Ordering: know that Western food is divided into seven categories, so the formal Western food activities should be done at least one for each step. If a small gathering of individuals, the first plate, soup, main course, dessert, coffee five can be! (Side dishes can be ordered with one to two slices of bread for one person, with a little more butter as needed by the individual.) Western food is divided into meals, customary on the personal point of individual dishes, so guests should note that this point, not like Chinese food point of view when the big package, guests if they can accept the host's taste will generally say the same sound, and the host point the same or similar dishes.
Only wine: dishes if meat should be with red wine, fish with white. Before serving, may wish to have a glass of champagne, sherry or Jill and other lighter wines, so you can generally choose more than a few kinds of drinks when eating Western food. In addition, the acid in the salad of western food greatly destroys the mellow flavor of the wine, so you can choose an acidic wine to go with it, so that the acid contained in the wine will be broken down by the lactic acid of the salad, which is an absolute match.
Eating method: 1. Napkin: After ordering, in the time before the food is delivered to open the napkin, fold one-third inward, so that two-thirds of it lies flat on the legs, covering the part of the legs above the knees. It is best not to tuck the napkin into your lapel. 2. Drinking Soup: You should not suck on the soup, but use a spoon to scoop up the soup from back to front, with the bottom of the spoon resting on your lower lip where the soup will be brought into your mouth. Hold the spoon handle at a 5-degree angle to your mouth, and lean forward slightly at the top of your body. When there is not much soup left in the bowl, use your fingers to lift the bowl slightly. If the soup is served in a bowl with a grip ring, you can hold the ring directly and drink it, but you can't drink from other bowls. 3. Bread: Tear the bread into small pieces with your hands, and then bring it in with your left hand. When eating hard bread, tearing it by hand is not only laborious but also the bread crumbs will fall all over the ground, so you can use a knife to cut it into two halves first and then tear it into pieces with your hands to eat it. Do not cut the bread like a saw, but stab the knife into the center and cut down to the part close to your body, then turn the bread around and cut the other half. When cutting, you can use the bread to hold it in place to avoid making noise. 4. Eating Fish: Fish meat is extremely tender and fragile, so restaurants do not provide table knives but use spoons. These spoons are slightly larger and flatter than those used for soup, so you can not only cut up the dish, but also scoop up the dish and the sauce together. For other mixed greens, a fork is preferred. For fish bones you should first stab the fish with a knife in a straight line near the gills; the tip of the knife should not penetrate, but go halfway in. After picking apart the top half of the fish, starting at the head, place the knife under the bone and cut toward the tail, picking off the bone and moving it to a corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the tail of the fish.5. Meat and vegetables: The British hold a fork in their left hand with the tines pointing downwards, tie up the meat and bring it into their mouths, or, in the case of roasted vegetables, use a table knife to flick the vegetables onto a fork and bring them into their mouths. Americans use the same method to cut meat, then put down the dinner knife with the right hand, switch to the dinner fork, fork, fork tines facing up, inserted into the meat underneath, do not use the dinner knife, shovel up the meat, sent to the mouth, eat burnt vegetables are also shoveled up in this way to eat. 6. Seasoning sauces: Seasoning sauces with the use of spoons and the use of the general use of spoons is the same. You should use a fork to push the food onto the sauce spoon, rather than using the fork to hold the food and then use the sauce spoon to pour on the sauce, as the latter is against etiquette.
Forks and knives: Western food is eaten with a fork and knife, so the basic action is to cut with the knife in the right hand and then fork the food with the left hand. If there are more than two knives and forks, should be used in order from the outside. Hold the knife and fork lightly by the end, with your index finger on the handle. Spoons should be held like a pen. If you feel uncomfortable, you can switch to holding the fork in your right hand, but switching too often makes you look rude. When eating bulky vegetables, use a knife and fork to fold and slice them. Softer foods can be placed on the flat surface of the fork and organized with the knife. If you want to put down the knife and fork halfway through the meal to rest or talk about something, you should place the knife and fork in the center of the plate in the shape of a figure of eight. If the knife and fork protrude outside the plate, it is unsafe and unattractive. Waving your knife and fork around while talking is rude. After the meal, the knife and fork can be placed in the four o'clock direction.