When you usually order a steak or a beef burger in a fancy restaurant, the waiter will always ask you How do you like it cooked? There are several ways to answer: well done, medium well, medium rare, medium rare and medium rare. 1. The most appropriate way to sit is to sit from the left. When the chair is pulled away, the body will stand up straight at a distance almost touching the table, and the leader will push the chair in, and when the leg bends and touches the chair behind, you can sit down. When sitting, keep your body straight, don't put your elbows on the table, don't tilt your feet, and keep a distance from the table to facilitate the use of tableware. Don't fiddle with the tableware set on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and gently put it on your lap.

2. When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from the outside to the inside, holding the fork in your left hand and holding the knife in your right hand; When cutting things, hold the fork in your left hand and hold the food, and hold the knife in your right hand to cut it into small pieces and send it to your mouth with a fork. When using a knife, the blade should not be outward. When you put down your knife and fork during a meal, you should put them in a figure of eight and put them on the edge of the plate respectively. The blade is facing itself, indicating that you will continue to eat. After each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate. If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork without putting it down. When you don't use a knife, you can hold a fork in your right hand, but if you need to make gestures, you should put down your knife and fork. Never hold a knife and fork in the air, nor wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, nor take a glass in one hand and a fork in the other. Remember, never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table.

When eating, the upper arm and back should lean against the back of the chair, and the abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. Sitting with your feet crossed is best avoided.

3. Don't sip when drinking soup, but shut up and chew when eating. Don't lick your lips or smack your lips. If the soup is overheated, wait until it is slightly cold before eating, and don't blow it with your mouth. When drinking soup, scoop it out from the inside with a spoon. When the soup in the soup plate is almost finished, tilt the outside of the soup plate slightly with your left hand and scoop it out with a spoon. After eating the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) and point the spoon at yourself.

4. When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, don't spit directly. Cover your mouth with a napkin and spit gently on the fork and put it into the plate. If there is a small amount of dishes left in the plate, don't scrape the bottom of the plate with a fork, let alone use your fingers to help you eat, but use a small piece of bread or fork to help you eat. When eating noodles, you should roll them up with a fork and then send them into your mouth.

5. Bread is usually broken into small pieces and sent to your mouth. Don't bite the whole piece of bread. When spreading butter and jam, break the bread into small pieces before spreading it.

6. When eating chicken, most Europeans and Americans regard chicken breast as the most expensive. When eating chicken legs, you should first remove the bones forcibly, and don't eat them with your hands. When eating fish, don't turn the fish over. After eating the upper layer, remove the fish bones with a knife and fork, and then eat the meat at the lower layer. When eating meat, cut one piece and eat one piece. The pieces can't be cut too big, or cut all the meat into pieces at once.

7. If you want to add milk or sugar when drinking coffee, stir it evenly with a small spoon and put the spoon on the saucer of coffee. When drinking, you should hold the cup handle in your right hand, put the saucer on your left hand, and drink directly with your mouth, instead of scooping it with a spoon. When eating fruit, don't bite the whole fruit. Cut it into four pieces with a fruit knife, then remove the skin and core with a knife and fork it.

8. When eating meat with bones with a knife and fork, you can eat it with your hands. If you want to eat more elegantly, you'd better use a knife. Fix the whole piece of meat with a fork (you can put the fork up and press the meat with the back of the fork), then insert a knife along the bone and cut the meat. It is best to eat while cutting. When you have to eat it by hand, hand washing water will be attached. When hand washing water is served with meat with bones, it means "please eat with your hands". After eating with your fingers, wash your fingers in a bowl filled with hand washing water. When eating ordinary dishes, if you get your fingers dirty, you can also ask the waiter to bring hand washing water, and pay attention to washing your hands gently.

9. Don't dip bread in sauce until there is no sauce left. This is courtesy to the chef. Be careful not to "lick" the bread plate very clean, but fork the bread that has been torn into small pieces and dip it in a little sauce to eat. This is the elegant way to do it. After long-term discussion and summary, scholars who study western food think that the following six "M's" should be paid attention to when eating western food.

"menu"

When you walk into a cafe or a western restaurant, the waiter will show you to your seat first, and when you are seated, the menu will be the first thing that comes up. The menu is regarded as the facade of the restaurant, and the boss has always attached importance to it. The best materials are used as the cover of the menu, and some even use soft sheepskin to make all kinds of beautiful patterns, which is particularly elegant and exquisite.

order: after opening the menu, see which dish is named after the store name. Don't miss this dish. Because that restaurant won't joke about its reputation, the dishes they make with great efforts will definitely be delicious. Everyone must order this "signature dish".

In addition, it is important to note that you should not treat the ordering problem of western food with the habit of eating Chinese food: that is, don't ignore the menu and don't ask the waiter to order for you. In France, even President De Gaulle and President D 'Estaing have to look at the menu to order western food. Because reading the menu and ordering food has become an indispensable procedure for eating western food, and it is a manifestation of an elegant lifestyle.

"music"

Luxury and advanced western restaurants usually have bands and play some soft music, and ordinary western restaurants also play some beautiful and elegant music. However, the most important thing here is the "audibility" of the music, that is, the sound should reach the level of "seemingly heard and inaudible", that is to say, you should concentrate on talking with your friends, you can't hear it, you can hear it when you are resting and relaxing, and you should master this temperature well.

"mood" (atmosphere)

Eating western food pays attention to elegant environment and harmonious atmosphere. Music must be accompanied, tables and tables must be neat and clean, and all tableware must be clean. In case of dinner, the lights should be dim and there should be red candles on the table to create a romantic, charming and elegant atmosphere.

"meeting"

That is to say, you have to choose who to eat western food with. It is best to eat western food with friends and relatives or people with similar interests. Eating western food is mainly for connecting feelings, and it is best not to talk about business at the western food table. Therefore, in western restaurants, the atmosphere is generally very warm, and there are few red-faced scenes.

"Manner"

This point refers to "eating" and "eating". Since you are eating western food, you should follow western customs, and don't do anything abrupt, especially if you dance with your knife and fork in your hand, you will be "rude".

The knife and fork must be held correctly: the knife should be held in the right hand and the fork in the left hand. Cut the food into small pieces with a knife and then fork it into the mouth. Generally speaking, Europeans don't change hands when using knives and forks, and always use the fork in their left hand to send food into their mouths. Americans put down the knife after cutting it, and put the fork in their right hand to send the food into their mouth. But at any time, the knife must not be sent to the entrance. At western banquets, the host will arrange for men and women to sit next to each other, and western gentlemen who pay attention to "ladies first" will show their hospitality to ladies.

"meal" (food)

Chinese food is centered on "taste", while western food is centered on nutrition. As for taste, it can't be compared with Chinese food.