

Bread and Butter Plate - A bread and butter plate is a plate that is used to serve bread
and butter. Usually often used at luxurious restaurants that have many types of plates
and food menus.

Fish Plate - It can be ascertained that this plate is functioned to serve kinds of fish
dishes. With an oval shape and ranging sizes in accordance with the size of the fish
that will be put on the fish plate.

Salad Plate - A salad plate is used to serve salad in two different sizes. Usually, the
sizes of salad plates are 20 cm and 22 cm. Usually placed together with a dinner plate,
which becomes the base for the main dish.

Soup Plate - To serve a soup dish, you can use a soup plate. This soup plate is a plate
that has most different shape compared to other types of plates because it has a shape
that is almost like a bowl.

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