In a fine dining restaurant...Does the soup or salad come first?

Question

In a fine dining restaurant...Does the soup or salad come first?

Answer 1

soup, depending on where you go, if you have soup and salad, then your soup would get cold if served after your salad, then you can also enjoy your salad with your meal or entree

Answer 2

These steps will make your evening more comfortable and will make you look less embarrassing to the people around you.

1)Put a napkin on your lap

2)Order whatever you like (there is more than soup or salad on the menu)

3)Start with the knife, fork, or spoon that is farthest from your plate, work your way in, using one utensil for each course.

4)When you are done with the course, rest your fork, tines up, and knife blade in, with the handles resting at five o'clock an tips pointing to ten o'clock on your plate

5)Do not talk with your mouth full. Chew with your mouth closed.

6)Leave a tip that can vary from 15% to 25%.

You welcome!

Answer 3

I take it this is an American thing?

The soup / salad question would never happen in a British restaurant.  Starter / fish / sorbet / main / dessert.  No salad / soup option, we just dont do that.

Answer 4

Soup is always before the salad.

Answer 5

This web site says soup first, then salad.  In many European restaurants, salad is served after the entrée.

The wikipedia entry goes into all the courses for a formal dinner.  

Great fun.

Answer 6

usually the salad.

Answer 7

Diner's choice and that's the way it should come out of the kitchen.

The Muse

Answer 8

Soup and salad are considered (at the same time) "the first course". So serving either first or at the same time would be appropriate.

Before such would come your appetizer and after the first course would be the main course followed by dessert.

Answer 9

salad