Creative Idea Of Art Designing Food

creative ideas of art designing food to look unique and beautiful

In the world of cooking cooking art, not only the delicious taste that became the main goal, the factor of beauty and harmony also plays an important role. The purpose of decoration (garnish) on a dish is to provide the charm and beauty of the dish. Both of these factors will affect our eyesight, causing an appetite that eventually intends to taste the dishes served immediately. Actually, the art of decorating the dish with fruit and vegetables is a legacy of our ancestors. For example, the form of ornamental fruits for offerings on the island of Bali and mountains on Sekaten in Yogyakarta.

      Garnish sometimes shows the name of the place from which the food came from or indicated the name of the person being feted. For example, the abbreviated bridesmaid's name is carved on a sculpture or butter as one of the beautiful decorations.

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

The materials used should be fresh, edible, undiluted, and clean.

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

Use striking and attractive colors.

Large ornaments and dishes to be decorated should be balanced with large room and know exactly where the decoration will be placed. Comparison of dishes with garnish ± 10: 1.

Tools that are used in accordance with the need for good results, neat, beautiful, and charming.

Provides color variations in foods that do have less attractive colors to make them look more appealing.

Food should look attractive and texture better. Foods that have less attractive shape, for example the food consists of a variety of colors so it looks crowded. Garnish will really help a food to look more attractive, for example by giving a leaf parsley or sliced ​​tomato / lime and others.

Adding flavor and aroma is delicious. For example, cream of asparagus soup added with small pieces of asparagus, a steak that has a bland taste added black pepper and others

Garnish types:

Simple Garnish, is a garnish consisting of one or more ingredients, usually made of vegetables, cereals or ready-made foods, such as croutons, bread, tarts, and so on.

Composite Garnish, is a garnish that consists of a variety of ingredients as an ornament in accordance with basic foods. These materials should have a mixture of flavors and aromas with staple foods or ingredients with each other.

Garnish Applying

      One of Indonesia's mainstay food stylish said that food also needs to be dressed, like a hair or face to evoke the appetite and emotions of the people who see it. Actually this is closely related to art, because we play with the composition, color, texture and sensitivity.

     Each food, has its own character and can not be treated equally to be able to create the appropriate impression. For example, cherries are not matching when used to decorate carp. Then treat foods that quickly melt like hot cheese, sauce or ice cream should also be with special speed. Because we are racing against time. But do not let the arrangement of food instead divert the focus of the person from the food itself.