silver service

British  

noun

1. (in restaurants) a style of serving food using a spoon and fork in one hand like a pair of tongs

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Example Sentences

She insisted on a beautiful silver service, gorgeous china and Pepperidge Farm cookies.

From Washington Post • Oct. 13, 2020

I also learned silver service one summer, and still astonish associates with how many plates I can carry at once.

From The Guardian • Aug. 2, 2018

On this date in 1916, private citizens of Arizona let the contract for a solid silver service to be presented to the battleship Arizona.

From Washington Times • May 9, 2018

There’s a silver service on board from the Raleigh, a cruiser that was hit with a Japanese torpedo and a bomb during the attack but suffered no loss of life.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2016

She backtracks to her first job at thirteen, cleaning the Francis the First silver service at the governor’s mansion.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett