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● From appetizer to coffee, this is the most traditional set meal form: appetizer → soup → fish dish → meat dish 1 (main course) → fruit freezing point → meat dish 2→ salad → dessert → fruit → coffee. Before the appetizer, you can drink an aperitif or choose a small amount of snacks.

● Simplified whole meal: Nowadays, apart from the western food for wedding banquets, there are fewer and fewer whole meals like the above, and there is only one general meat dish. In the restaurant, you can eat in the order of the combination of dishes decided by the restaurant, or you can match your favorite dishes according to your own preferences.

* Use the knife and fork correctly and never make a fool of yourself.

Hold a fork in your left hand, cut it with a knife in your right hand, and then lift the cooking fork with a fork and send it to your mouth. If it is finely divided food, it can be scooped up with the front end of a fork. Of course, if you don't use a knife, you can eat with a fork in your right hand in a relaxed occasion with your friends.

● The message conveyed by placing the knife and fork: when eating, it is shaped like a figure of eight, the front and back sides of the fork can face up, and the side of the blade must face itself. When the blade points at others, it is hostility. After eating, the front end of the fork can be turned up, and the blade side of the knife is placed parallel to the fork.

● Napkins are prepared to prevent clothes from getting dirty when eating. It is usually opened after the meal, folded in half and placed on the knee. Never hang the napkin on the back of the chair or knead it into a ball and put it on the table after leaving temporarily or eating.

The right posture and the right angle have a considerable influence on your elegance.

* Enjoy all kinds of dishes with ease and pleasure.

● How to eat appetizers: appetizers are a bit like cold dishes in Chinese food, including caviar, smoked mandarin fish, raw ham, crayfish, oysters or snails. , can be more casual.

● How to drink soup: Never make a sound when drinking soup. It's easier to drink when the spoon is slightly tilted. If the soup is still very hot, you can quietly stir it back and forth with a spoon to reduce the temperature. When the soup is finished, put the spoon directly on the soup plate or the dinner plate.

● How to eat bread: Generally, there is an unlimited supply of bread. Never eat too much bread. In order not to eat too much bread, it is best to start eating bread after appetizers and soup are served. When eating bread, you should tear off a bite-sized amount by hand before eating. Never eat bread with a knife, fork or fork.

● How to eat meat dishes: cut the meat dishes from the left and put the sauce on the plate. Vegetables placed next to steak are not only for decoration, but also for balanced nutrition, so they should be eaten alternately with meat. Don't cut all the meat into pieces at the beginning, or the delicious gravy will flow out.

● How to eat fish dishes: There will be lemons on the fish dishes. You can round the lemons with a knife to let the fragrance of lemons penetrate into the fish dishes; Half-moon-shaped lemon slices can be gently poked into the pulp with a fork and squeezed with the right hand to make fish dishes. The sauce used should not be poured directly on the dishes, but should be placed on the outside of the plate.

● How to eat lettuce salad: There are many kinds of salads, from simple green vegetables to luxurious seafood or meat, or salads with foie gras. Knife and fork must be used on formal occasions. If it is a salad in a big bowl or plate, you must take the salad from the plate with a fork and spoon. ...

● How to drink coffee: It is most suitable for drinking steam-pressurized espresso after meals, because espresso contains almost no caffeine and can be safely drunk even at night. Take a sip first, taste the aroma of coffee, and then add the right amount of sugar and milk according to your own preferences.

* Etiquette details before and after meals

● Before you arrive at the restaurant, you'd better call in advance to make an appointment.

● After entering the restaurant, large items such as coats can be placed in the cloakroom, and handbags and personal belongings can be placed next to the chair feet.

● If it is a private dinner, ladies should be given priority when seated; When eating a business meal, the boss or elder should be seated first. You must sit on the left.

● It is best to smoke after meals, and then smoke after drinking coffee. When I want to smoke, I can't help going somewhere else.

Clothing is also very important. Pay attention to the cleanliness of the instrument and minimize makeup and decoration.

* Dining taboos

Knife is a tool for cutting vegetables and cooking. You can't raise it to your mouth when eating. Don't put food into your mouth with a knife and fork at the same time; Don't lick the sauce on the knife.

When drinking soup, if the soup is too hot, it will be cold when you lick it with your mouth, which will spoil the fun; Don't hiss when drinking soup; Don't eat bread with soup; Don't lift the whole plate when drinking soup; The act of licking a spoon is absolutely against western etiquette.

After tearing the bread, if you still have a big bread in your left hand, you can't eat the bread in your right hand; You can't pick up the whole bread and take a bite without tearing it apart.

Once the washbasin is served, don't drink water, don't squeeze the lemons in the basin, and don't put your hands in the washing at the same time.