Differences between Chinese and Western food cultures

There are differences in food culture between China and the West. People in China prefer to go to teahouses for everyone, because they can enjoy more snacks and dishes. Although teahouses have tables for two, most of them are tables for four or more diners. Teahouses are usually noisy, and the atmosphere is not as romantic as western-style restaurants. If two people eat, consider not going to the teahouse.

The table manners in China can be summarized as follows:

1. Etiquette of taking a seat. First, ask the guests to take a seat. When the elderly are invited to sit next to the guests, they should enter from the left side of the chair. After taking a seat, don't move chopsticks, let alone make any noise. Don't get up and walk around. If there is anything to say hello to the host.

Second, When eating, please invite guests first. Keep moving chopsticks. Eat less food each time. Eat less food that is far away from you. Don't make any noise when eating. Don't make any noise when drinking soup. Drink it with a spoon in small bites. It is not advisable to drink the bowl end to mouth. Drink it when the soup is too hot. Don't blow and drink it at the same time. Some people like to chew food when eating, especially crunchy food. Make a clear sound. This is against the etiquette requirements. Especially when eating with people, we should try our best to prevent this phenomenon.

Third, don't burp and make other noises when eating. If there are involuntary noises such as sneezing and bowel sounds, we should say "I'm sorry". Sorry; "Please let the original cool". To apologize.

Fourth; If you want to serve food to guests or elders, you'd better use public chopsticks. You can also send dishes far away from guests or elders to them. According to the custom of our Chinese nation, the dishes are served one by one. If there are leaders, elderly people and guests at the same table, please ask them to move chopsticks first whenever a new dish is served, or ask them to move chopsticks first in turn to show their attention.

Fifth, eat fish heads. Don't throw it on the floor either. Take it to your plate slowly by hand, or put it next to your dining table or on the paper prepared in advance.

Sixth, take time to talk with people around you in a timely manner to harmonize the atmosphere. Don't eat bareheaded, regardless of others, don't wolf down a big meal, and don't drink too much.

Seventh, it's best not to pick at the dining table. Cover your mouth with a napkin or hand.

Eighth, make clear the main task of this meal. Make it clear whether you should focus on business, contact feelings or eat. If you are in the front, you should pay attention when arranging your seats. If you are in the back, you just need to pay attention to common sense etiquette and focus on appreciating dishes. < p

China people are a group of etiquette. Food is the most important thing for the people. How can there be no rules for dining? Although it is three meals a day to talk about it, it is better to know than not to know!

1。 Guests should be notified in advance and seated at 6: 11. You didn't call the guests until 5: 51, old man, right?

2。 The host family can't be late; Guests should be 5-11 minutes late. This is a very considerate guest. Please pay attention to it. Naturally, both the host and the guest are happy.

3。 If you sit on a round table, it is the main seat facing the door, or the back wall and counter; More elegant restaurants will be distinguished by napkins, and you can't sit casually in the highest position of napkins unless you plan to treat guests: D

4. The host's right hand side is the host and the guest, and the left hand side is the second important guest; * The door is facing the host, and naturally it is the guest who runs errands and greets.

5。 A guest can't directly give directions to the ordering staff, but should wait for the host's family to order; If the guest does have serious taboos or hobbies, he should tell the host family gently, and the host will naturally make decisions for him and meet the small or big requirements of the guest.

6。 The host family doesn't order or order less food that needs to be grasped or held by hands, such as crab, lobster legs, ribs and so on. There is no cure for serving three such dishes in one meal. What etiquette can be said!

7。 Don't force or object to others drinking a little, no banquet without wine!

8。 Drinks are served! Foreigners like to brag about their skills, but Chinese people don't like to brag about their own dishes. After the host carefully observes that the cold dishes are served and there are drinks in each cup, they immediately raise their glasses and welcome to start. . . Such as rotating the disc or signaling the host and guest on the right hand side to move the first chopsticks. Don't delay the host and guest for too long, everyone is hungry, just waiting for you to eat! Don't forget to compliment the food you ate.

9。 After each dish comes up, although the waiter and host will still turn to the host and guest, they don't have to be too formal. If it happens to be in front of me and no one turns the disc, I will try a small chopstick first!

11。 The host family should always turn the disc to take care of most of the guests; Accompanying guests is a supplementary greeting service; If the guest can eat the whole meal without touching the disc, then both the host and the guest will be happy again.

11。 If there is no waiter to divide the dishes or chopsticks and spoons, you should look at them first, and never use your chopsticks to pick and choose or even stir them in the plate! Not everyone doesn't mind the saliva on your chopsticks like a lover! I usually look at the part that is closest to me.

12。 It's best to let the food on the chopsticks transition in your own dish before sending it to your mouth. It can make eating look less urgent.

13。 When food is chewed in your mouth, the important thing to remember is to keep your lips tight, so as to avoid talking, falling objects, spilling juice, and making an unpleasant sound.

14。 Whether during or before meals, you should keep your back straight and try to sit back in your chair instead of *. During meals, hands are basically above the table.

15。 A host with a good appetite and a guest who is losing weight are not suitable for such a dinner.

There are many manners that should be paid attention to at the table, which are often overlooked.

(1) Seating and leaving

1. You should wait for the elderly to sit down before you can sit down.

2. If there is a lady at the table, you should wait until the lady is seated. If the lady's seat is next door, she should be paged.

3. After eating, the other guests can only leave after the hostess and the man leave.

4. Sit upright and keep a proper distance from the dining table.

5. When dining in a restaurant, the waiter should show you to the table.

6. When leaving the seat, you should help the elderly or women in the next seat to drag the seat.

(2) Use of scented towels

1. Napkins are mainly used to prevent clothes from getting dirty, and also to wipe oil stains on the mouth and hands.

2. You must wait until everyone is seated before using napkins.

3. The napkin should be spread out and placed on the thighs at the upper ends of knees. Do not tie a belt or hang it on the collar of a suit.

4. Never wipe the tableware with a napkin.

(3) general etiquette at the dining table

1. After sitting down, keep your feet under your seat, and don't straighten up at will, elbow against the edge of the table, or put your hands on the back of the chair next to you.

2. When eating, be gentle and elegant, calm and quiet, and don't be impatient.

3. You should not only care about yourself at the dinner table, but also care about others, especially the female guests on both sides.

4. Avoid talking with food in your mouth.

5. Tableware for personal use should not be inserted into the common plate to pick up dishes.

6. You must eat with a small mouth, and don't stuff it with a big mouth. You can't stuff it in your mouth until the food is swallowed.

7. When fetching vegetables and scooping soup, you should use public chopsticks and spoons.

8. Eat imported food, and don't spit it out. If it is hot food, you can drink water or take a shower with fruit juice.

9. When delivering food to the entrance, the elbows should lean inward, not open to the sides, and touch the neighbor.

11. If you hold a knife fork in your hand or others are chewing food, you should avoid talking or toasting.

11. Good eating is to eat the food, not the food. Food should be brought with a meter, so you can't send it to your mouth in a hurry, otherwise the soup will drip on the tablecloth, which is extremely indecent.

12. Never pull out your teeth with your fingers, use toothpicks and cover them with your hands or handkerchiefs.

13. Avoid coughing, sneezing and sulking at the dinner table. If you can't help it, you should say "I'm sorry"

14. Drink at will, toast with courtesy until the end, and avoid persuading, guessing and shouting.

15. If the tableware falls, please ask the waiter to pick it up.

16. In case of accident, if you accidentally spill wine, water and soup on other people's clothes, just apologize, instead of panicking and making amends, it will embarrass the other person.

17. If you want to take the condiments placed in front of other guests at the same table, please ask the guests next to you to help you pass them on. Don't reach across and drive for them.

18. If the host cooks the food himself, don't forget to praise him.

19. If you eat unclean or smelly food, don't swallow it. Take out the imported food lightly with your thumb and forefinger and put it on the plate. If you find that there are insects and gravel in the dishes that have not been eaten yet, don't make a fuss. Wait for the waiter to approach and tell him to change them softly.

21. After eating, the tableware must be put in order, not in disorder. Napkins should also be folded and put on the table.

21. It is not advisable to smoke while the staple food is in progress. If you want to smoke, you must first obtain the consent of your neighbor.

22. When eating in a restaurant, you should not rush to pay the bill and push and pull for it, which is extremely indecent. If you are a guest, you can't rob to pay the bill. You should not pay the bill for your friend without his consent.

23. The speed of eating should be synchronized with the host and hostess, neither too fast nor too slow.

24. Don't talk about sorrow at the dinner table, otherwise it will spoil the happy atmosphere.