First, the seat
In general, the seat is "ShangZhouZhunDong", "face to the door for the honor". If it is a round table, is facing the door of the host guest, the host guest left and right hand side of the position, the distance from the host guest, the closer to the host guest position the more honored, the same distance from the left side of the right side of the honor. If the Baxian table, if there is a seat facing the door, the right side of the door is the main guest. If not facing the door, the right seat on the side facing east for the chief.
If the feast, the arrangement of the table and the table between the chief in front of the center, the left side of the order of 2, 4, 6 seats, the right side of the 3, 5, 7 seats, according to the identity of the host and the guest, the status, affinity and separation of the seat.
If you are the host, you should arrive early, and then wait by the door, and for the guests to lead the seat. If you are an invitee, then you should follow the host's arrangement to be seated.
Generally speaking, if your boss is present, you should lead him to the main seat and ask the highest-ranking client to sit on the left side of the main seat. Unless the leadership of this hospitality object is very high level.
Second, ordering
If time permits, you should wait for most of the guests to arrive, the selection list for guests to circulate, and invite them to order. Of course, as an official banquet, you will be worried about the budget, therefore, to control the budget, the most important thing for you is to do more homework before the meal, and it is more important to choose the right grade of inviting guests to the place, so that the guests can also greatly appreciate your budget. Moreover, generally speaking, if you are to pay the bill, guests are not too good to order, will let you make the decision. If your boss is also at the banquet, don't let him/her order because you respect him, or because you think he has a lot of experience in socializing and eating a lot of food at the banquet, unless he/she takes the initiative to ask for it. Otherwise, he will not feel decent enough.
If you are the one who goes to the banquet, you should know that you should not be too active in ordering food, but let the host to order. If the other side of the hospitality requirements, you can point to a less expensive, and not everyone taboo dishes. Remember to ask for the opinions of the people at the table, especially "Is there anything you don't eat?" or "What do you prefer? or "What are your favorites?" Make everyone feel taken care of. After ordering, you can ask "I ordered food, I do not know if it is suitable for the taste of a few people", "Do you want to come back to other what" and so on.
When ordering food, be sure to have a good idea. When ordering food, can be based on the following three rules:
A look at the composition of the staff. Generally speaking, per capita a dish is a more general rule. If it is more men's meal will be appropriate to increase the amount.
Second look at the combination of dishes. Generally speaking, a table dish is best meat and vegetarian, cold and hot, try to be comprehensive. If more men on the table, you can point some meat, if more women, you can point a few light vegetables.
Three look at the importance of the feast. If it is an ordinary business banquet, the average dish in the 50 yuan to 80 yuan or so acceptable. If the object of the banquet is more key people, then it is necessary to point on a few enough portion of the dish, such as lobster, swordfish, anchovies, and then to the specifications, is abalone, shark's fin powder.
Another point to note is that when ordering food should not ask the waiter the price of dishes, or bargaining, which will make your company in front of the customer seems a little petty, and the customer will also feel uncomfortable.
Attachment: Chinese food ordering guide - three excellent four taboos
A standard Chinese meal, usually, the first cold dishes, followed by hot fried, followed by the main course, and then on the snacks and soups, if you feel a little tired of eating, you can point to some desserts after the meal, and finally on the fruit plate. Take into account the dishes of each program in your order.
Priority dishes
1, dishes with Chinese characteristics. When you are entertaining foreign guests, this should be emphasized even more. Like fried spring rolls, boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings, lion's head, Gongbao chicken, etc., are not delicacies, but because of the distinctive Chinese characteristics, they are respected by many foreigners.
2, dishes with local characteristics. For example, Xi'an's lamb steamed buns, Hunan's braised pork, Shanghai's braised lion's head, and Beijing's shabu-shabu, I am afraid that these specialties will be more appreciated than the same old raw seafood when entertaining foreign guests there.
3. The restaurant's specialties. Many restaurants have their own specialties. To serve a specialty of the restaurant shows the host's care and respect for the person being invited.
When arranging the selection list, it is also necessary to consider the dietary taboos of the guests, especially to pay great attention to the dietary taboos of the guest of honor. These dietary taboos are mainly four
1, religious dietary taboos, can not be careless. For example, *** usually do not eat pork, and do not drink alcohol. Domestic Buddhists eat less meat food, it refers not only to meat, but also includes onions, garlic, leeks, mustard and other pungent odor food. Some Buddhists who believe in Goddess of Mercy in the diet especially prohibited to eat beef, this point to entertain Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese compatriots should pay particular attention.
2, for health reasons, for some foods, there are some contraindications. For example, heart disease, cerebrovascular, vascular sclerosis, hypertension and post-stroke, not suitable for eating dog meat, hepatitis patients avoid eating lamb and turtle, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer soup and other digestive disorders are not suitable to eat turtle, high blood pressure, high cholesterol patients, to drink less chicken soup and so on.
3, different regions, people's dietary preferences are often different. For this, when arranging the selection list to take into account. For example, people in Hunan Province generally like to eat spicy food, less sweets. People in Britain and the United States usually do not eat pets, rare animals, animal offal, animal head and claws. In addition, when entertaining foreign guests, as little as possible to point to the raw hard to gnaw dishes, foreigners in the meal will be less likely to bite into the mouth of the food and then spit out, which also need to be taken into account.
4, some professions, for some reason, in the dining often have their own different special taboos. For example, national civil servants are not allowed to eat in the performance of official duties, not allowed to eat and drink in the official banquet, not allowed to exceed the national standard dining, not allowed to drink hard liquor. Another example is that drivers are not allowed to drink during their work. If this is ignored, there is a possibility that the other party will make a mistake.
Third, eat food
Chinese people are generally very concerned about eating, but also very concerned about eating. With the workplace etiquette is more and more attention, the business dinner table to eat and eating appearance is also more pay attention to. The following Chinese food as an example, to teach you how to be polite and courteous at the table, get it right.
Chinese banquet into the beginning of the meal, the waiter sent the first wet towel is to wipe the hands, do not use it to wipe the face. Lobster, chicken, fruit, will send a small water Meng, which floats twisted lemon or rose petals, it is not a drink, but to wash their hands with. When you wash your hands, take turns dipping your fingers in the water and gently rinse them, then dry them with a small towel.
When dining, pay attention to civilized manners. Don't try to persuade a foreign guest to eat a dish over and over again, but rather introduce the characteristics of Chinese food to the other party and leave it up to them to decide whether to eat it or not. Some people like to talk to others, even for the other side of the food. Foreign guests do not have this habit, if you are polite again and again, it is possible that people will resent: "said not eat, you have to force *** what?" By analogy, to participate in the banquet held by foreign guests, do not expect the host will repeatedly give you dishes. If you wait for someone to give yourself a dish, then you have to Russian stomach.
After the guests are seated, do not immediately take food. And should wait for the host to greet, by the host to raise the cup to signal the beginning of the guests can start; guests can not grab in front of the host. Clip to be civilized, should wait for the dishes to their own front, and then move chopsticks, do not grab in front of the neighbor, a clip should not be too much food. To chew and swallow slowly, which is not only conducive to digestion, but also the requirements of table manners. Never stuff large pieces into your mouth and wolf down your food, as this will leave an impression of greed. Don't be picky about what you eat, don't just fixate on your favorite lei to eat, or rush to pile your favorite dishes on your plate. Eat elegantly, don't touch your neighbor when you are eating, don't put the dish on the table, and don't splash the soup over. Don't make unnecessary noises, such as "gurgling" when drinking soup or "blaring" when eating vegetables, which are all vulgar. Don't eat while chatting with others. Don't spit out bones or fish splinters from your mouth on the table; cover your mouth with a napkin and use chopsticks to remove them and put them on a plate. Don't eat dishes that have been dropped on the table. Don't play with the chopsticks or use the chopsticks to point them straight at others during the meal. Don't pick at your mouth with your hands. Cover your mouth with your hand or a napkin when picking your teeth with a toothpick. Don't let the dishes make any noise.
At the end of the meal, you can use a napkin, napkin or a small towel sent by the waiter to wipe your mouth, but should not wipe your head, neck or chest; do not uncontrollably burp or belch after the meal in the host has not signaled the end of the guests can not leave the table first.
Fourth, drinking
As the saying goes, the more you drink, the thicker the wine, but there is also a lot of learning on the table to pay attention to, the following summarizes some of the table you have to pay attention to the small details.
Detail one: leaders drink with each other before their turn to toast. Toast must stand up, hands up.
Detail two: can be more than one person, never one person to more people, unless you are the leader.
Detail three: their toast to others, if not clinking glasses, how much they drink can depend on the situation, such as the other party's alcohol, the other party's attitude to drinking, can not drink less than the other party, we must know that their own toast.
Detail 4: their toast to others, if you touch the glass, a sentence, I drink, you feel free to show generosity.
Detail 5: Remember to give the leader or customer to add wine, do not blindly to the leadership of the wine, is to be on behalf of, but also in the leadership or the customer really want to find someone on behalf of, but also pretend to be because they want to drink rather than to give the leadership on behalf of the wine and drink. For example, the leader of the A is not able to win the wine, can be prepared to honor the leader of the A by side to stop the person.
Detail six: pick up the wine glass beer cup, right hand choke cup, left hand pad cup bottom, remember their own cup is always lower than others. If you are a leader, be interested, do not put too low, or how to call the following do people?
Detail 7: If there is no special person present, touch the wine is best according to the clockwise order, do not be thicker than thin.
Detail eight: clink glasses, toast, to have words, otherwise, I tmd why drink your wine?
Detail nine: the desktop does not talk about business, drink well, business is almost there, we have in mind, otherwise people will not be open to drink with you.
Detail 10: If, purely if, in the case of wine is not enough, the bottle is placed in the middle of the table, so that people add their own, do not be stupid not trash to go one by one pouring wine, or the back of the people do not have wine how to do?
About the toast
1, the host to the guest of honor.
2, accompanied by the guest of honor to the guest of honor.
3, the guest of honor back.
4, accompanied by guests to honor each other.
Remember: the guest can never be noisy and disorderly toast, that is very rude, but also very disrespectful to the host.
V. Pouring tea
The tea mentioned here applies to both customers to visit the company, also applies to the business table.
First of all, the tea should be clean. After the guests into the house, the first let sit, after the preparation of tea. Before the tea, be sure to wash the tea set, especially the tea set is not used for a long time, inevitably stained with dust, dirt, more carefully with water to wash and brush again. In the tea, pouring tea before the best use of boiling water to scald the teapot, tea cups. In this way, both hygienic and courteous. If no matter whether the tea is clean or not clean, haphazardly pouring tea to the guests, this is not a polite performance. People see the teapot, teacups on the stains on the stomach, how are still willing to drink your tea? Now the general company are disposable cups, before pouring tea, pay attention to the disposable cups set on the cup holder, so as to avoid hot water scalding, so that the guests can not end the cup to drink tea.
Secondly, the tea should be appropriate. First of all, the tea, generally appropriate. Tea should not be too much, not too little. Too much tea, tea flavor is too strong; tea is too little, punch out of the tea did not have much flavor. If the guests take the initiative to introduce themselves to like to drink strong tea or light tea habits, then in accordance with the guest's appetite to tea. Pouring tea, both large and small cups, should not be poured too full, too full is easy to overflow, the table, stool, floor wet. If you are not careful, you will burn yourself or your guests' hands and feet, which will make both the guests and hosts feel embarrassed. Of course, it is not advisable to pour too little. If the tea only cover the bottom of the cup to the guests, it will make people feel that it is in a show, not sincere.
Again, the end of the tea to the right way. According to the traditional habits of our people, as long as the two hands are not disabled, are using both hands to the guests of the tea. However, now some young people do not know the rules, with one hand to the guests of the tea. Tea with both hands should also pay attention to the ear of the cup, usually with one hand to grasp the ear of the cup, the other hand to hold the bottom of the cup, the tea to the guests. There is no cup ear of the tea cup after pouring full of tea around the hot, hands are not good close, some comrades regardless of three or seven, with five fingers to pinch the edge of the cup in front of the guests to send. This tea method can prevent scalding accidents, but it is very unsightly, and not hygienic enough. Please imagine, let the guest's mouth lick the master's finger marks, good?
Add tea. If your boss or client's cup needs to be filled, it's your duty to do so. You can signal the waiter to add tea, or let the waiter leave the teapot on the table, by yourself to add the better, this is the best way to cover up when you do not know what to say. Of course, the first time to add tea to the boss and customers to add tea, and then finally to add their own.
Six, leave the table
General cocktail and tea party time is very long, about there are in more than two hours. Maybe after a few rounds, recognize some people, you soon want to leave. At this time, some of the skills of leaving the table in the middle, you can not help but understand.
Commonly, a banquet is carried out when the enthusiasm, because some people want to leave, and cause the results of the crowd dispersed, so that the organizers are anxious to really jump feet. To avoid the consequences of this kind of scenery, when you want to leave in the middle, do not talk to everyone in the circle of one by one goodbye, as long as quietly and around the two, three people say hello, and then leave can be.