How to eat correctly in high-end restaurants
Therefore, Ms. Patricia Napier-Fitzpatrick from new york Etiquette School shared some simple table rules for everyone to learn how to eat correctly in high-end restaurants.
1. Pay attention to your clothes.
Men need a suit or at least a jacket. Eat with customers, in addition to wearing a jacket, but also a tie; If it is a foreign customer, it needs to be more formal. Women should wear dresses or professional suits, not open-toed sandals. People are used to eating in a more relaxed environment.
It is not a problem to wear casual clothes, such as T-shirts, jeans, shorts and sports shoes. But the same dress is not suitable for high-end and elegant restaurants. Pay attention to dress.
2. Don't put mobile phones, keys, wallets, etc. On the dining table.
This is common sense, because putting these things on the dining table will not only affect people who eat at the same table,
It will also affect the waiters and even everyone in the whole restaurant. 3. Ask the guests to order first
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Ask the guests to order first
If there is a host-guest relationship when eating, explain to the waiter who is the guest when ordering, especially when the host is a lady. You can use the sentence "Please help my guests order first".
Let the service personnel avoid confusion. The host should pay the bill in advance.
The host must pay the bill in advance.
The smartest host may give the credit card to the restaurant before sitting down, and some even call the restaurant in advance to arrange payment. Especially in some patriarchal societies, the hostess should know these tips. Similarly, the party who invites you to dinner should pay the bill.
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5. Don't tell the sommelier your wine budget directly.
You can tell the waiter or sommelier your favorite taste, what you ordered, and then point out a wine within your budget. They will understand that this is your psychological price and help you choose wine accordingly.
Be careful not to pretend that you don't understand, which will often make people self-defeating. Just take a sip and taste the wine chosen by the sommelier-it's actually quite good most of the time. Be sure to know where to put the napkin.
6. You can't ask for a wine refund.
Generally speaking, even if you don't like the wine chosen by the sommelier, you shouldn't ask for a refund. However, if it tastes really bad, you should politely explain to the staff what's wrong with this glass of wine.
7. You can take pictures of food.
Take a picture of the food before eating.
Everyone likes to take a picture of the food before eating. In fact, it doesn't hurt as long as it doesn't affect other people's eating in the restaurant. However, if you invite customers to dinner, you can't take pictures (if customers want to take pictures, of course, no problem).
8. Place napkins correctly
Wait for the host to start eating first-he spread out the napkin, which means he can start; Napkins can be placed on the seat when you leave temporarily; After the meal, you need to put the napkin neatly on the left hand side of the tableware, but you must wait until the host leaves the table first.
Don't share the food across the table with tableware.
9. Don't share the food across the table with tableware.
Never taste each other's food unless you are having dinner with very close friends. Even if you share it with a friend, don't put the knife and fork directly on the other person's plate. You can put a little in the bread bowl and pass it on.
Photographs of high-end hotel restaurants
10. Don't shout for the waiter.
You can try to make eye contact when you need to call a waiter. If the other person doesn't notice, you can use gestures-raise your right hand, and your index finger is slightly higher than other fingers.
1 1. You can ask to return the food.
You can't ask for a refund.
If you think there is something wrong with the food, you can ask to return it to the kitchen and cook it again, but at the same time, you must tell the people at the same table not to wait for you and start eating first. But as the host, instead of making everyone wait awkwardly, it is better to endure the food silently.
12. Order the same number of dishes as others.
One less dish or one more dish than others will put you in an awkward position. And don't eat too fast, especially the host, otherwise it will bring pressure to others.
13. After eating a dish, put all the tableware on the plate.
This is what we call a service tip-put the knife and fork on the plate in the direction of 10:20, which means that you have finished eating, and the waiter can take away the tableware.
waiter
14. discuss business after dinner.
It is very impolite to talk about business at dinner. At the same time, try to avoid complaining about work or colleagues at the dinner table
Table manners
Remember basic table manners.
For example, wipe your mouth and fingers with a napkin from time to time; Cut only one piece of food at a time, don't cut several pieces at the same time and leave them on the plate; Bread and butter should be put in a bread plate, and never held in the air; Look at the cup when drinking water; Sit up straight, don't put your arms and elbows on the table … and so on. Reprint new media at night
15 table manners you must know when dining in a high-end restaurant.
Introduction to other common etiquette knowledge of dining in restaurants;
(1) Don't wear a hat when eating. On many occasions, hats can be regarded as one of the accessories of clothing, and there is no need to restrict the entry of hats, but in catering, especially in a formal dinner, it is not suitable for people to wear hats. When eating, dress formally and don't loosen your tie.
(2) avoid some small moves when eating. Some unconscious little tricks may be amazing bad habits to others. For example, touching your hair while eating, some people don't care, and some people are disgusted. In addition, wiping your mouth with your fingers, scratching your ears, scratching your nose and other small moves are deeply against table manners. You should pay attention to your manners and behavior when eating. First of all, you should eat with your mouth instead of putting your face on the table. In principle, don't put your hands and elbows on the table when eating, especially in high-end restaurants, which is very eye-catching. Don't put your elbows and wrists on the dining table when using chopsticks or knives and forks. It's best to put your left hand on the dining table and hold the plate firmly, and eat with tools in your right hand. Don't put your hands on the table when you are talking to guests or eating. Get into the habit of putting them on your knees at any time. Whether it is a man or a woman, it is against the dining etiquette to cross your legs or spread your feet when eating. Sometimes it is very impolite and unsightly to sit bored, stretch, loosen your belt, or shake your head to do gymnastics.
(3) When eating western food in cafes and western restaurants, the order of using knives and forks should be from the outermost side of the table to the inner side. Usually, when western food is placed on the dining table, a decorative board or napkin is placed on the right side of the dining table, a fork is placed on the left side of the decorative board, a bread tray is placed outside the fork, and a butter knife is placed on the bread tray. The knife and spoon are placed on the right side of the decorative board. Place the fork and spoon above the decorative plate, or omit them. According to the order of eating, the main course knife and fork, appetizer knife and fork and spoon are placed in turn from inside to outside. So when eating, you should use a knife and fork first, and then use the lining. Once the tableware is put on the dining table, you can't move it casually. Usually, when eating in a restaurant, people regard the dining table, plates, glasses, chopsticks or knives and forks as a whole.
(4) When eating western food and using tableware, we should not only pay attention to politeness, but also pay attention to convenience and safety. Therefore, when using a knife and fork at the same time, hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand. When using only a fork or spoon, you should use your right hand and try to let it eat. Don't hold the knife and fork upright. When talking to people or chewing food, you should put the knife and fork on the plate. After eating, put the knife and fork together and put them under the right diagonal of the plate. When eating western food, put the knife and fork neatly on the plate, which is equivalent to telling the waiter that the food has been used up and the tableware can be removed.
(5) Don't pick up a knife and fork when it falls to the ground. In principle, the waiter in the restaurant is responsible for cleaning up the tableware that has fallen on the ground. But as a courtesy of dining, when a lady at the same table wants to pick up a knife, fork or napkin that has fallen to the ground, the man sitting next to her should quickly pick up the tableware or napkin for her and give it to the waiter, and ask for another set of tableware instead of the lady.
Pictures of spicy chicken feet in high-end hotels
(6) Pay attention to the function of the napkin when using it. A napkin is neither a rag nor a handkerchief. Put napkins on your knees to prevent clothes from getting dirty when eating. Its side function is to wipe your oily mouth and hands. It is usually impolite to wipe the dishes with napkins. The host who entertains you will not only be considered as ignorant of the etiquette and manners of eating, but also think that you think the tableware is dirty and look down on the host. Wipe your face with a napkin or wipe the water on the table. These movements are not elegant.
(7) The dishes should be eaten immediately after serving. In a restaurant in China, after the dishes are served, the host asks the guests to eat the dishes first, and then help themselves. When dining in zero-point western restaurant and coffee shop, whoever serves first will eat first. Because whether the food is cold or hot, it is the most suitable temperature to eat when serving. Of course, the most basic courtesy of dining with superiors or elders is that when superiors or elders start using knives and forks, others can start. If friends have dinner together, the serving time is very close, so wait until the dishes are served together.
(8) When attending a banquet, some appetizers can be eaten by hand, such as appetizers in western food, because it is inconvenient to eat these dishes with a knife and fork, and the effect of using toothpicks is not good, and these dishes will not get your hands dirty. So you can take edible dishes with your hands without a knife and fork. Not only appetizers, but also foods that don't touch your hands can be eaten with your hands.
(9) Once food is in your mouth, don't spit it out. I have eaten all the food except rotten food, fishbones and bones, so I must eat it.
(10) When drinking a soup spoon, scoop it from the inside out. The way to drink soup should be scooped out from the side and scooped out from the outside to the inside, which is not good-looking and will be teased. The spoon in your mouth is limited to the front of the plate, and the soup should not drip out of the plate. When eating, no matter whether you are eating soup or vegetables, you can't make a sound. Soup in western food is a part of dishes.
(1 1) When eating western food, generally speaking, you should eat soup first and then bread. Bread cannot be cut with a knife. Tear it with your hands and eat it. The size of the torn bread should be enough for one bite. Besides, tear a piece and eat a piece, and eat it now. You can't tear many pieces at a time before eating. When you spread butter or jam on bread, you should spread butter or jam on torn bread and eat one piece at a time.
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(12) Don't leave during the meal. In order to avoid embarrassing situation, everything should be handled properly before meals, and it is often troublesome and impolite to leave halfway.
(13) Don't touch the plate before the sauce comes up. If there is no sauce on the menu, it is generally speculated that the dishes made of raw materials or fried, fried and baked dishes must be accompanied by sauce, while the dishes with sticky or soup have no sauce. If you can't judge whether there is sauce, eat it later. Usually, light sauces can be poured directly on vegetables, and heavy dishes can be placed on the edge of the plate and dipped in sauces while eating.
(14) When washing hands with a washing cup, one hand should be washed before the other. Hand-washing cups are served with manually used tableware. Hand washing cups usually contain one-third of water. In order to remove the fishy smell on your hands, you can put some petals or small lemon slices in the water. Although it is water for washing hands, it is only used for washing fingertips. So, you can't put the whole palm in it. Moreover, after washing one hand, it is not only unsightly, but also easy to knock over the cup by changing the other hand and sticking out both hands to wash the cup together.
(15) When eating, the lady has not finished eating, and the man should not have finished eating. No matter when and where, the host of the treat must pay attention to the dining situation of the female guests or guests. Don't finish your share first, and then wait for the guests to eat slowly, because it is like deliberately urging the female guests or guests to eat quickly, which is very impolite. When leaving, after checking out, the invited guests should take the initiative to stand up, pick up the napkin on their knees and put it on the table. Never put it on the chair. This is very impolite. The formal checkout method should invite the waiter to sit at the table. You should say "check, please" softly, and never shout "check".
Then politely explain to the staff what happened to this glass of wine. 7. You can take pictures of food.
Take a picture of the food before eating.
Everyone likes to take a picture of the food before eating. In fact, it doesn't hurt as long as it doesn't affect other people's eating in the restaurant. However, if you invite customers to dinner, you can't take pictures (if customers want to take pictures, of course, no problem).
8. Place napkins correctly
Wait for the host to start eating first-he spread out the napkin, which means he can start; Napkins can be placed on the seat when you leave temporarily; After the meal, you need to put the napkin neatly on the left hand side of the tableware, but you must wait until the host leaves the table first.
Don't share the food across the table with tableware.
9. Don't share the food across the table with tableware.
Never taste each other's food unless you are having dinner with very close friends. Even if you share it with a friend, don't put the knife and fork directly on the other person's plate. You can put a little in the bread bowl and pass it on.
Photographs of high-end hotel restaurants
10. Don't shout for the waiter.
You can try to make eye contact when you need to call a waiter. If the other person doesn't notice, you can use gestures-raise your right hand, and your index finger is slightly higher than other fingers.
1 1. You can ask to return the food.
You can't ask for a refund.
If you think there is something wrong with the food, you can ask to return it to the kitchen and cook it again, but at the same time, you must tell the people at the same table not to wait for you and start eating first. But as the host, instead of making everyone wait awkwardly, it is better to endure the food silently.
12. Order the same number of dishes as others.
One less dish or one more dish than others will put you in an awkward position. And don't eat too fast, especially the host, otherwise it will bring pressure to others.
13. After eating a dish, put all the tableware on the plate.
This is what we call a service tip-put the knife and fork on the plate in the direction of 10:20, which means that you have finished eating, and the waiter can take away the tableware.
waiter
14. discuss business after dinner.
It is very impolite to talk about business at dinner. At the same time, try to avoid complaining about work or colleagues at the dinner table
Table manners
Remember basic table manners.
For example, wipe your mouth and fingers with a napkin from time to time; Cut only one piece of food at a time, don't cut several pieces at the same time and leave them on the plate; Bread and butter should be put in a bread plate, and never held in the air; Look at the cup when drinking water; Sit up straight, don't put your arms and elbows on the table … and so on. Reprint new media at night
15 table manners you must know when dining in a high-end restaurant.
Introduction to other common etiquette knowledge of dining in restaurants;
(1) Don't wear a hat when eating. On many occasions, hats can be regarded as one of the accessories of clothing, and there is no need to restrict the entry of hats, but in catering, especially in a formal dinner, it is not suitable for people to wear hats. When eating, dress formally and don't loosen your tie.
(2) avoid some small moves when eating. Some unconscious little tricks may be amazing bad habits to others. For example, touching your hair while eating, some people don't care, and some people are disgusted. In addition, wiping your mouth with your fingers, scratching your ears, scratching your nose and other small moves are deeply against table manners. You should pay attention to your manners and behavior when eating. First of all, you should eat with your mouth instead of putting your face on the table. In principle, don't put your hands and elbows on the table when eating, especially in high-end restaurants, which is very eye-catching. Don't put your elbows and wrists on the dining table when using chopsticks or knives and forks. It's best to put your left hand on the dining table and hold the plate firmly, and eat with tools in your right hand. Don't put your hands on the table when you are talking to guests or eating. Get into the habit of putting them on your knees at any time. Whether it is a man or a woman, it is against the dining etiquette to cross your legs or spread your feet when eating. Sometimes it is very impolite and unsightly to sit bored, stretch, loosen your belt, or shake your head to do gymnastics.
(3) When eating western food in cafes and western restaurants, the order of using knives and forks should be from the outermost side of the table to the inner side. Usually, when western food is placed on the dining table, a decorative board or napkin is placed on the right side of the dining table, a fork is placed on the left side of the decorative board, a bread tray is placed outside the fork, and a butter knife is placed on the bread tray. The knife and spoon are placed on the right side of the decorative board. Place the fork and spoon above the decorative plate, or omit them. According to the order of eating, the main course knife and fork, appetizer knife and fork and spoon are placed in turn from inside to outside. So when eating, you should use a knife and fork first, and then use the lining. Once the tableware is put on the dining table, you can't move it casually. Usually, when eating in a restaurant, people regard the dining table, plates, glasses, chopsticks or knives and forks as a whole.
(4) When eating western food and using tableware, we should not only pay attention to politeness, but also pay attention to convenience and safety. Therefore, when using a knife and fork at the same time, hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand. When using only a fork or spoon, you should use your right hand and try to let it eat. Don't hold the knife and fork upright. When talking to people or chewing food, you should put the knife and fork on the plate. After eating, put the knife and fork together and put them under the right diagonal of the plate. When eating western food, put the knife and fork neatly on the plate, which is equivalent to telling the waiter that the food has been used up and the tableware can be removed.
(5) Don't pick up a knife and fork when it falls to the ground. In principle, the waiter in the restaurant is responsible for cleaning up the tableware that has fallen on the ground. But as a courtesy of dining, when a lady at the same table wants to pick up a knife, fork or napkin that has fallen to the ground, the man sitting next to her should quickly pick up the tableware or napkin for her and give it to the waiter, and ask for another set of tableware instead of the lady.
Pictures of spicy chicken feet in high-end hotels
(6) Pay attention to the function of the napkin when using it. A napkin is neither a rag nor a handkerchief. Put napkins on your knees to prevent clothes from getting dirty when eating. Its side function is to wipe your oily mouth and hands. It is usually impolite to wipe the dishes with napkins. The host who entertains you will not only be considered as ignorant of the etiquette and manners of eating, but also think that you think the tableware is dirty and look down on the host. Wipe your face with a napkin or wipe the water on the table. These movements are not elegant.
(7) The dishes should be eaten immediately after serving. In a restaurant in China, after the dishes are served, the host asks the guests to eat the dishes first, and then help themselves. When dining in zero-point western restaurant and coffee shop, whoever serves first will eat first. Because whether the food is cold or hot, it is the most suitable temperature to eat when serving. Of course, the most basic courtesy of dining with superiors or elders is that when superiors or elders start using knives and forks, others can start. If friends have dinner together, the serving time is very close, so wait until the dishes are served together.
(8) When attending a banquet, some appetizers can be eaten by hand, such as appetizers in western food, because it is inconvenient to eat these dishes with a knife and fork, and the effect of using toothpicks is not good, and these dishes will not get your hands dirty. So you can take edible dishes with your hands without a knife and fork. Not only appetizers, but also foods that don't touch your hands can be eaten with your hands.
(9) Once food is in your mouth, don't spit it out. I have eaten all the food except rotten food, fishbones and bones, so I must eat it.
(10) When drinking a soup spoon, scoop it from the inside out. The way to drink soup should be scooped out from the side and scooped out from the outside to the inside, which is not good-looking and will be teased. The spoon in your mouth is limited to the front of the plate, and the soup should not drip out of the plate. When eating, no matter whether you are eating soup or vegetables, you can't make a sound. Soup in western food is a part of dishes.
(1 1) When eating western food, generally speaking, you should eat soup first and then bread. Bread cannot be cut with a knife. Tear it with your hands and eat it. The size of the torn bread should be enough for one bite. Besides, tear a piece and eat a piece, and eat it now. You can't tear many pieces at a time before eating. When you spread butter or jam on bread, you should spread butter or jam on torn bread and eat one piece at a time.
be decently dressed
(12) Don't leave during the meal. In order to avoid embarrassing situation, everything should be handled properly before meals, and it is often troublesome and impolite to leave halfway.
(13) Don't touch the plate before the sauce comes up. If there is no sauce on the menu, it is generally speculated that the dishes made of raw materials or fried, fried and baked dishes must be accompanied by sauce, while the dishes with sticky or soup have no sauce. If you can't judge whether there is sauce, eat it later. Usually, light sauces can be poured directly on vegetables, and heavy dishes can be placed on the edge of the plate and dipped in sauces while eating.
(14) When washing hands with a washing cup, one hand should be washed before the other. Hand-washing cups are served with manually used tableware. Hand washing cups usually contain one-third of water. In order to remove the fishy smell on your hands, you can put some petals or small lemon slices in the water. Although it is water for washing hands, it is only used for washing fingertips. So, you can't put the whole palm in it. Moreover, after washing one hand, it is not only unsightly, but also easy to knock over the cup by changing the other hand and sticking out both hands to wash the cup together.
(15) When eating, the lady has not finished eating, and the man should not have finished eating. No matter when and where, the host of the treat must pay attention to the dining situation of the female guests or guests. Don't finish your share first, and then wait for the guests to eat slowly, because it is like deliberately urging the female guests or guests to eat quickly, which is very impolite. When leaving, after checking out, the invited guests should take the initiative to stand up, pick up the napkin on their knees and put it on the table. Never put it on the chair. This is very impolite. The formal checkout method should invite the waiter to sit at the table. You should say "check, please" softly, and never shout "check".