1, when eating, your upper arms and back should lean against the back of the chair, and your abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. It is best to avoid sitting with your feet crossed.

2. napkins can be opened before eating. 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.

You can't drink soup while smoking. 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.

Extended data

Through China people's earliest observation of western food, we can see the difference in dietary concept between Chinese food and western food. The concept of catering in agricultural society, the bottom people, "food is the first thing for the people", the highest realm of life is to eat a full stomach; Entering the upper class, the highest level of catering concept is to feast your eyes, "never tire of eating" and regard catering as spiritual enjoyment.

Westerners' catering conforms to the living habits of industrial society, and more importantly, it embodies the social hierarchy in catering. The attribution of social class here is not entirely the attribution of production relations, but also the attribution of spiritual class.

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