It is common sense for Europeans and Americans to dress appropriately when eating in restaurants. When going to a high-end restaurant, men should dress neatly; A lady should wear a suit and shoes with heels. If formal clothes are required, men must wear ties. When entering the restaurant, the man should open the door first and invite the lady in. We should let the ladies go ahead. When sitting and serving, ladies should give priority. Especially for group activities, don't forget that the most suitable way for a lady to sit is to sit on the left. When the chair is opened, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table. The leader pushes the chair in, and the legs bend and touch the chair behind, so you can sit down. When eating, your upper arms and back should lean on the back of the chair, and your abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. It is best to avoid sitting with your feet crossed.
In high-end restaurants, bartenders who are good at tasting will bring wine lists. For people who don't know much about wine, it's best to tell them the dishes they choose, the budget and the taste of their favorite wine, and the master bartender will help them choose. If the main course is meat, it should be served with red wine and fish with white wine. Before serving, you might as well have a glass of light wine such as champagne, sherry or Jill.
The formal order of serving a full set of western food is: 1 appetizer and soup 2 fish 3 fruit 4 meat 5 cheese 6 dessert and coffee 7 fruit, as well as aperitif and table wine. There's no need to order them all. It's impolite to order too much and not finish it. A slightly standard restaurant welcomes guests who only order appetizers. Appetizers, main courses (fish or meat) and desserts are the most suitable combinations. Ordering is not an appetizer, but a favorite main course, and then a soup suitable for the main course.
After ordering, before the appetizer is served, open the napkin, fold in one third, and let two thirds lie flat on the leg to cover the leg above the knee. It's best not to stuff napkins into the neckline.
When eating, it is 8-shaped. If there is a short break between meals, you can divide the knife and fork into plates. The knife head and fork tip are in the shape of "I" or "I", and the knife and fork are facing themselves, indicating that they want to continue eating. If you are talking, you can hold the knife and fork, but if you need to gesture, you should put it down and never wave it in the air. It should be noted that at no time should one end of a knife and fork be placed on a plate and the other end on a table.
When eating, scooping it up with the back of a fork does not violate table manners, but it does look unsightly. When eating rice and other dishes, you can naturally turn the fork to the front and scoop it up, because the concave part of the fork is designed for this purpose.
At this time, you can also use a knife to assist the dining action. When scooping the dishes on the plate, use a knife to prevent the dishes from scattering outside the plate, so as to scoop the dishes on the plate clean. If there are dishes with sauce, you can also scrape the sauce with a knife, and then send the dishes and information together with a spoon or a spoonful of sauce. It's a mistake to fork it up and then pour the sauce on it with a spoon, because in this way, when the food is delivered to your mouth, the sauce will drip everywhere and make a mess. When scooping vegetables with a fork, hold the fork in your left hand, put the food in the fork belly on the front of the fork and send it to your mouth. If you don't need a knife, you can eat with a fork in your right hand in a relaxed occasion with friends. Rice should be scooped with a fork belly instead of a fork back, which makes it easier to eat and more elegant and natural. When the flour and rice in the dish gathers, it can be blocked with a knife and then scooped up with a fork. You can also use a spoon instead of a knife. Gather the dishes on the spoon with a fork, and then send the food into the mouth with a spoon. The use of a spoon for sauce is the same as that of a general spoon. You should use a fork to push the dish onto the sauce spoon, instead of fork the dish and pour the sauce with the sauce spoon, because the latter is against etiquette.
Chinese etiquette
With the constant communication between Chinese and western food cultures, Chinese food is not only a traditional eating habit of China people, but also more and more favored by foreigners. However, this seemingly ordinary Chinese restaurant pays some attention to etiquette when eating. There are six kinds of tableware for Chinese food: cups, plates, bowls, plates, chopsticks and spoons. At a formal banquet, the water glass is placed above the dish and the wine glass is placed on the upper right. Chopsticks and spoons can be placed on special seats or in paper sleeves.
In ancient times, food rituals were divided into levels: court, government, guild, folk and so on. The modern catering ceremony is simplified as: the host (host) and the guest are gone. As a guest, you should pay attention to your appearance when you go to dinner, and decide whether to bring small gifts or good wine according to your relationship. Punctuality when eating; After arriving, first, according to whether you know it or not, you should report it yourself, or be introduced by the host, and follow the arrangement of the host. Then sit down: This "hero row" is the most important food ceremony in China. Since ancient times, because of the evolution of table furniture, the arrangement of seats has also changed. Generally speaking, the seating order is "Zuo Zun Dong" and "Facing the gate is the respect". The person in charge of the family banquet is the elder with the highest seniority, and the last seat is the lowest; In a family dinner, the chief guest is the most respected guest, and the guest host is the last one. The director can't sit until he's seated, and he can't start until he starts. When he was on a wine tour, he began to respect the chief executive in order before drinking. What's more, if someone comes to report it, no matter what identity, the people at that table should all rush out. If it is a round table, the host and guest facing the gate are 2, 4 and 6 on the left hand side and 3, 5 and 7 on the right hand side until they meet. If it is the square table, if there is a seat facing the gate, the right seat on the side facing the gate is the host and guest, if not, the right seat on the east side is the chief. Then the chieftain sits on the left hand side 2, 4, 6, 8 (facing 8) and on the right hand side 3, 5, 7 (facing 7). If it is a large banquet, the arrangement between tables should pay attention to the upper, middle and lower, with 2, 4 and 6 seats on the left and 3, 5 and 7 seats on the right. According to the identity, status and intimacy of the host and guest, sit separately.
Chopsticks are the most important tableware in Chinese food. The posture of holding chopsticks should be standardized. When you need to use other tableware for dinner, you should put down your chopsticks first. Chopsticks must be placed on the chopstick rack, not on cups or plates, otherwise they will be easily knocked off. If you accidentally drop your chopsticks, please ask the waiter to change a pair. In the process of eating, you raise your chopsticks, but you don't know which dish to eat. Don't put chopsticks at this time.
Move back and forth between plates or swim in the air. Don't fork food into your mouth with chopsticks, lick the attachments on chopsticks with your tongue, and don't push bowls, plates and cups with chopsticks. You can't put chopsticks in the bowl if you have to leave temporarily. You should put them gently on the chopstick rack.
Talk while eating, don't use chopsticks as props, and dance at will; Or beat the food on the table with chopsticks and point at others with chopsticks. Every time you use chopsticks, put them down gently and try not to make any noise.