No matter how expensive casual clothes are, you can't just wear them to the restaurant.
When entering the restaurant, the man should open the door first and let the woman in. If there is a waiter, please ask the lady to go first. When seated and serving, ladies should be given priority. Even if it is a group activity, don't forget to let the ladies go ahead.
It is common sense for Europeans and Americans to dress appropriately when eating. To go to high-end restaurants, men should wear neat tops and leather shoes; A lady should wear a suit and shoes with heels. If formal clothes are required, men must wear ties.
5. Sit on the left side of the chair. The most suitable sitting position is sitting on the left. When the chair is opened, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table. The leader pushes the chair in, and the legs bend and touch the chair behind, so you can sit down. When sitting, keep your body straight, don't put your elbows on the table, don't tilt your feet, and keep a certain distance from the table to facilitate the use of tableware. Don't fiddle with the tableware on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and gently put it on your knee.
6. The order of serving a full set of dinner is: ① dish and soup; ② Cod liver oil; 3 fruits; 4 meat; 5 milk and cold cheese; 6 dessert and coffee; 6 fruit; Aperitif and table wine. There's no need to order them all. It's impolite to order too much and not finish it. People who only order appetizers are not welcome in restaurants with a little standard. Appetizers, main courses (fish or meat) and desserts are the most suitable combinations. Ordering is not an appetizer, but a favorite main course, and then a soup suitable for the main course.
7. Don't pretend to be an expert when ordering wine. In high-end restaurants, bartenders who are good at tasting will bring wine lists. For those who don't know much about wine, it's best to tell him the dishes he chooses, the budget and the taste of his favorite wine, and let the bartender help him choose.
8. If the main course is meat, it should be served with red wine and fish with white wine. Before serving, you might as well have a glass of light wine such as champagne, sherry or Jill.
9. Napkins can be opened before meals. After ordering, before the appetizer is served, open the napkin, fold in one third, and let two thirds lie flat on the leg to cover the leg above the knee. It's best not to stuff napkins into the neckline.
10, when eating, the upper arm and back should lean on the back of the chair, and the abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. It is best to avoid sitting with your feet crossed.
1 1. Don't unbutton or undress in public when eating. If the host invites the guest to take off his coat, the male guest can take off his coat and put it on the back of the chair. Don't put his coat or things on the dining table.
12, don't wear makeup on the dining table, wipe your nose with a napkin. Burping while eating is the biggest taboo. If this happens, you should apologize to the people around you immediately. Don't stand when eating. Sit and ask others to pass the food you can't get.
13, talk to the guests around you while eating, but avoid talking and laughing loudly. Don't just talk to a few acquaintances. If you don't know them, you can introduce yourself. Don't interrupt when others are talking.
14. You shouldn't eat too much food at once. Don't talk while chewing, and don't take the initiative to talk to people.
15, when eating chicken, most Europeans and Americans regard chicken breast as the most expensive. When eating chicken legs, you should first remove the bones by force, not by hand. When eating fish, don't turn it over. After eating the upper layer, remove the fishbone with a knife and fork, and then eat the meat of the lower layer. When eating meat, cut a piece and eat a piece. Don't cut the pieces too big, or cut all the meat into pieces at once.
16, fish is tender and crisp, so restaurants often prepare special spoons instead of knives. This kind of spoon is slightly bigger and flatter than ordinary spoons. It can not only divide vegetables, but also scoop sauce. If you want to eat other mixed vegetables, you'd better use a fork. When dealing with fishbone, first stab a straight line near the gills with a knife, and don't pierce the tip of the knife, only halfway. After picking up the upper body of the fish, start from the beginning, put the knife under the bone, cut it in the direction of the fish tail, remove the bone and move it to the corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the fish tail.
17, the method of drinking. When drinking, never inhale, but tilt the glass, just like putting the wine on your tongue. Shake the glass gently and let the wine come into contact with the air to enhance the mellow taste of the wine, but don't shake the glass violently. In addition, it is impolite to drink it in one breath and look at people through the glass while drinking. Don't wipe the lipstick mark on the rim of the cup with your fingers. You'd better wipe it with a paper towel.
18, no soup. Scoop the soup from back to front with a spoon, put the bottom of the spoon on the position of the lower lip, and send the soup to the mouth. The angle between the spoon and the mouth is preferably 45 degrees. The upper body leans forward slightly. There is not much soup left in the bowl. You can raise the bowl a little with your fingers. If the soup is in a bowl with a grip, you can drink it directly with the grip.
19, how to eat bread. Tear it into small pieces with your hands first, and then eat it with your left hand. When eating hard bread, tearing it by hand is not only laborious, but also the crumbs will fall all over the floor. At this time, you can cut it in half with a knife and then tear it into pieces by hand. To avoid cutting bread like a saw, you should insert the knife into the other half first. When cutting, you can fix the bread by hand to avoid making noise.
20. If you are willing to add milk or sugar when drinking coffee, mix it evenly with a small spoon and put the small spoon on the saucer of coffee. When drinking, hold the cup handle in your right hand, put the saucer in your left hand, and drink directly with your mouth, not with a spoon. Don't bite the whole fruit when eating it. First cut it into four petals or main petals with a fruit knife, and then peel and core it with a knife and fork.
2 1, how to use a knife and fork. The basic principle is to hold a knife or spoon in your right hand and a fork in your left. If there are more than two, you should take them from the outermost one in turn. The way to hold a knife and fork is to gently hold the tail end and press the index finger on the handle. The spoon can be held with a pen. If you feel inconvenient, you can change your right hand to hold the fork, but it is impolite to change it frequently. When eating big vegetables, you can fold and cut them with a knife and fork. Soft food can be put on a fork and arranged with a knife.
22. Have a rest, knife and fork. If you want to put down your knife and fork and have a rest in the middle of eating, you should put the knife and fork in the center of the plate in a figure of eight. If the knife and fork stick out of the plate, it is neither safe nor beautiful. It's impolite to wave a knife and fork when talking. After eating, put the knife and fork at four o'clock. There are many tableware on the table in the west. You need to use special tableware to eat anything. Take the knife as an example. When eating western food, at least three knives are used to cut steak, vegetables and steamed buns. If you don't know the specific usage of each tableware, it is easy to be embarrassed. When the tableware is misplaced, it is easy to let the tableware in your hand fall to the ground. China people's use of western food is an integral part of learning western culture. This course explains the most basic common sense of western food table, so that you can behave more correctly and eat in an orderly way while enjoying the elegant dining atmosphere of western food.