Dining culture: Canadian dining etiquette
Most Canadian restaurants are divided into smoking and non-smoking areas except in cities where smoking is prohibited. Restaurants charge 7% goods and services tax. There is no service charge on the bill. If the service is good, the service charge is generally 15%. If several people go out to eat together, they usually go Dutch. If you are not sure, you can ask after checking out. If you want to eat in a luxurious or popular restaurant, you'd better call in advance to make a reservation. Unless you are in a fancy restaurant, most people will ask the waiter to take the leftover food back in a box.
Canadians are similar to the British and Americans in food customs. Because of the cold climate, they have developed the habit of eating baked goods, which is their uniqueness.
Canadians eat with knives and forks. They like roast steak, especially tender steak. They are used to drinking coffee and eating fruit after meals. Canadians pay attention to the nutritional quality of dishes, prefer sweetness, take pasta and rice as staple foods, and like beef, chicken, eggs, sardines, tomatoes, onions, potatoes and cucumbers as non-staple foods. Condiments such as ketchup and butter. They have a taste for brandy and champagne. Canadians don't eat shrimp paste, fish sauce, fermented bean curd, food with strange and fishy smell and animal offal.
In Canada, when going to a banquet, it's best to buy a bunch of flowers for the host at the flower shop to show your gratitude. At the dinner table, male and female guests usually sit on the right hand side of the host and hostess respectively. Print your lips with a napkin before meals and keep the cup mouth clean. When eating, hold a fork in your left hand and a knife in your right hand. After using it, put it on the edge of the plate. Don't make any noise, don't talk, don't pick your teeth with toothpicks in public, and don't put tableware in other people's places. Canadians believe that a correct and elegant diet is the embodiment of gentlemanly manners.