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Guides For Selection And Collocation Of Tableware

Pulished on Jul. 18, 2023

Choosing the right tableware plays an important role in improving your quality of life for most of people who don't eat the take away food always.Especially when someone comes to have dinner or a party at home, and when it is necessary to create a certain sense of atmosphere and ceremony,

tasteful and cost-effective tableware is undoubtedly a beautiful detail landscape at home. In this article, Wholesale Dinnerware Suppliers will focus on home accessories rather than professional from the perspective of cooking, but the choice of tableware from four aspects: tableware classification, functional shape, effect matching, and price.

Guides For Selection And Collocation Of Tableware

Tableware classification:

Dining tableware, that is, all kinds of dishes and other utensils. The materials of utensils mainly include stainless steel, ceramics, glass, wood and plastic. From the perspective of use, porcelain is the most widely used; in addition, most children's tableware is mainly made of plastic, which is not afraid of falling, but there is no porcelain. 

The dishes are well cleaned. Stainless steel tableware is relatively small, but it also has its specific scope of use, especially in western food. From a practical point of view, porcelain utensils that can be heated at will, matched with bamboo chopsticks, stainless steel knives and forks, glass cups and fresh-keeping boxes, 

are still It is the most common and versatile tableware material for mainstream, high-quality, high-end and even stunning stalls.

Decorative tableware, such as candlesticks, afternoon tea snack holders, Burgundy wine glasses and wine glass holders, decanters, and beautifully shaped coffee cups and coffee pots, coasters, placemats, etc.,a major feature of this type of tableware, That is, although the frequency of use may be low, even if it is bought back and not used, it will be displayed on the side table or in the open kitchen, 

playing the role of decorating the space and enhancing the atmosphere. But when it is used as a decoration, it must be cleaned, especially the watermark on the cup, which will greatly affect the visual effect, and pay attention to regular inspection and cleaning. 

For example, if the bottom of the coaster used with the cup is left in one place for a long time, it may There will be accumulation of stains and even mildew.White porcelain dishes + transparent glass bowls + bamboo and wood chopsticks + stainless steel knives, forks and spoons are the main force of the tableware at home, try to ensure uniformity, easy to wear and tear replacement.

The function and shape of tableware:

Tableware is a typical daily-use item with a certain consumption frequency. With the extension of use time and changes in the family environment, inadvertent bumps,or tableware updates caused by the increase in the number of people in the family, will affect the choice of its shape. If you want to To maintain the consistency of the family's tableware, it is basically bound to a certain brand for a long time. Otherwise, at a family gathering, there are bowls of various brands and shapes on the same table. Although it does not affect the use, it is not perfect. 

Especially if you want to have a concave shape and enhance the visual effect, it is very important to maintain the unity of the appearance of the tableware, which also has a lot to do with the brand selection that will be mentioned later. 

Guides For Selection And Collocation Of Tableware

So in terms of form and function, here are a few things to keep in mind:

1. Porcelain bowls must have bowl feet, because porcelain is a good heat conductor, and bowls with bowl feet can better avoid hot hands when held.

2. Chopsticks are preferably pointed, which is convenient for some fine gripping actions.

3. The glaze texture on the surface of the porcelain bowl is preferably free of metal materials, so that it can be heated in a microwave oven at will. It is better to use a pure white porcelain bowl or a plexiglass bowl. There is no texture, so there is no difference between different styles. Difficult to match the problem.

4. tableware sizes, I recommend a 5-inch diameter rice bowl, a 7-inch diameter noodle bowl, and an 8-inch diameter plate, converted into centimeters, about 13, 18, and 20 cm in diameter, and a 5-inch rice bowl can also be used as a soup bowl , the 7-inch noodle bowl can also be used to mix salad, which can reduce the types of bowls and further improve the versatility. 

The smallest rice bowl on the market is usually 4.5 inches, which is 11.5 cm. You can use a ruler to measure yourself The caliber of home tableware, when you buy it later, you will also have a concept in mind.

5. The long chopsticks needed for cooking will be very worn. It is best not to use chopsticks for dining. They should be purchased separately and dedicated to chopsticks.

6. The caliber of the glass should be able to reach in with one hand, so that it will be very convenient when cleaning, and it is difficult to clean a glass that is too thin.

7.In addition to bowls and plates, the size of other tableware also has its own industry standards. Tableware that is too unusual in shape may not fit in the steamer or microwave oven, etc.

 Embarrassing situations, so we still try to choose simple shapes and function first. tableware products.

For those decorative tableware, the principle of selection and matching is to highlight features, either classic enough, such as European-style candle holders, or alternative enough, such as a wine decanter, but on the whole it is necessary to maintain color, material, and style coordination with other tableware Unite.

Guides For Selection And Collocation Of Tableware

Effect matching of tableware:

Below 2 suggestions for choosing tableware.

Firsstly,the more basic it is to buy general-purpose products with lower technical thresholds, which are easy to replace, such as The 5-inch bowl and 8-inch dinner plate.For those tableware that is used less frequently, you can pay more attention to decoration and styling effects, such as choosing 

some salad plates with distinctive shapes from famous brands, baking trays Improve the display effect when dining. 

Secondly,For cooking utensils tableware, we have to reverse the selection principle. The more frequently used cooking utensils, the more high-quality products we should buy.It is very important to use them smoothly, such as knives and woks, and some items that are used infrequently. For example, a soup pot or a pressure cooker may not have such high requirements for shape and quality.

For the basic rice bowls, noodle bowls and dinner plates, I always recommend pure white undecorated porcelain products, which can be used with other tableware. If one or two is broken, it is relatively easy to buy a substitute online. For other tableware that is not commonly used, such as baking trays, long plates for holding fish, salad bowls, etc., 

you can choose famous brand products with strange shapes. , can improve the visual sense of a table meal very well. 

If you choose bamboo chopsticks or stainless cutlery set with a pairing logo, there will be no embarrassing scene where you can’t tell which pair of chopsticks is who when there are many people eating.But the disadvantage is that once one is broken, it is difficult to pair the other. Our suggestion is to choose chopsticks or cutlery set that are all in one color.

When it comes the decorative tableware, the principle of selection and matching is to highlight features, either classic enough, such as European-style candle holders, or alternative enough, such as a wine decanter, 

but on the whole it is necessary to maintain color, material, and style coordination with other tableware Unite.

Guides For Selection And Collocation Of Tableware


Let's briefly summarize the overall matching and selection principles of tableware effects. First, uniform materials, second, uniform colors, and third, visual emphasis.

The so-called uniform material: You can simply understand that the utensils are all made of porcelain, the chopsticks are all made of bamboo, the knives and forks are all made of stainless steel, and the cups are all made of glass. 

This is basically half the battle. The uniform color is to control the color on the basis of the material. The porcelain utensils are all pure white without patterns, the bamboo chopsticks are all light yellow,

 the stainless steel knives and forks are all bright silver, and the glass cups are all pure and transparent. For texture, the simpler the better, the best without texture. Doing this is more than half the battle. 

Finally, there is the so-called visual focus, which is based on the realization of the first two points, and some tableware with unique shapes and unconventional paths, such as the irregularly shaped salad bowls and golden candlesticks mentioned above, with exaggerated shapes The decanter, etc., these tableware that bear the function of visual highlights, against the backdrop of a large number of common tableware, can play a finishing touch in creating an atmosphere.