complete western etiquette

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● From appetizer to coffee, this is the most traditional set meal form: appetizer → soup → fish cuisine → meat cuisine 1 (main course) → fruit freezing point → meat cuisine 2→ salad → dessert → fruit coffee. Before the appetizer, you can drink a little aperitif or choose a small amount of snacks.

● Simplified whole meal: In today's world, apart from western food for wedding banquets, there are fewer and fewer complete meals like the above, and there is only one general meat dish. In the restaurant, you can eat in order according to the combination of dishes decided by the restaurant, or you can match your favorite dishes according to your own preferences.

* Use the knife and fork correctly, and never make a fool of yourself

● Hold the fork with your left hand, cut it with your right hand, and then use the fork to lift the cooking fork into your mouth. If it is finely divided food, it can be scooped up with the front of the fork. Of course, in a relaxed occasion with friends, if you don't need a knife, you can eat with a fork in your right hand.

● The message conveyed by placing the knife and fork: it is eight-shaped in dining, and the front and back of the fork can face up, while the side of the fork must face itself. When the blade is pointed at others, it is hostile. After eating, the front of the fork can be turned upward, and the blade of the knife can be placed in parallel with the fork.

● napkins are prepared to prevent clothes from getting dirty when eating. Generally, it is opened after the meal is ordered, folded in half and placed on the knee. Never hang your napkin on the back of your chair or knead it into a ball and put it on the table after you leave temporarily or after eating.

● The correct posture and proper angle have a considerable influence on your elegance. * Enjoy all kinds of dishes with ease and pleasure

● How to eat the appetizer: The appetizer is a bit like the cold dishes in Chinese food, including caviar, smoked mandarin fish, raw ham, crayfish, oysters or snails, which can be more casual.

● Way to drink soup: Never make a sound when drinking soup. Tilting the spoon slightly is easier to drink. If the soup is still very hot, you can use a spoon to stir it back and forth quietly to lower the temperature. After the soup is finished, put the spoon directly in the soup plate or on the dinner plate.

● Ways to eat bread: Generally, there is an unlimited supply of bread. Never eat too much bread. In order not to eat too much bread, it is best to start eating bread after the appetizer and soup are served. When eating bread, you should tear off a large and small bite by hand before eating. Never use a knife, fork or fork bread.

● How to eat meat dishes: Meat dishes should be cut from the left, and the sauce should be placed on the inside of the plate. Vegetables placed next to the steak are not only for decoration, but are added for balanced nutrition, so they should be eaten alternately with meat. Don't cut all the meat into pieces at the beginning, or all the delicious gravy will flow out.

● How to eat fish dishes: There will always be lemons on fish dishes, and the round lemons can be pressed with a knife to make the fragrance of lemons penetrate into fish dishes; Half-moon-shaped lemon slices can be gently stabbed in the pulp with a fork, gently squeezed with your right hand, and squeezed into fish dishes. The sauce used should not be directly poured on the dishes, but should be placed on the outside of the plate. ● How to eat lettuce salad: Salads range from simple green vegetables to luxurious seafood or meat, or add "salad"? Salads, etc., and knives and forks must be used in formal occasions. If it's a salad in a big bowl or a big plate, you have to use a fork and a spoon to take the salad from the big plate ...

● How to drink coffee: It's most suitable for drinking steam-pressurized espresso after meals, because espresso contains little caffeine, so you can drink it safely even at night. Take a sip first, taste the aroma of coffee, and then add the right amount of sugar and cow milk as you like. * etiquette details before and after meals

● Before you go to the restaurant, you'd better make an appointment by phone first.

● After entering the dining room, larger items such as coats can be left in the cloakroom, while handbags and carry-on items can be left beside the chair feet.

● If it is a private dinner party, ladies should be given priority when seated; When having a business dinner, the boss or elder should be seated first. When seated, you must sit from the left.

● It's best to smoke after meals and wait until you have coffee. You can't help but go somewhere else when you want to smoke.

● Clothing is also very important. Attention should be paid to neatness and neatness, and make-up and decorations should be minimized.

* Taboos for dining

Knife is a tool for cutting and cooking, and you should not hold it to your mouth when eating; Do not send food into your mouth with a knife and fork at the same time; Do not lick the sauce on the knife.

"It's a big bummer to let the soup be too hot and blow it with your mouth; Drink? Don't make a hissing sound; Don't eat bread with soup; Don't hold up the whole plate when drinking soup; The act of licking a spoon is absolutely against western etiquette.

After the bread is torn, if the left hand still holds the larger bread, you can't eat the bread held in the right hand; You can't pick up the whole bread and bite it without tearing it apart.

once the washbasin is served, don't drink the water, don't squeeze the lemons in the basin, and don't put both hands in the washing at the same time.

* error demonstration set

● It will appear very uncultured

Don't be so absorbed in chatting that you wave your knife and fork in your hand.

don't put your elbows on the dining table.

「 Think about eight? It is impolite to laugh and laugh loudly because of the existence of.

don't look around, always pay attention to other people at the table.

don't talk loudly to people at other tables.

you can't pick your teeth with a toothpick in your seat after eating.

● It will cause unpleasantness to others

Playing with your hair during meals will give people the impression that it is unclean.

it is very rude to burp too loudly.

Eating without saying a word will inevitably make your partner think that you are "not very satisfied" with the meal.

it is very impolite to make fun of others.

● Pay attention to the usual bad habits

Don't collect the crumbs dropped on the dining table by hand or sweep them to the ground.

yawning is also impolite.

don't exchange food with your partner without authorization.

don't talk with your mouth full.

it's also impolite to put makeup on your seat.

How to eat fruits

Apples and pears-at a banquet, take apples or pears with your hands and put them on a plate. You can peel it with a spiral. If it's difficult to make the sample, put the fruit on the plate, cut it in half first, then remove the core and cut it into pieces, and then eat it with a fork or fruit knife. If the occasion is more casual, you can eat it with your hands.

avocados-avocados with shells need to be eaten with a spoon. If they are sliced and put on a plate or mixed in salad, they should be eaten with a fork.

bananas-if you eat bananas at the table, you should peel them first, then cut them into pieces with a knife, and then fork them to eat them. In informal venues, such as picnics and beaches, you should peel off half of the bananas and eat them like monkeys.

figs-fresh tea fruits as appetizers should be eaten together with spiced ham with a knife, fork and skin. If there is a hard rod on it, cut it off with a knife (otherwise it will be chewy). When eating as a dessert, cut the fig into four and a half, soak it in orange juice or cream, and eat it with a knife and fork.

grapefruit (orange, orange)-when eating grapefruit, cut it in half first, and then dig it out with a teaspoon or pointed grapefruit spoon to eat. In informal situations, grapefruit juice can be carefully squeezed into a teaspoon.

There are two ways to peel orange peel, both of which need a sharp knife. Method 1: Spiral peeling. Method 2: first cut off the skin at both ends with a knife, and then cut off the skin piece by piece vertically. After peeling, you can break off the orange meat. If the broken part is not big, you can eat it in one bite. If it is too big, use a dessert knife and fork to cut it first and then eat it. If the orange is cut, you can also use a grapefruit spoon or teaspoon to dig and eat it like grapefruit. To eat oranges, peel them with your hands first, and then eat them piece by piece. You may want to peel and remove the white covering film, especially when the film is thick.

grapes-there's nothing particular about grapes, just eat them one by one? If the grapes have seeds, Lin puts the grapes in his mouth to chew and suck the meat, and then spits the seeds into his hand. If you want to peel the grape skin easily, you should hold its stem to your mouth and squeeze the gravy into your mouth with your middle finger and paper. Finally, put the remaining grape skins on the plate.

mango, papaya-the whole mango should be cut in half longitudinally with a sharp fruit knife, and then cut into half. Put each piece into a dish with a fork, with the skin side up, and peel off the mango. You can also eat it with a spoon like an avocado. For example, cut the mango in half, dig the core meat and keep the skin. Eating papaya is like eating avocados and small watermelons. First, cut it in half, dig out the seeds, and then dig it with a spoon.

peaches and plums-cut the peaches and plums into half, then cut them into quarters, and remove the core with a knife. The skin can be peeled off, but if you cut it into small pieces with the skin, it is also good to eat it with a dessert knife and fork.

Persimmons-There are two ways to eat persimmons: first, cut them in half, and then dig out the persimmon meat with a spoon; Second, put the persimmon vertically in a dish with the handle facing down, cut it into four pieces, and then cut it into small pieces with the help of a knife and fork. When eating, spit persimmon stones in a spoon and put them on one side of your plate. Don't eat persimmon skin, because it is too bitter and astringent.

pineapple (pulp)-it's very simple. When eating shredded radish,? Always use a knife and fork.

strawberries-large strawberries can be eaten whole with the handle dipped in white sugar (from your own plate). Then put the strawberry handle into your plate. If strawberries are mixed in cream, of course, use a spoon.

Watermelon-cut watermelons are usually eaten with a knife and fork. The watermelon seeds eaten in your mouth should be cleaned in time, spit in the tight concave hands, and then put into your own plate.

Berries and cherries-there are many ways to eat them, depending on the situation. Generally speaking, when eating berries, you should use a spoon with or without cream. To eat cherries, you should hold them in your hands, spit them gracefully in the tight concave hands, and then put them on your own plate.

How to get food with bones

Birds: First cut off their wings and legs, and then eat their body parts with knives and forks. You can eat your wings and legs with your hands, but you can't take your body parts. Chicken: Eat half of the chicken first. Separate the chicken legs and wings from the joint with a knife and fork. Then hold the chicken leg (chicken breast or chicken wings) with a fork and cut the meat into pieces of appropriate size with a knife. Only cut two or three pieces at a time. If the occasion is very formal and can't be used for knives and forks, just don't move. If it is informal, you can take a small bone with your hand, but you can use one hand in the middle.

steak: insert a fork or sharp knife into the center of beef, pork or mutton steak. If there are paper sleeves on the ribs, you can grab them with your hands to cut the meat on the bones, so as not to make your hands greasy. You can't chew bones with your hands even if you are wrapped in paper sleeves on formal occasions or in restaurants. These extra things are basically used for decoration, and there is no intention of making you eat a meal. In addition, in informal occasions, only when there is no soup on the bone can you pick it up and chew it.

fish first cut off the head and tail with a knife and fork and put them on the edge of the plate. Then use the tip of a knife to split the fish from beginning to end along the bone. At this time, you have three choices: 1. Slide the fish bone out; 2. Separate the fish horizontally, take out the fish bone; 3. Remove the upper piece, and then remove the bone after eating. If you eat a small bone in your mouth, pinch it out with your thumb and forefinger, people who love to eat fish will even eat the small head, and it is very lucky to eat the cheek of the fish.

How to place the knife and fork

It's shaped like a figure of eight during a meal. If you have a short rest in the middle of a meal, you can divide the knife and fork into a dish. The knife head and fork tip are opposite to each other in a figure of one or eight, and the knife and fork face yourself, indicating that you still want to continue eating. If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork without putting it down, 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 the plate and the other end on the table. Knives and forks have another very important function besides cutting the material into the mouth. The arrangement of knives and forks conveys the message of "eating" or "ending eating". The waiter uses this method to judge the dining situation of the guests, and whether the tableware is ready for the next service, etc., so I hope that Ji Run can remember the correct tableware placement method. It is especially important to note that the blade side must face itself. There are two ways to place the end of the meal: after the meal, you can turn the bottom of the fork up and threaten the knife. Put the fork inward and parallel on the plate. The following placement methods are divided into English style and French style, no matter which way is ok, but the most commonly used one is French style. Try to put the handle in the plate, so as to avoid falling off due to touching, and it is easier for the waiter to clean up. When attending the wedding banquet, no matter how to put the tableware in the "in-meal" position, as long as the main guests finish eating, they should immediately put away all the dishes. Therefore, when banquets are held, remember to take the main guests as the center. At a banquet, a pair of knives and forks is used for each dish, and the knives and forks placed in front of you are taken from the outside in turn, because the order in which the knives and forks are placed is exactly the order in which each dish is served. Knife and fork are used up, and serving is over. When you need to talk or have a rest halfway, you should put your knife and fork on both sides of the plate in a figure of eight. On the other hand, the knife and fork handles are placed side by side on the plate, which means that the dish has been used well and the waiter will remove the plate. For appetizers or desserts, if it is a dish that can be eaten directly with a fork, there is no need to deliberately use a knife. At family dinners or casual dinners with friends, soft dishes such as salad or egg-wrapped rice can also be eaten with only forks. But using a knife and fork at a formal banquet can give people a more elegant and neat feeling. In addition, in Europe and other places, people can often be seen eating with a fork in their right hand and bread in their left hand. No matter how neat and elegant you eat, this kind of dining can only be done in family or popular shops, and it is absolutely not feasible in high-end restaurants. The unused knife can be put on the table like this, and the waiter will automatically take it away. Although putting the knife and fork together on the plate is a message to end the meal, it is not necessary to put the clean knife into the dirty plate specially. Unused tableware can be left in its original place, but it is strange to insist on the rules of form. It is the most correct to improvise and deal with things according to the situation at that time. Even if you drop it, it's not embarrassing, but it's embarrassing to bend down and pick it up. So when you drop something, you'd better ask the waiter to come and pick it up for you. The waiter always pays attention to the situation of the guests, so he will bring new tableware soon. In case the waiter doesn't notice, he can raise his hand slightly to the waiter to try not to attract other people's attention. The waiter's job is to make the guests have a more enjoyable meal, so ask them as much as possible.

Basic usage of knife and fork

The basic action after serving food is "cutting with the knife in your right hand, and then lifting the dish with the fork in your left hand". Press the left end of the dish with a fork and fix it. After cutting the dish about the size of a bite with a knife along the side of the fork, the fork can be directly placed in the entrance, which simply means "press it with a fork and then cut it with a knife". If you want to cut the food smoothly, start with the posture first! Correct posture and proper angle are very important.