For a formal dinner, you usually start with a soup course , then the main course , and lastly dessert. In some countries , salad is seved as a replacement for the soup course , or as a second course , or alongside the main course. In some countries, there used to be a glace or sherbert [or sorbet ] served between the soup and main courses as a palate cleanser. Nowadays, you will probably never see this except at a State dinner .
A very detailed dinner with a number of courses is normally called a "Feast", or "Banquet," though neither are a very precise term.
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The courses were Gustatio Mensae primae , Mensa secundae
In India they have 1 course.
A dinner plate is called a dinner plate because it is a plate which you eat your dinner off of, hence the expression "dinner plate".
A pigsty dinner is called a swill.
Cocktails and dinner.
the name of the tree courses are called the flood plain
the desert fork and spoon
In the Southern US, dinner comes first, then comes supper. In the North, dinner is called lunch, and supper is called dinner.
An all inclusive dinner at a restaurant is one that includes all courses. This means that the diners will also be able to get an appetizer and desert.
Jamvanu - For both lunch and dinner