How to hold a knife and fork: Generally speaking, hold a knife in your right hand and a fork in your left hand. If it is inconvenient to hold a fork with your left hand, you can also use your right hand. Sawtooth knives are used to cut meat, ordinary knives are used to cut vegetables, and the smallest knife is used to spread jam. Don't stick a fork into a big item at once, and don't eat it all at once. On formal occasions, the small spoons are used for coffee and dessert, the flat spoons are used for spreading butter and sharing cakes, the larger spoons are used for drinking soup, and the largest spoons are used for public use and holding soup.

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Correct way to eat western food

1, take a seat

After entering the western restaurant, the waiter will lead you into the seat, and you should not presume to take your seat. A man or waiter can help a woman pull out the chair to help her sit down, usually from the left side of the chair. Seats are arranged in the upper position farthest from the exit.

2. Arrangement of tableware

(1) The dish placed in the center is called the decoration dish or the display dish Show Plate, and the napkin is placed on the top or left side of the decoration dish.

(2) Put a knife and spoon on the right side of the plate and a fork on the left. You can use it from the outside to the inside according to the meal order, appetizer, soup, cuisine, fish cuisine and meat cuisine.

(3) The glass is placed in the upper right corner, the largest is a goblet for water, the second largest is for red wine, and the slender glass is used for white wine, and the glass used for champagne or sherry will be placed as appropriate.

(4) The bread plate and cream knife are placed on the left hand side, and the small spoons and knives and forks used for coffee or snacks are placed opposite the decorative plate.