western food etiquette

western food etiquette, western food has a lot of dining etiquette, so for friends who are not familiar with western food etiquette, it is still worth taking some effort to learn it. Let's take a look at western food etiquette and learn it together. Western food etiquette 1

When sitting, you should keep your body straight, do not put your elbows on the table, and keep your feet away from the table to facilitate the use of tableware. Don't fiddle with the tableware set on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and gently put it on your lap.

When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from the outside to the inside. Hold the fork in your left hand and hold the knife in your right hand. When cutting things, hold the fork in your left hand and hold the food, hold the knife in your right hand and saw it into small pieces, and then send it to your mouth with a fork. When using a knife, the blade should not be outward. When you put down your knife and fork during a meal, you should put them in a figure of eight and put them on the edge of the plate respectively. The blade is facing itself, indicating that you will continue to eat. After each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate. If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork without putting it down. When you don't use a knife, you can also hold a fork with your right hand, but if you need to make gestures, you should put down your knife and fork, never wave and shake it in the air with your hand, and never wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, nor take a glass in one hand and a fork in the other. Remember, never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table. Don't eat too much food in your mouth every time. Don't talk while chewing, and don't talk to people actively.

have a meal

after being seated, the host greets you and begins to eat.

when taking food, don't overdo it. After eating the food on the plate, if it is not enough, you can take it again. If the waiter divides the dishes, if it is necessary to add them, they will be taken when the waiter delivers them. If I can't eat or don't like the dishes, when the waiter serves or the host takes the dishes, don't refuse. Put a small amount on the plate and say, "Thank you, that's enough." Don't look embarrassed about the dishes that don't taste good.

eat gracefully. Shut up and chew, don't sip soup, and don't make a noise when eating. If the soup and vegetables are too hot, wait until they are cold before eating. Don't blow them with your mouth. Don't spit out the fishbones and bones in your mouth directly. Cover your mouth with a napkin and take them out by hand (chopsticks are available for eating Chinese food), or spit them gently on a fork and put them in a dish.

Leftover dishes and used tableware toothpicks should be put on the plate, not on the table.

don't talk with food in your mouth.

when you pick your teeth, cover your mouth with your hand or napkin

talk

whether you are a host, a guest or a guest, you should talk with people at the same table, especially the left and right neighbors. Don't talk to only a few acquaintances or only two people. If you don't know your neighbor, you can introduce yourself first.

Toast

As the guest of honor, when attending a banquet held in a foreign country, you should know the toast habits of the other party, that is, why and when to make a toast, so as to make necessary preparations. When clinking glasses, the host and guest touch first, and many people can raise their glasses at the same time, not necessarily clinking glasses. Be careful not to cross glasses when making a toast. When the host and guest make speeches and toasts, they should stop eating and talking, pay attention to listening, and don't take this opportunity to smoke. Stand still when playing the national anthem. After the host and guest have finished speaking and clinked glasses with the VIP guests, they often go to other tables to make a toast. In this case, they should stand up and raise their glasses. When clinking glasses, you should greet each other visually.

toasting each other at the banquet shows friendship and enlivens the atmosphere, but remember to drink too much. Drinking too much is prone to gaffes and even gaffes, so it must be controlled within one-third of my alcohol consumption.

take off your coat

No matter how hot the weather is, you can't unbutton your clothes in public. For a small informal dinner, if the host invites the guest take off your coat, the male guest can take off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.

drink tea

(or coffee) drink tea and coffee. If you want, you can add milk and sugar to the cup by yourself. After stirring with a small teaspoon, the teaspoon is still put back in the saucer. Usually, milk and sugar are placed in separate containers. When drinking, hold the cup handle in your right hand and the saucer in your left hand.

fruit

when eating pears and apples, don't bite them whole. First, cut them into four or six petals with a fruit knife, then peel and pit them with a knife, and then eat them with your hands. When peeling, the knife edge faces inward and cuts them from outside to inside. Peel the banana first and cut it into small pieces with a knife to eat. Oranges are cut into pieces with a knife, while oranges, lychees and longan can be peeled and eaten. The rest, such as watermelons and pineapples, are usually peeled and cut into pieces, and can be cut into small pieces with a fork when eating.

water bowl

At a banquet, when chicken, lobster and fruit are served, sometimes a small water bowl (copper basin, porcelain bowl or crystal glass jar) is presented, with rose petals or lemon slices floating on the water for washing hands (someone once mistook it for a drink and made it a joke). When washing, wet your fingers with your hands in turn, rinse gently, and then dry with a napkin or a small towel.

souvenir

some owners have a small souvenir or a flower for each attendee. At the end of the banquet, the host called the guests to bring them. In this case, you can say a word or two of praise for this small gift, but you don't have to express your gratitude solemnly. Sometimes, foreign visitors often take away the banquet menu as souvenirs, and sometimes ask the guests to sign the menu as a souvenir. Don't take away all kinds of entertainment items, including candy, fruit, cigarettes, etc., except those specially indicated by the host as souvenirs.

Thank you

Sometimes, after attending private banquets, I often send a memo or business card to express my gratitude.

Take food from a buffet dinner or a cocktail party. When the waiter serves food, don't rush to get it, and then take it when it is delivered to me. When people around you don't get the first copy, don't rush to get the second copy. Don't gather around the food table, just back away after taking it, so that others can take it.

the use of tableware

Chinese tableware is mainly bowls and chopsticks, while western food is knives, forks and plates. Usually, foreigners are invited to eat Chinese food, and Chinese food is mostly eaten in the west. Both chopsticks and knives and forks are set up. The use of a knife and fork is to hold a knife in the right hand and a fork in the left hand, cut the food into small pieces, and then send it into the mouth with a fork. Europeans do not change hands when using, that is, they hold the fork with their left hand from cutting to feeding. After cutting, Americans put down the knife and send it to the food entrance with a fork in their right hand. Take it from outside to inside in the order of knife and fork when eating. After each dish is finished, put the knife and fork together on the plate to show that you have finished eating. If you haven't finished eating, put it in a figure of eight or cross, and the knife edge should be inward. When eating chicken and lobster, you can tear it open with your hands when the owner signals, otherwise you can cut the meat with a knife and fork and cut it into small pieces to eat. When cutting meat with bones or hard shells, the fork must firmly fork the meat, and the knife should be cut close to the fork edge to avoid slipping away. When cutting vegetables, be careful not to hit the plate too hard and make a noise. Food that is not easy to fork, or food that is not easy to fork, can be gently pushed onto the fork with a knife. Eat without a spoon except soup. The soup is served in a deep dish or a small bowl. When drinking, scoop it up from the inside out with a spoon and put it into your mouth. When it is almost finished, you can slightly lift the dish outward. Eat foods with fishy smell, such as fish, shrimp, game, etc. with lemon. You can squeeze the juice out by hand and drop it on the food to remove the fishy smell.

In case of unexpected circumstances

During the banquet, if something unusual happens due to carelessness, for example, the knife and fork hit the plate too hard, making a noise, or the tableware fell to the ground, or spilled drinks, you should be calm and don't worry. When the tableware makes a noise, you can gently say "sorry" to your neighbor (or to your host). The waiter can send a pair of tableware if it falls. Apologize if the drinks spill on the neighbor's body, and help dry them; If the other person is a woman, just hand over a clean napkin or handkerchief and dry it by herself.

share and * * * enjoy

Whether vegetarians are willing to accept it or not, according to research, in ancient times, people lived together and enjoyed food from * * * sharing meat. When eating, if it's just plants-vegetables, fruits, etc., he can enjoy it by himself, and he won't worry about other creatures coming to snatch it, so everyone won't get together. Only meat as the main food will attract many people together. At this point, human beings are not much different from the animal world. And as long as there is meat to eat, people won't give in to each other, and everyone is sure to compete with each other, so we have to share it and enjoy it. Of course, this is inseparable from everyone hunting at that time and sharing the fruits of victory after coming back. Therefore, eating meat is an important event for our human groups to sit together and share the fun of life.

after man mastered the use of fire, history turned a new page. Humans and beasts are completely divided. Everyone forms a circle face to face, enjoying the happiness of eating and drinking together. In the long years, people have gradually mastered some skills, cooking techniques have been continuously improved, and the means of enjoying meals have been continuously increased, and the ways and means of eating have also begun to be further understood and improved. This social interaction due to eating has gradually changed into enjoying delicious food, and it has become a common form of people's communication and one of the necessary contents of life. People don't eat just for the sake of eating. Gourmet parties have become a common way to get in touch, get together and make friends. Western food etiquette 2

If you eat more than one main course, after eating the first course (usually seafood), the waiter will send you a glass of sherbet, made of fruit juice or champagne, which will not only refresh your mouth, but also help to stimulate your appetite for the next course.

No matter how comfortable the stool is, you should sit upright and don't * sit on the back of the chair. When eating, you can lean forward slightly, and your arms should be close to your body to avoid bumping into the next door.

If you eat more than one main course, after eating the first course (usually seafood), the waiter will send you a glass of sherbet, made of fruit juice or champagne, which will not only refresh your mouth, but also help to stimulate your appetite for the next course.

Eating French food is the same as eating western food. When using a knife, remember to start with the outermost tableware, from the outside to the inside. Don't jump on the delicious food. It's rude.

after eating each dish, put the knife around, or cross it around, which is very ugly. The correct way is to put the knife side by side on the plate, with the tooth facing up.

cut large pieces of lettuce leaves into small pieces with dice. If it is not good, you can use both knives. Cut only one piece at a time. Don't cut the whole salad into small pieces at once.

if the main salad is accompanied with salad dressing, it is difficult to mix the salad dressing on the whole bowl. First, pour the salad dressing on a part of the salad, and then add the sauce after eating this part. Until it is added to the lettuce leaves at the bottom of the bowl, so it is much easier to pour the juice.

use salad * if the salad is served on a large plate. If you put it with the main course, you should use the main course * to eat it.

if salad is a separate dish between the main course and dessert, it is usually eaten with cheese, cornflakes, etc. First take a slice or two of bread and put it on your salad plate, and then take a few cornflakes. Cheese and salad should be eaten with dice, and cornflakes should be eaten with your hands.

Finally, after wiping your hands and mouth, don't wipe it vigorously with a napkin, pay attention to your manners, and just wipe off the oil stains on your mouth or fingers with a corner of your napkin.