Generally, there are three pairs of knives and forks in western food. The fork is placed on the left, the knife is on the right, and the left fork is right. If you eat a dish, change it. Eat salad, seafood and main course, each with a pair.

in order, take it from outside to inside. Take the outermost pair first, and the outermost one usually eats salad; Take the middle pair, which usually eats seafood; Finally, take the innermost one, which is for the main course steak.

Precautions for using a knife and fork

Precautions for using a knife and fork

1. When eating, if you need to leave your seat for something, but you haven't finished eating, you should put down your knife and fork and put them in a figure of eight, which is on the edge of the plate, with the blade of the knife facing your own direction.

2. After eating a dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate.

3. If you are talking, you can hold a knife and fork, and you can put it down without putting it down, as shown below.

4. When a dish is finished, the knife and fork can be placed in parallel on the right half of the plate, the handles of the knife and fork are aligned at 4 o'clock, and the tips of the knife and fork are aligned at 1 o'clock and completely placed at the bottom of the plate (so it is not easy to slide off). Note that the tip of the fork can be up or down at this time. This pendulum means that the meal has been finished and the waiter can come and take away the tableware.