Royal Kitchen, the royal family would have been eating based on the cuisines that were across the kingdoms land and was an important way to show the royals place in what they could eat and what they had decided to eat. The eating of the royal family would be representing the nation of Hawaii on the global stage as it would have to show that it had its own food while maintaining the extravagance of the food of the visiting nations to the palace. Nothing fills the heart of the king than a a meal fit for one with each person under service to be needing a meal to make sure things would run smoothly in the Hawaiian Royal Family.
By looking at the old menus for information rather than nostalgia there can be a inside look into the royal kitchen of what was made through the menus that have information from the archivists who note the occasion and with understanding of the foods meaning at its time of serving. Chefs working for the kingdom were said to be cooks that were adaptive in their soups of the anglo-french cuisine, but still present the roast meats alongside poi with variation that would befit the western parties involved. A slice of a duck carcass into a nice roast or a truffle sauce of champagne would make its way to the table for a delicious feast with the Hawaiian foods of fish and poi in a heightened container for elegant dipping. King Kalakaua was known as the “Merrie Monarch” as he enjoyed the grand foods of the position and served food with a higher purpose than simply eating and made sure that the foods would make their mark in the ever changing cuisine that was being developed by the people and the royal chefs in pleasing those who sat at the tables of diplomacy. The Royal Families of the British Royal Family and Hawaiian Royal Family had a friendship between the two families that insured that royal standards of equal measure would be planned and displayed. There is still much to unravel about what had happened in the kitchen and what secrets are able to be found in the archives and the palace. Iolani palace was the official place of royal engagements and at its base is the kitchen that would cater party after party and have lots of events that would have ingredients coming in based on those to be served. Dinner for the emperor of Japan there was no problem, a menu of ethnic delicacies for the vice roy Li Hung Chang it was all in a days work, or visiting Admiral George Brown of the United states? a at length table of fine dishes would be in the dining hall with decorations and magnificent flora to brighten up the room. At each occasion there would be dining table ornaments and a draped silk runner from one end of the table to another with high-tech electric powered light. The Royal involvement in the menu with consultation and collaboration of the needed people and chef make a meal planned and properly sourced with seasonal foods that were at their best, but in Hawaii most of the ingredients would almost always be in season due to the soil and weather. The prepared foods would speak volumes of the estates and the foods the ingredients were sourced from with attention to detail there was nothing missed in each course. With western etiquette food would be eaten with strict rules about how to sit and how to eat and was a task in itself while discussion and eating were going on simultaneously between the diners. Food would play a key role in bringing all these kingdoms, militaries, and politicians together, and that would be quite expensive. It would be a huge amount of money to get the different sorts of food and it would be the highlight of the visit to the palace. It would be the kitchens job to make the menu for the guests and sell the brand of Grand Hawaii for people to never forget the food, the plating, and the service that was shown in the dining hall itself.
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