NEW DELHI: When US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump sit down to a ceremonial dinner at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Tuesday evening, the hors d’oeuvres will be brought out to the strains of Eric Clapton ’s “You look wonderful tonight” and Elton John’s “Can you feel the love tonight”.The evergreen numbers will be among the many themes the Navy band will play during President Ram Nath Kovind ’s banquet and will be a mix of popular Hindi and English songs, keeping pace with the evening’s proceedings and a more relaxed ambience.From Rod Stewart’s “Have I told you lately”, Elvis Presley ’s “I can’t help falling in love with you”, The Beatles’ “Hey Jude”, Michael Jackson’s “We are the world” and Peggy Lee’s “Is that all there is?”, the band will also play Hindi classics like “Chaudhvin ka chand’ from the eponymous 1960 film, “Lag ja galey” from the 1964 film “Woh Kaun Thi” and the 1972 hit film Shor’s “Ek pyar ka nagma hai”.The band will also play songs by Crazy Horse, the American rock band of which Neil Young, learned to be Trump’s favourite singer-songwriter, was earlier a part. As the symphonies play softly, chef Montu Saini and his team, which has been whipping some magic in the President’s House kitchen, will dish out appetisers and main courses to about 90 guests with a careful combination of spices to suit Indian and American palates.Dinner will begin with a mandarin orange edible-gold-leafed “amuse-bouche” and appetisers will include lemon coriander soup, fish tikka and a preparation of Cajun-spiced salmon. The trademark “dal raisina” and “raan aalishaan in roghani gravy” — marinated overnight so the flavours soak in — will be the mainstays of the evening’s spread. The vegetarian platter will include “dum gucchi matar”, a mushroom preparation, mint raita and “deg ki biryani”, while meat-eaters can dig into “dum gosht biryani”.The ceremonial dinner will end on a sweet note with India sweet pancake “malpua”, and “rabri”, apart from a hazelnut apple pie with salty caramel sauce and vanilla ice-cream.The evening’s formalities, which will begin with President Kovind receiving Trump at Durbar Hall shortly after 7pm, will also have the two presidents engage in an official discussion in the northern drawing room, after which the visitors are to be introduced to other guests at the banquet.In keeping with formal courtesies, Trump is expected to be gifted a scaled-down model of Taj Mahal and a hand-tufted silk carpet from Kashmir.Rashtrapati Bhavan will be lit up in colours of the American flag. The red, blue and white of the American flag will also be seen on the banquet’s table linen, showcasing careful planning and attention to detail that has gone into hosting the US president.