Chinese food etiquette has thousands of years of historical heritage, and with the development of society, a variety of external food etiquette is also changing. Now 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 order some desserts after the meal, and finally on the fruit plate. In ordering to take into account the dishes of each program. To do "three good four taboo"

Three good refers to the priority of the dishes are three categories:

The first category, the Chinese food characteristics of the dishes.

When entertaining foreign guests, this article should be emphasized even more. Like fried spring rolls, boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings, lion's head, Gongbao chicken, etc., are not delicacies and delicious, but because of the distinctive Chinese characteristics, it is respected by many foreigners.

The second category is dishes with local specialties.

For example, Xi'an's lamb steamed buns, Hunan's braised pork from the Mao family, Shanghai's braised lion's head and Beijing's shabu-shabu are more popular than the same old raw seafood when hosting foreign guests.

The third category, the restaurant's specialties.

Many restaurants have their own specialties. Serving up a specialty of the restaurant shows the host's care and respect for the person being invited.

The fourth taboo lies in the arrangement of the menu, but also must consider the dietary taboos of the guests, in particular, to pay great attention to the dietary taboos of the guest of honor. These dietary taboos are mainly four:

1. Religious dietary taboos, not at all negligent.

For example, Muslims usually do not eat pork and do not drink alcohol. Domestic Buddhists eat less meat and fish food, which refers not only to meat but also to pungent-smelling foods such as onions, garlic, leeks and mustard.

Some Buddhists who believe in Goddess of Mercy are especially forbidden to eat beef in their diets, and this should be especially noted when entertaining Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and overseas Chinese compatriots.

2. For health reasons, certain foods are also forbidden.

For example, heart disease, cerebrovascular, vein sclerosis, hypertension and stroke sequelae of people, is not suitable for eating dog meat, hepatitis patients avoid eating lamb and turtle, gastroenteritis, gastric ulcer soup and other digestive disorders of people are also not suitable for eating turtle, high blood pressure, high cholesterol patients, to drink less chicken broth and so on.

3. People's dietary preferences are often different in different regions.

For this, in arranging the menu to take into account. For example, people in Hunan province generally prefer spicy food and less sweets.

People in Britain and the United States usually do not eat pets, rare animals, animal offal, animal heads and claws.

Additionally, when entertaining foreign guests, try to order fewer raw dishes to be gnawed on, foreigners are less likely to spit out the food in their mouths during the meal, which also needs to be taken into account.

4. Some professions, for one reason or another, often have their own special taboos when it comes to food and drink.

For example, national civil servants are not allowed to eat in the performance of their official duties, are not allowed to eat and drink at official banquets, are not allowed to eat more than the standard set by the state, and are not allowed to drink hard liquor.

Another example is that drivers are not allowed to drink alcohol while on duty. If this is ignored, there is still a possibility that the other party will make a mistake.