Typical French food dining etiquette

L) Never hold a fork and an empty knife in your right hand. This is a very unorthodox way to eat. Food with a shell can be held by hand.

2) When eating, put your hands on the table, not under it. This is actually an ancient custom. In the past, people didn't trust their guests, and this tradition was formed over time.

3) Generally, you don't need a plate to eat bread and butter. People put bread next to the plate and put it on the plate only when it is needed. Only when eating in high-end restaurants do people dip bread in butter or other sauces.

4) When eating seafood, the napkin should be placed flat on your knees and tied around your neck. Pay attention to drinking.

1) When drinking from a cup, you should first swallow the chew into your mouth, then put the knife and fork in a figure of eight or cross on the plate, and then wipe your lips with a napkin. Then drink, water, etc.

2) When drinking, drink water, etc. China people are used to drinking glasses. In the west, this is exactly what should be avoided. The most civilized way in the west is to keep your head straight and take a sip. At the end of the drink, there will always be a little wine left in the cup.

3) when drinking drinks, soup, wine, water, etc. Don't suck out the sound with your lips, but drink it gently bit by bit.

4) When toasting, it is always initiated by the host or the person with the highest status and status.

5) When holding the cup, hold the cup with one hand, and don't tilt your little finger or other fingers when holding the cup.

Use a knife and fork:

1) When eating, put down the knife and fork, with the ends of the knife and fork inward and put them on both sides of the plate.

2) When the meal is finished (even if there is food residue in the plate), put the knife and fork into the plate parallel and obliquely, with the fork teeth facing down. The fork is close to you, and the knife is far away.

3) When pushing the food on the plate onto the fork, you should use bread instead of a knife.

4) Don't hold the knife all the time and don't put it up. After cutting the food, put down the knife and put it on the parallel right side of the plate, then eat it with a fork.

5) When there are many knives and forks on the dining table, the rule of use is to use the outermost knife and fork every time.

6) When using a knife, the blade should be down, and the index finger should be pressed on the ridge to cut.

Edible bread:

Put the bread on the small plate on your left. When eating bread, instead of cutting bread with a knife, you tear off a piece of bread with your hand and put it in your mouth. Therefore, people don't have to bite bread directly with their mouths, unless it is a sandwich.

If you want to butter the bread, you should tear it off piece by piece by hand, and then spread it on piece by piece. Don't fill the whole bread at once. Of course, when you have breakfast, you can spread butter and jam on a half-length baguette. But not at dinner.

Dining etiquette and serving order of French cuisine

1. Rotation sequence

Elegance is the essence of French restaurant culture. When we enter the restaurant, the man should put the lady first, and the last man should open his seat to the lady in front; Only when all the ladies have seats can the men be seated. Happiness at the table comes from the pleasure of eating and from mutual service.

2. Understand the menu and ordering order of French cuisine.

The menu of French food is very simple. There are only 10 kinds of French cuisine, but they are all beautifully made. The sorting order is:

The first course is usually a cold dish or soup. Although there are many kinds of first courses on the menu for you to choose from, you can only choose one. A loaf of bread will be served before serving. After eating, the waiter will help you remove the plate and serve the second course.

The second course is soup, delicious French soup, thick broth, light vegetable soup and delicious seafood soup.

The third course is the main course of a meal and the most important course in French cuisine. Often done exquisitely, so that diners will never forget.

Dinner is mostly all kinds of steak, fish steak, steak and pork chop. This so-called steak is clean meat with bones and thorns removed, and then poured with a unique juice, which is delicious and convenient to eat.

Pay attention to etiquette and taboos as follows:

1. Even if they have known each other for a long time, the French will not invite others home easily. However, if there is such an invitation, small gifts such as flowers (not roses or chrysanthemums) or chocolates will be very popular. In addition, gifts that can arouse people's thinking and beauty are particularly popular, but remember not to give gifts with your company name.

2. French people admire art, so it's better to give gifts with some artistry. For example, antique gifts with characteristics, vessels decorated or shaped with national characteristics, porcelain plates, etc.

On formal occasions, French people usually wear suits, dresses or gowns, which are mostly blue, gray or black in color and mostly pure wool in texture. When attending a celebration ceremony, you usually wear a formal suit. Most men wear evening dresses with bows, or black suits; Women wear mostly dress-style monochrome big dresses or small dresses. For dressing up, the French believe that the key is whether the collocation is correct. When choosing hairstyles, handbags, hats, shoes, watches and glasses, they all emphasize that they should be in harmony with their own clothes.

5. Never pick up a plate to eat while enjoying a French meal. The tableware you can hold in your hand is limited to cups. Hands are allowed to be placed on the table, but elbows are not allowed to be placed on the table. When you put down your knife and fork, you should put half on the plate and half on the dining table. This practice is completely different from that of the British.

Generally speaking, drinks are more expensive than dishes at the French table. At a formal banquet, there is a saying that "conversation is more important than everything". This is because the French regard banquets as communication places, so most of the banquets they hold are long, so it is impolite to eat without talking. Others say that if you eat in a French restaurant, don't complain that the waiters serve food too slowly-they just do it to have enough time to talk, and there is a greater advantage in doing so, that is, it can prevent you from eating too fast and choking.