In European and American countries, going to high-end restaurants is the most important thing, because they eat not only delicious food, but also culture there, and even satisfy their "vanity" of elegant and beautiful communication with friends, so they usually do their homework in advance in terms of positioning, clothing, ordering food and so on. So what should I do to look good?

1. Appointment positioning

Advanced western restaurants generally need to be positioned in advance, because the number of guests and taste preferences of the day should be prepared in advance, so as to ensure the food standard and service quality of the restaurant.

Therefore, it is necessary to provide the specific number of people and time when positioning, but also to inform in advance whether to smoke, whether to have a special preference for the view of the seat, and so on. In short, speak out your inner needs! Although it looks like a "thing", it's better than finding out that the arrangement is inappropriate on the day of dinner and changing it again!

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I said at the beginning that Europeans and Americans attach importance to dining in high-end restaurants, among which clothing is the most important. Don't say what your casual clothes are, LV, Armani. It's a high-end customization with a single piece of more than 10 thousand yuan, which is not easy to use in high-end western restaurants. Dressing appropriately is common sense. Men should wear neat clothes, not shorts and slippers. Women should wear evening dresses or suits and shoes with heels. If dresscode is designated as a formal suit, men must also wear a tie.

Order food

There are four or five categories on the menu of western food, namely appetizer, soup, salad, seafood, meat, snacks and so on.

The main course should be decided first. If the main course is fish and the appetizer is meat, the taste is more diverse. In addition to eating a large amount, it is not necessary to prepare a whole meal from a single dish on the menu, as long as the appetizer and the main course are together, a dessert is enough. You don't need soup or appetizers, which is also an ideal combination (but in Italian food, spaghetti is regarded as soup, so in principle, these two dishes are not ordered together).

The formal order is:

& lt 1 & gt； First course: The first course of western food is the first course, which is generally divided into cold course and hot course. Common varieties are salad, caviar, foie gras, roasted snail and so on. Because appetizers are appetizers, appetizers generally have a special flavor, salty and sour, with small quantity and high quality.

& lt2> Soup: Western-style soups can be roughly divided into clear soup, cream soup, vegetable soup and cold soup. There are oxtail clear soup, various cream soups, Italian vegetable soups, Russian Luo Songtang and French roasted onion soups. There are few varieties of cold soup, such as German cold soup and Russian cold soup.

& lt3> Side dishes: Fish dishes are generally considered as the third course of western food, also called side dishes. Species include all kinds of freshwater and marine fish, shellfish and molluscs. Aquatic vegetables, eggs and bread are usually called side dishes. Because fish and other dishes are tender and easy to digest, they are placed in front of meat dishes, which is different from the main course of meat dishes. Western-style fish dishes pay attention to the use of special sauces, including tartar sauce, Dutch sauce, hotel sauce, white cream sauce, archbishop sauce, American sauce, sailor fish sauce and so on.

& lt4> Main course: Meat and poultry dishes are the fourth course of western food, also called the main course. The raw materials of meat dishes come from cows, sheep, pigs, calves and other parts, among which beef or steak is the most representative. According to its position, steak can be divided into sirloin steak, filet mignon, "T" bone steak, thin steak and so on. Its cooking methods are often roasting, frying, roasting and so on. Sauces used for meat dishes mainly include Spanish juice, mushroom juice and Bainis juice.

& lt5> Dessert: Dessert in western food is eaten after the main course and can be regarded as the sixth course. It really includes all the food after the main course, such as pudding, pancakes, ice cream, cheese, fruit and so on.

& lt6> Coffee and tea: The last course of western food is coffee or tea. Coffee usually contains sugar and whipped cream. Tea usually contains fragrant peach slices and sugar.

If two people dine, the standard ordering method is: 1-2 snacks/appetizers, 2 staple foods, 1-2 desserts and 2 drinks.

4. Use order of tableware

When using a knife and fork, hold the knife and fork from the outside to the inside, the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand; When cutting things, the left hand holds the fork to hold the food, the right hand cuts it into small pieces and sends it to the mouth with the fork. Remember to feed you food, not with you! Because it is very unsightly to bury yourself and eat with your mouth open! !

When using a knife, the blade should not face outwards. When you need to have a rest in the middle of a meal, you can put down your knife and fork and put it in the center of the plate in a figure of eight, indicating that you haven't finished eating yet and you have to continue eating. After eating a dish, put the knife and fork side by side on the plate, indicating that you have finished eating, and the waiter can take the dish or plate away.

If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork, don't put it down, but don't wave it. When you don't use a knife, you can hold a fork in your right hand, but when you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork, never wave it in the air, don't wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, and don't hold a cup with a fork in the other. Never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table at any time.

5. Etiquette that should be paid attention to when eating.

& lt 1 & gt； Before eating, break the bread into small pieces with your hands instead of stuffing the whole bread into your mouth.

& lt2> When eating the meat of the main course, use a knife and fork to cut the meat into small pieces, just the size of a bite. Eat a piece, cut a piece, don't cut it all at once, and don't chew and hold the whole piece of meat in your mouth with a fork. ...

& lt3> When eating salad, you should use a fork to cut the lettuce leaves into small pieces. If you can't cut it well, you can use a knife and fork. Cut one piece at a time, and then cut it after eating.

& lt4> Eat noodles and roll them slowly with a fork. It is most convenient to roll four or five noodles at a time. You can also eat it with a spoon and fork, and you can't suck it directly with your mouth, otherwise it will easily spill juice everywhere.

& lt5> When eating fruit, you should not bite the whole fruit together. If you have a knife and fork, you should use it carefully. Cut it into four pieces, peel it and eat it with a fork. Be careful not to spill the juice. When there is no knife and fork, you can gently take the stone out of your mouth with two fingers and put it on the edge of the fruit bowl. It is very impolite to spit stones out of your mouth.

& lt6> Fold the napkin when you leave the dining table, and remember to fold the side with food stains inside.

6. How to leave gracefully

The time to leave after dinner depends on common sense. If it is not held on weekends, it means that the departure time should be before midnight. If it is on the weekend, it can be delayed. It is not advisable to leave too early or too late.

If you are the guest of honor, you should say goodbye to the host before the other guests. Generally speaking, the host and guest should leave each other between 20 and 40 minutes after the snack is finished. Ordinary guests should not leave before the guest of honor, otherwise it is disrespectful to the host and guest of honor. If you really need to go first, you should also explain the situation sincerely.