1, dress
Eating in a restaurant dressed appropriately is a common sense that people **** know. When you go to an upscale restaurant, men should dress neatly; women should wear suits and shoes with heels. If you require formal attire to attend, men must wear a tie, into the restaurant, men should open the door first, please women into. Women should be asked to walk in front of them. When seated and served, women should be given priority. Especially for group activities, don't forget to let the ladies go first.
2. Take your seat
The most appropriate way to take your seat is from the left. When the chair is pulled out, the body stands straight at a distance almost touching the table, the usher pushes the chair in, and when the bend of the leg touches the chair behind, you can sit down. When dining, the upper arms and back should rest against the back of the chair, and the abdomen should be kept about a fist's distance from the table. Sitting with two *** forks is best avoided.
3, choose wine
In the high-class restaurant, there will be a bartender who is good at tasting wine to take wine menu. If you don't know much about wine, it's best to tell him what you're picking, what your budget is, and what your favorite wine tastes like, so the main bartender can help you pick it out. If the main course is meat, it should be paired with red wine, while fish should be paired with white. Before serving, have a glass of champagne, sherry or a lighter wine such as Jill.
4, order
Formal full Western food order is: ① appetizer and soup ② fish ③ fruit ④ meat ⑤ cheese ⑥ dessert and coffee ⑦ fruit, and aperitif and table wine. It is not necessary to order everything, and it would be rude to order too much and not be able to finish it. A good restaurant will welcome customers who order only appetizers. An appetizer, a main course of fish or meat, and a dessert are the most appropriate combinations. You don't start with the appetizer, but choose the main course you want to eat first, and then the soup that goes with it.
5, napkin
After ordering, in the time before the appetizer is delivered to the napkin open, folded inward one-third, so that two-thirds of the flat in the legs, covering the legs above the knee part. It's best not to tuck the napkin into the neckline.
6, the use of tableware
British and American eating habits are different. Eat meat dishes, the British left-handed fork, fork tines facing down, tie up the meat, sent in, if it is burned vegetables, use a dinner knife to the vegetables to the fork, sent in, Americans use the same way to cut meat, then the right hand put down the dinner knife, change with a dinner fork, fork, fork tines facing up, inserted into the meat underneath the meat, do not use a dinner knife, shovel up the meat, sent in, eat burned vegetables are also shoveled up and eaten in this way. It is not against table etiquette to use the back of the fork to scoop up and eat, but it does seem unseemly. When eating rice or other dishes, you can naturally turn the fork to the front and scoop it up, as the concave part of the fork is designed for this purpose. In this case, you can also use a knife to help you eat. When scooping up the food on the plate, use the knife to prevent the food from falling out of the plate, so that you can scoop up the food on the plate easily. If you have a sauce on your plate, use a knife to scrape the sauce off, and then use a spoon or a sauce spoon to spoon the food in with the sauce. It is not a good idea to use a fork to scoop up the food, then use a spoon to pour the sauce on the food, because the sauce will drip all over the food as it is being served and make a mess. When scooping up food with a fork, hold the fork in your left hand and place the food on the tines on the front of the fork. If you are having a relaxing meal with friends and do not need to use a knife, you can eat with a fork in your right hand. Rice should be scooped up on the front of the fork rather than the back of the fork, as this makes it easier to eat and is more elegant and natural. When the plate is full of small pieces of food, use a knife to hold it back, and then use a fork to scoop it up closer. You can also use a spoon instead of a knife. Use the fork to gather the food onto the spoon, and then use the spoon to bring the food to the center. A spoon for sauces is used in the same way as a regular spoon. You should use the fork to push the food onto the sauce spoon, rather than using the fork to hold the food and then use the sauce spoon to drizzle the sauce on, as the latter is against etiquette.
7. Desserts and fruits
Ice cream is usually eaten with a small spoon. When eaten with cake or pie or as part of a main meal, use a dessert fork and a dessert spoon. Pie Eating fruit pies usually involves using a fork. However, if your host provides you with a fork and a dessert spoon, then use the fork to hold the cobbler in place and dig in with the spoon. Forks are to be used for eating pies, unless the pie comes with ice cream, in which case both the fork and spoon are to be used. If you are eating a cream pie, it is best to use a fork rather than your hands. To prevent the filling from leaking out the other end. Boiled Pears Use a spoon and fork. Use the fork to hold the pear upright and the spoon to scoop it into small, easy-to-eat pieces. The fork can also be used to rotate the poached pear in order to scoop the flesh. If only a spoon is available, use your hands to swirl the plate, leaving the core of the pear on the plate, and use the spoon to scoop out the sugary juices. Fruit Juice Sorbet Use a fork if serving as a side dish with meat, or a spoon if serving as a dessert. Stewed Fruit To eat stewed fruit use a spoon, but you can use a fork to steady large pieces of fruit. Spit the cores of cherries, dried plums, and dried plums decently into a spoon and place them on the side of the plate.
8, drinking etiquette
Alcohol service is usually by the waiter is responsible for a small amount of pouring into a sprinkling glass, so that guests identify a not quality is not wrong, just take it as a form of a small sip and answer GOOD. then, the waiter will come to pour the wine, this time, do not get their hands on the glass, but should be placed on the table by the waiter to pour. The waiter will pour it. The correct way to hold the glass is to hold the foot of the glass with your fingers. In order to avoid the temperature of your hand increasing the temperature of the wine, use your thumb, middle finger and forefinger. Hold the foot of the glass with your thumb, middle finger and forefinger, and place your little finger on the bottom of the glass to hold it in place. When drinking, never suck the wine, but tilt the glass as if you were putting the wine on your tongue. Shake the glass gently to let the wine come into contact with the air, but do not shake the glass violently. It is also rude to drink from the glass, look at people through the glass while drinking, talk while holding the glass, drink while eating, or put lipstick on the rim of the glass. Don't use your fingers to wipe the lipstick marks on the rim of the glass, use a Kleenex to wipe better.