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What is the six M's of dining etiquette?

The six M's mostly refer to Western food, but of course they can be applied to Chinese food as well, with a few flexible changes:

The first one is "Menu"

When you walk into a Western restaurant, the waiter will lead you to your seat, and then the first thing that will be served to you is the menu. The menu is regarded as the face of the restaurant, and the owner always pays attention to it, using the best fabrics for the cover, and some even use soft sheepskin with various beautiful patterns.

How to order good food, there is a trick, open the menu, see which dish is named after the name of the restaurant, you can certainly take it, we must know, which chef will not joke about their own store name, so they make an effort to make the dishes, will certainly be delicious, must point.

Looking at the menu, ordering has become an essential program to eat Western food, is a way of life.

The second is "Music"

Luxury high-level Western-style restaurant, there should be a band, playing some soft music, general small Western-style restaurant also play some wonderful music. However, the most important thing here is the "audibility" of the music, that is, the sound to achieve "seem to hear and can not hear the degree", that is to say, to concentrate on talking to friends and friends can not be heard to rest and relax a little bit on the hear, this fire to master.

The third is "Mood" (atmosphere)

Western food pay attention to the elegant environment, the atmosphere is harmonious. There must be music accompanied by white tablecloths, flowers, and all tableware must be clean. In case of dinner, the lights should be dimmed and there should be red candles on the table to create a romantic, charming and light atmosphere.

The fourth is "Meeting"

That is to say, with whom to eat Western-style food, which should be selective, it must be friends and relatives, people with similar interests. Eating western food is mainly for contact feelings, rarely talk about business at the western table. So the Western-style restaurant, there are few red-faced scenes appear.

The fifth is "Manner" (etiquette)

Also known as the "eating phase" and "eating attitude". In short, we should follow the western custom, do not have a sudden behavior, especially in the hands of the knife and fork, if the hands dance, it will be "out of shape". The use of knife and fork, should be the right hand holding a knife, the left hand to take the fork, the food cut into small pieces, and then sent to the mouth with a knife and fork. Generally speaking, Europeans do not change hands when using a knife and fork, and always use the left hand with a fork to bring food into the mouth. Americans, on the other hand, put the knife down after cutting and bring the food into the mouth with the fork in the right hand. But no matter when, the knife is never send things into the mouth. Western banquet, the host will arrange men and women sitting next to each other, pay attention to the "lady first" of the Western gentleman, will show the lady's attentiveness.

The sixth is "Meal" (food)

A U.S. gourmet once said: "Japanese people eat with their eyes, the form of cuisine is very beautiful, eat our Western food, is to use the nose, so we have a big nose; only you great Chinese know how to use the tongue to eat. Only you great Chinese know how to eat with your tongue." Our Chinese food to "taste" as the core, Western food is to nutrition as the core, as for the flavor that is not comparable to Chinese food.