1, meat: cut steak should be cut from the outside to the inside, cut a piece to eat a piece, please do not cut it into pieces at a time for the sake of convenience, this is not only the lack of temperament, but also will make the loss of fresh meat juice, very unfortunate; cut the size of the meat should be moderate, do not cut too large that there is a danger of the mouth can not be closed. When chewing your food, be sure to keep your mouth closed to avoid making a noise, and do not bring any more food into your mouth until it has been swallowed.

2, shellfish: shellfish should be held in the left hand shell, the right hand holding a fork, the meat will be picked out to eat. Eat fish fillets, the right hand can be used to hold a fork to eat, avoid the use of knives, because the tender fish meat will easily be cut and become difficult to pack; encountered a whole fish, the first to eat the upper layer of the fish, and then use a knife and fork to remove the fish bones, do not turn over, eat lobster, can be used to remove the shell of the shrimp fingers after eating.

3, fruit: water more fruit should be taken with a small spoon. Peaches and melons, the restaurant will first peeled and sliced, should be taken with a small fork. Strawberries are often placed on small plates and can be eaten with a spoon or fork. In addition, when eating fruits, restaurants usually provide a hand-washing box with flower petals or lemons in it. For hand-washing.

4, desserts: general cakes and cakes, with a small fork to split to eat, harder cut with a knife, also with a small fork to split to eat, as for ice cream or pudding, etc., can be used to eat a small spoon. If you come across small pieces of hard cookies, you can take them directly.

5. Soup: When drinking soup, use a spoon, not the whole bowl. When drinking soup with a spoon, the spoon should be scooped outwards from your own side, and you should not stir the hot soup or blow it out with your mouth. It is polite to avoid making noise when drinking soup. When the soup is almost finished, hold the plate with your left thumb and forefinger and tilt it outward to retrieve the soup. After finishing the soup, the spoon should be placed on the saucer of the soup plate or cup.

6. Coffee and tea: When drinking coffee or tea, the restaurant will certainly include a small spoon, its purpose is to stir the sugar and creamer, so try not to take the sugar can and creamer cans in the spoon to stir their drinks, and do not use the spoon to scoop up the coffee to taste the sweetness of the coffee or tea, coffee or tea, you should use the forefinger and thumb to hold the handle of the cup and drink, as far as the saucer does not need to be held up. When you're done, put the small spoon on the saucer.

Expanded:

Table etiquette is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

One, the etiquette of seating. First invited guests to take their seats, and then invited the elders to take their seats next to the guests in turn, to enter from the left side of the chair when seated. Do not move chopsticks after being seated, and do not make any noise, and do not get up and walk around. If there is something to greet the host (directly opposite the door for the upper seat, generally based on the status of the other party to arrange).

Second, when eating, first ask the guests in the elderly to move chopsticks. Clip the dishes less each time, away from their own dishes eat less, do not make a sound when eating, do not make a sound when drinking soup, drinking soup with a spoon in a small bite, should not be the bowl to the mouth to drink, the soup is too hot when cooled and then drink, do not blow while drinking.

Some people like to eat hard to chew crunchy food, make a very clear sound, this practice is not etiquette requirements, especially when eating with the crowd, we should try to prevent this phenomenon.

Three, do not burp during the meal, do not appear other sounds, if there is sneezing, intestinal chirping and other involuntary sound, we must say a "really sorry", "sorry", "please forgive me!

Four, if you want to give the guests or elders cloth food, it is best to use the public chopsticks, you can also away from the guests or elders far from the dishes sent to them in front. According to our Chinese custom, the dishes are served one by one, if there are leaders, elderly, guests at the same table, whenever a new dish comes up, ask them to move their chopsticks first, or take turns to ask them to move their chopsticks first, in order to show the importance of them.

Fifth, eat to the fish head, fish spikes, bones and other things, do not spit out, do not throw to the ground, slowly with their hands to get their own plate, or put close to their own table side or on the paper prepared in advance.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Table Manners