Generally we receive customers, will choose Chinese food. Here contains a lot of etiquette, if the reception party did not pay attention to even backtracking, it will not give customers a good impression, the purpose of business reception is difficult to achieve. What are the reception etiquette of Chinese food? The following is some of the content I collected and organized, I hope to help you.
Chinese hospitality etiquette
Chopsticks
The most important tableware in Chinese cuisine is chopsticks, chopsticks must be used in pairs. Chopsticks are used to hold food. It is rude to use them to scratch an itch, pick your teeth, or use them for anything other than food.
When talking to someone, put down your chopsticks for a moment, and don't talk while dancing with them like a baton.
Never lick your chopsticks, no matter if there is food left on them or not. Because isn't it a bit unappetizing to use licked chopsticks to pick up food?
Also, don't put your chopsticks on top of the food. This is because in Chinese custom, it is only used to honor the dead.
Spoons
The main purpose of a spoon in Chinese cuisine is to scoop up dishes and food. Sometimes, a spoon can be used to assist in picking up food when chopsticks are used, but try not to use the spoon alone to pick up dishes.
Also, when using a spoon to pick up food, don't scoop too much so that it doesn't overflow and dirty the table or your clothes. After scooping, pause for a few moments to wait for the soup to stop running down before moving over to enjoy it.
When you are not using your spoon between meals, put it on the plate in front of you, not directly on the table.
If the food you are taking is too hot, don't use the spoon to scoop it up or blow on it with your mouth, but put it in your own bowl and wait for it to cool. And don't stick the spoon in your mouth or lick and suck it repeatedly.
Bowls
Chinese bowls can be used to serve rice and soup, and you can hold the bowl in your hand while eating. When holding the bowl, use four fingers of the left hand to support the bottom of the bowl, and the thumb on the end of the bowl. Eat with the bowl at roughly the same height as your chin.
If the soup is served in a separate soup tureen with a lid, indicate that the soup has been consumed by removing the ladle and placing it on a plate, and placing the lid flat on the tureen with the lid reversed.
Plate
Chinese dishes have many kinds of plates, a little smaller plate called saucer, mainly used for food, and the use of the bowl and roughly the same. When dining, plates are generally required to remain in place on the table, and do not pile up together.
Need to focus on the introduction of a more special use of the plate - food plate. In Chinese food, there are probably some differences between the north and the south; in the southern region, it is more likely to be used as a repository for food scraps; in the northern region, it is more likely to be used to temporarily place dishes that are taken directly from the plate to be enjoyed.
The more conservative use is a compromise: it can hold both the food to be eaten and the scraps, but separately. The scraps should be gently placed at the front of the plate, not directly from the mouth, but with chopsticks at the front of the plate. If the plate is full, signal the waiter to change the plate.
The soup tureen
The soup tureen is used to hold soup. One thing to note when using a soup tureen is to take out the ladle and place it on the plate and put the lid upside down on the soup tureen to indicate that the soup has been consumed.
Water cup
Chinese water cup is mainly used to hold water, juice, soft drinks such as soda.
Be careful not to use water cups to hold wine, and do not invert the water cup. Also need to pay attention to drink into the mouth can not be spit back into the water cup, this is very indecent.
Toothpicks
Toothpicks are also essential to the Chinese table. It has two roles, one is used to tie the food; the second is used to pick teeth.
But try not to pick your teeth in public during the meal, not picking can not be, with the other hand to cover the mouth, pick out the food, do not public? It's a good idea to keep your eyes open for the food you've picked out. or imported again, and do not play with your hands, spit with your mouth.
After picking teeth, do not hold a toothpick in your mouth, and do not use it to take food.
Napkins
Before a Chinese meal, there is usually a wet towel for each diner.
The purpose of this wet towel is to wipe your hands, and after wiping your hands, you should put it back on the plate and take it away by the waiter.
And before the end of the banquet, the waiter will be on another wet towel, and the former is different, this wet towel is used to wipe the mouth, you can not use it to wipe the face or wipe sweat.
Chinese hospitality etiquette: dining etiquette
1. Chinese banquet table arrangement
Principle: far as the top to the right as the honor to the door positioning.
When two tables? Facing the door on the right side of the table as the main table
three tables? The table farthest from the door is the main table
2. Chinese banquet seating arrangements (site diagrams to explain)
Routine personal banquets
Formal state banquets
Reception of the leaders of the banquet
3. Waiting for the meal etiquette
Hands can be naturally placed on the table or hanging on the thighs.
Do not elbows on the hands, chin on the back of the hands.
The napkin should be open and placed under the plate, with the rest of the napkin hanging naturally.
4. Chinese chopsticks etiquette and five taboos
Chopsticks, use chopsticks to pick up food.
Holding up the chopsticks, lifting your hand over the chopsticks of another person to hold the food at a distance.
Lick chopsticks, to lick chopsticks with your mouth.
Tearful chopsticks, to use chopsticks with soup on them.
Flipping chopsticks, picking food from a plate.
5. Chinese dining etiquette
A. The use of the plate
food scraps can be placed in the bone plate, not on the napkin.
B, the use of wine (white wine, red wine, beverage cups)
Do not mix the use of wine.
C, for the VIP food etiquette
For guests who are not familiar with their religious beliefs, tastes, etc. should not be pinch for him, you can introduce guests to the local specialties for guests to choose their own, and if guests do intend to taste, then use the public chopsticks, in order to show respect.
D, choose the appropriate table topics
At the table, you can choose healthy, positive topics, when? The Peking Duck? When the Peking duck is on the table, such as talking about the prevalence of avian influenza, it will be a great sight.
E, turntable take dishes etiquette
Each on a new dish, you should ask the guests to taste first.
If the table is rotating, do not take the food.
Don't turn the table when someone is serving food.
6. Chinese dining taboo
? Elbows can not go on the table;
? When holding chopsticks, the tip of the chopsticks should not point at each other;
? Never talk while chewing food;
? When you need to pick your teeth, cover your mouth with your hand or a napkin;
? Ladies should not apply makeup in public after a meal;
? Don't wipe your nose or burp at the table;
? Do not burp or fart in front of guests;
? Do not unbutton or undress in public;
? After the meal , not in front of the guests to calculate the cost of treats spent.
Chinese hospitality etiquette: ordering etiquetteIn ordering to take into account the dishes of each program, to do? Three excellent four taboo?
Three excellent refers to the priority of the dishes have three categories
The first category, the dishes with Chinese characteristics.
When entertaining foreign guests, this article should be more important. Like fried spring rolls, boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings, lion's head, Gongbao chicken, etc., is not a delicacy, but because of the distinctive Chinese characteristics, it is respected by many foreigners.
The second category is dishes with local flavor.
For example, Xi'an's lamb steamed buns, Hunan's braised pork, Shanghai's braised lion's head, and Beijing's shabu-shabu. When you host a dinner for foreign guests, these specialties are much more popular than the same old raw seafood.
The third category is 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.
The fourth taboo lies in the arrangement of the menu, but also must consider the dietary taboos of the guests, especially the guest of honor to pay great attention to the dietary taboos.
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, it refers not only to meat, but also includes onions, garlic, leeks, mustard and other pungent-smelling food.
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, Macau, Taiwan and overseas Chinese compatriots.
2. For health reasons, certain foods are also prohibited.
For example, heart disease, cerebrovascular, vein sclerosis, hypertension and stroke sequelae of people, 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. Different regions, people's dietary preferences are often different.
For this, when arranging the menu to take into account. For example, people in Hunan Province generally prefer spicy food and less sweets.
People in the United Kingdom and the United States usually do not eat pets, rare animals, animal offal, animal heads and claws.
In addition, when entertaining foreign guests, try to order less raw food to be gnawed on, foreigners in the meal is less likely to bite the food in the mouth and then spit it out, which also needs to be taken into account.
4. Some professions have their own special taboos on food and drink for some reason
For example, national civil servants are not allowed to eat or drink on official business, and are not allowed to eat or drink more than the state standard, or drink hard liquor.
Another example is that drivers are not allowed to drink alcohol during work. If this is ignored, there is still a possibility that the other party will make a mistake.