Western restaurant seating etiquette principle western restaurant
When entertaining guests, the main escort is usually in the position facing the door, and the auxiliary escort is opposite to the main escort. 1 Guest No.2 accompanies his left hand, Guest No.3 accompanies his right hand, and Guest No.4 accompanies his left hand. Everything else is free. The position of the above-mentioned host is mastered according to the ordinary banquet. If there are special factors at the scene, it should be decided according to the specific situation. In most cases, the seating problem of western food is more manifested as the seating problem. So the following is mainly about the ranking of western food. The ranking of western food should generally follow some established routines. Compared with Chinese food, the seating arrangement of western food has many differences, which are described in detail below.
European long dining table
1. Ms. is preferred
In western etiquette, ladies are respected everywhere. When setting the dining table, the hostess should be invited to sit in the main seat, and the male host should retreat to the second main seat.
2. Respect for rights.
When ranking, respecting rights is still the basic principle. As far as the specific position is concerned, the right position is higher than the left position. For example, male guests should be arranged to sit on the right side of the hostess, and female guests should be arranged to sit on the right side of the hostess.
Respect VIPs
In western food etiquette, the host and guests are highly respected. Even though some guests are higher in status, identity and age than the host, the host and guests are still the center of the host's attention. When arranging seats, male and female guests should sit next to the hostess and the host respectively in order to get more care.
Step 4 cover with other surfaces
Facing the front door is sometimes called facing the front door, which means that the seats facing the main entrance of the restaurant are usually higher than those facing the main entrance of the restaurant in the ranking order.
Cross arrangement
When eating Chinese food, diners may often sit with acquaintances, especially their lovers and spouses. But with western food, this situation does not exist. Formal western-style banquets have always been regarded as social occasions, so when ranking, men and women should cross, and strangers and acquaintances should also cross. Therefore, the opposite and both sides of the diners are often of the opposite sex, which may or may not be familiar. The biggest advantage of doing this is that you can make new friends. At the same time, it is also required that the number of people attending the dinner should be even, with men and women accounting for half.
6. Distance positioning
Generally speaking, the ranking of western food on the table is the same as that of Chinese food, which is often closely related to its distance from the theme. In general, the seats near the theme are higher than those far away from the theme.
Western dining etiquette 1, the most suitable sitting method is to sit from 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.
2. When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from outside to inside, with a fork in your left hand and a knife in your right hand; When cutting things, hold the fork in your left hand to hold the food, cut the food into small pieces with a knife in your right hand, and send it to your mouth with a fork. When using a knife, the blade should not be outward. Put down your knife and fork and pose when eating. Eight? Font, respectively on the edge of the plate. The blade is pointed at yourself, indicating that you will continue to eat. After eating each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate. If you are talking, you can hold the knife and fork. When you don't use a knife, you can hold a fork in your right hand, but if you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork. Never hold a knife and fork in the air, nor wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, let alone a cup with 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.
When eating, your upper arms and back should lean on 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.
Don't sip soup, but shut up and chew when eating. Don't lick your lips or smack your lips. If the soup is overheated, don't eat it until it is slightly cold. Don't blow it with your mouth. When you drink soup, scoop it out with a spoon. When the soup in the soup plate is almost finished, tilt the outside of the soup plate slightly with your left hand and scoop it out with a spoon. After eating the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) and aim the spoon at yourself.
4. When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, don't spit them out directly. You can spit it gently on the fork with a napkin and put it on the plate. If there is a small amount of food left on the plate, don't scrape the bottom of the plate with a fork, let alone help you eat with your fingers, but help you eat with a small piece of bread or fork. When eating noodles, roll them up with a fork and send them to your mouth.
5, bread is generally broken into small pieces and sent to the mouth, do not bite the whole piece of bread. When spreading butter and jam, break the bread into small pieces before spreading it.
6. 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.
7. If you are willing to add milk or sugar when drinking coffee, stir 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. Cut it into four pieces with a fruit knife, and then remove the skin and core with a knife and fork.
8. When eating meat with bones with a knife and fork, you can eat it with your hands. If you want to eat more elegantly, you'd better use a knife. Fix the whole meat with a fork (you can stand the fork upright and press the meat with the back of the fork), then insert a knife along the bone and cut the meat. It is best to eat while cutting. When you have to eat with your hands, hand washing water will be attached. What does it mean when hand washing water is served with meat with bones? Please eat with your hands? . After eating with your fingers, wash your fingers in a bowl filled with hand washing water. When eating ordinary dishes, if your fingers are dirty, you can also ask the waiter to bring hand washing water, and pay attention to washing your hands gently.
9. Don't dip the bread in the sauce until there is no sauce left. This is courtesy to the chef. Be careful not to put bread on the plate? Lick? It's clean, but it's elegant to fork the bread that has been torn into small pieces and dip it in a little sauce.
Should pay attention to the following six points when eating western food? m？ ? Menu? (Menu)
When you walk into a coffee shop or a western restaurant, the waiter will show you to your seat first. When you sit down, the menu will be brought first. The menu is regarded as the facade of the restaurant and the boss has always attached great importance to it. Use the best materials for the cover of the menu, and some even use soft sheepskin to make all kinds of beautiful patterns, which are particularly elegant and exquisite.
Order: After opening the menu, see which dish is named after the store. Don't miss this dish. Because that restaurant won't joke about its reputation, the dishes they worked so hard to cook must be delicious. This way? Signature dish? Everyone must order.
In addition, it should be noted that you should not treat the ordering problem of western food with the habit of eating Chinese food: that is, don't ignore the menu and let the waiter order for you. In France, even President Charles de Gaulle and President Destin have to look at the menu to order western food. Because looking at the menu and ordering food has become an essential procedure for eating western food, and it is an embodiment of an elegant lifestyle.
? Music? (Music)
Luxury and advanced western restaurants usually have bands playing some light music, and ordinary western restaurants also play some beautiful and elegant music. However, the most important thing here is music? Audibility? That is, the sound should be achieved? To what extent do you seem to hear and hear? In other words, when you concentrate on talking with your friends, you can't hear, but when you rest and relax, you can hear. You should master this temperature well.
? Mood? (atmosphere)
Eating western food pays attention to elegant environment and harmonious atmosphere. There must be music accompaniment, tables and chairs must be neat and clean, and all tableware must be clean. At dinner, the lights should be dim and there should be red candles on the table to create a romantic, charming and elegant atmosphere.
? Meeting? (meeting)
In other words, you have to choose who to eat western food with. It is best to eat western food with friends, relatives or like-minded people. Eating western food is mainly to connect feelings, and it is best not to talk about business at the western food table. Therefore, in western restaurants, the atmosphere is generally very warm, and there are few red-faced scenes.
? Grace? (polite language)
What does this mean? Eat? And then what? Eat? . Since we are eating western food, we should follow western customs and don't do anything abrupt, especially dancing with a knife and fork in our hands. Rude? .
Be sure to get the knife and fork right: take the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left hand. Cut the food into small pieces with a knife, and then fork it into the mouth. Generally speaking, Europeans do not change hands when using knives and forks, and always use the fork of their left hand to put food into their mouths. Americans put down the knife after cutting, and put the food into their mouths with a fork in their right hand. But at any time, the knife must not be sent to the entrance. At a western-style banquet, the host will arrange for men and women to sit next to each other and pay attention to it. Ladies first? All western gentlemen will show their concern to ladies.
? Rice? (food)