The dining etiquette of western food is different from that of Chinese food, as follows: 1. Seating arrangement Western food generally uses a square table, and the host has arranged seats before the guests attend the banquet. There are the following arrangements for seats: (1) English sitting method (most commonly used): the male and female hosts sit at the two ends of a long square table, the male and female guests sit on the right hand side of the hostess and the male host respectively, and other guests should be separated by men and women. In the eyes of westerners, banquets are one of the best ways to make friends, so we should avoid letting acquaintances sit together. When seated, the man should help the woman sit down, that is, gently pull open the chair on the right hand side, and then gently push the chair back at the moment when the woman sits down. (2) French sitting method: the host and hostess sit in the middle of the dining table, and other people sit at both ends of the dining table. (3) Mouth-shaped dining table: The mouth-shaped dining table is suitable for banquets with a large number of guests. At this time, the male and female hosts sit in the middle of the dining table, and other aspects are the same as the English sitting method. 2. Use of napkins When the host picks up the napkins, the guests can open the napkins in front of them and put them flat on their thighs. If the napkins are too large, they can be folded in half and the folds are placed outwards. Napkins can be used to wipe oil stains off your mouth before talking. Ladies can wipe their lips lightly with napkins before eating, so as not to get lipstick on the tableware. But be careful not to use napkins to wipe your face and hands. If you want to leave the table temporarily during the meal, you should put the napkin on the chair to show that you have not finished eating; At the end of the banquet, the napkin should be roughly folded in half and put on the table. 3. Tableware The most commonly used tableware in western food is knives and forks. The correct way to use it is: the British usage is to keep the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand, and cut and eat one piece; American usage is to cut all the food, put the knife on the plate, change the fork of your left hand to the fork of your right hand and eat it. No matter which method you use, you should pay attention to the following points: (1) When cutting food, fork it firmly and don't let it fly out. (2) When cutting food, keep your elbows close to your body and avoid making any noise. (3) After cutting, only one piece should be forked at a time, and all of them should be put into the mouth. (4) If you don't use a knife and fork for the time being, you should put the knife and fork into a figure of eight with the blade inward and the fork teeth downward. If you finish eating, you should put the knife and fork side by side in the corner of the plate, with the blade inward and the fork teeth upward. Be careful not to put the knife and fork in a cross. 4. The order of western food is: bread and butter, soup, fish, meat, salad, dessert, coffee or tea. You need to use different tableware to eat different dishes, so you put multiple forks on the table, which are placed on the left and right sides of the plate respectively. There is a spoon for drinking soup on the far right of the plate, a knife for eating fish on the left of the spoon (corresponding to the first fork on the left of the plate), a meat knife on the left of the fish knife (corresponding to the second fork on the left of the plate), a dessert fork and spoon in front of the plate, and bread plates and bread knives on the left oblique front of the plate. The principle of use is to use it from the outside to the mainland. The specific eating method of each dish in western food is as follows: (1) Bread Tear the bread in the bread plate into small pieces by hand, butter it, and put the whole piece in the mouth. (2) Sit up straight with your head slightly lowered, hold a spoon in your right hand, and scoop soup from the inside out. If there is not much soup left, you can slightly lift the soup plate with your left hand to make it lean outwards, and then scoop it with a spoon. Don't make any noise when drinking soup. (3) firstly, the fish cuts off the fish head, then cuts off the fish flesh along the back of the fish with a fish knife, puts the remaining fish bones into a special dish for placing the fish bones, and then cuts the fish flesh into small pieces for eating; If you remove the fish bones, you can cut them into small pieces with a knife and eat them. If the fish is too fishy, squeeze lemon juice before eating. (4) The meat dish of meat western food is often steak. When eating steak, you should eat it from left to right. If you eat meat with bones, you can pick it up with your hands and chew it. (5) Salad Salad is generally eaten directly with a fork that eats meat. Only when you encounter food that you can't eat, you can eat it with a knife. (6) Desserts The desserts of western food generally include biscuits, cakes, sandwiches, cheese, pudding, macaroni and ice cream. When eating cookies, cakes or sandwiches, you should hold them with your right hand and bite them. When eating cheese, cut it into small pieces with a knife and eat it with your hands; When eating pudding or ice cream, use a fork or spoon to scoop it; When eating macaroni, you usually hold the fork in your right hand, and with the help of the spoon held in your left hand, you wrap macaroni around the fork and send it to your mouth. (7) After the coffee or black tea is finished, the waiter often sends a cup of coffee or black tea. Guests can add milk and sugar according to their own preferences, and then gently stir with a small spoon. After stirring, put the small spoon on the cup and saucer. Hold the cup handle with your right hand and drink. 5. wine matching in western food, wine is the protagonist, food is the supporting role, and food should be selected with wine. There are three kinds of drinks in western banquet: (1) Pre-dinner drinks. It is usually a wine with strong spicy taste, such as cocktails, champagne, scotch whisky, sherry and so on. (2) Table wine. Refers to the wine, usually wine, that is drunk during a formal meal. The principle of western food in wine matching is "white wine with white meat, red wine with red meat", that is, eating white meat (seafood, chicken, etc.) with white wine, eating red meat with red wine. But if the fish is too strong, it should be paired with red wine. (3) after-dinner wine. Usually choose brandy or champagne. The essence of etiquette: when eating western food, we advocate the so-called "one bite" principle. You should not eat too much in each bite, let alone part of your mouth and part outside your mouth. You should shut up and chew, and you should not talk while eating. When eating western food, you should eat a little of each dish. If you don't like it, you should take a little less or show your gratitude. If a certain food is far away from you, please ask others to help you pass it on. Never stand up and reach for it. (