Eating Western food, generally speaking, when the main dining table will put two forks, the difference between the two is the use of different purposes and dishes, the big fork is the main meal fork, small fork is a salad fork.

1: salad fork, can also be called dessert fork, cold dish fork, specific use is used to eat salad and some cold dishes head plate. Of course, you eat dessert when the waiter will give you to replace the same fork, so also called dessert fork.

2: the main meal fork, the specific purpose is to eat the main dishes, such as steak, foie gras and so on.

The order of use of the two is from the outside to the inside, that is, from the small to start with, first on the salad, eat salad with a small; and then soup, the waiter will give you on the soup ladle; some of them are placed directly on the table, followed by the main course, using a slightly larger fork, and finally dessert.