The food etiquette in China is completely different from that in the West. Western food etiquette pays attention to practicality, Chinese food advocates tradition, pays attention to harmony, and pays attention to how to eat affordable. These are the organic whole of etiquette knowledge. When attending western food, you should pay attention to the following matters: First, you should wait for all the guests to serve and the hostess to signal before you start eating. Guests are not allowed to eat any food until the hostess picks up the spoon or fork. This is an American habit, which is different from some European countries. Two: napkins should be laid on your knees. If the napkin is large, it should be folded in half on the leg; If it's small, you can open it all. Although napkins can also be hung around the neck or tied on the chest, they are not generous, so it is best not to do so. You can wipe off the oil stains on your mouth or fingers with a corner of your napkin, but you must never wipe the tableware with your napkin. Three: Sit upright when eating, don't lean forward too much, and don't put your arms across the table to avoid colliding with the guests next to you. Four: When using a knife and fork, you should use a knife with your right hand and a fork with your left hand. When using only a fork, you can hold it in your right hand. When using a knife, don't put the blade outward. Don't put food into your mouth with a knife. When cutting meat, you should avoid the knife making noise on the porcelain plate. When eating noodles, you can roll them up with a fork and eat them. Don't choose them. When you put down your knife and fork halfway, you should put them on the plate in a figure of eight. If you put the knife and fork together, it means that the meal is over. Five: Pick up the bread by hand, and then put it on the edge of a small plate or a big plate. Never fork bread with a fork. Use a butter knife to cut butter, not a personal knife. Take out the butter and put it on a small plate next to it. Don't rub it directly on the bread. Don't cut bread with a knife, and don't butter the whole bread. Instead, you should tear off one piece at a time, eat one piece at a time and smear one piece. Six: You can only eat salad with a fork. Hold the fork with your right hand, with the fork tip facing up. If there are bread and biscuits on the salad, you can hold a small piece of bread or biscuits with your left hand to help push the salad onto the fork. Seven: When eating fish, you can hold the bread in your left hand and the knife in your right hand to push the thorn away. Don't spit the bones or fishbones directly into the plate, but grab them with a fork and put them gently on the plate, or take them out as little as possible by hand without paying attention, and put them on the edge of the plate instead of on the table or underground. The stone should also be spit in the palm of your hand first, and then put into the plate. Eight: When drinking water, you should swallow the food in your mouth first. Don't rinse the food with water. When drinking water from a glass, you should pay attention to wipe off the oil stains on your mouth first to avoid soiling the glass. Nine: Don't put the plate in your pocket when you eat. When you drink soup, you can tilt the plate and eat it with a spoon. Don't put the spoon in the cup when drinking tea or coffee. Ten: Don't make noise when eating, especially when eating soup. You should shut up when chewing. Eleven: Don't blow your nose or burp while eating. If you sneeze or cough, you should apologize to the people around you. Twelve: Don't pick your teeth at the dinner table. If something is stuck in your teeth, you must take it out, cover your mouth with a napkin, and it is best to wait until no one else is present. Thirteen: It is impolite to keep silent all the time while eating. You should talk to people around you. But don't talk while chewing food. Even if someone is talking to you, you should swallow your food before answering. You can talk without putting down your knife and fork, but don't shake it in the air. Fourteen: At the dining table, all the food along the way should be eaten with knives and forks. Only celery, radish, olives, fruits, dry snacks, dried fruits, sweets, potato chips, corn, frog legs and bread can be eaten by hand. When the waiter serves the guests in turn, go to your left, and it's your turn to get the food. If the waiter is standing on your right, don't take it. It's your turn to take the food. When picking vegetables, you'd better take a little of everything, which will make the hostess happy. If you really don't like a dish, you can also say, "No thanks." Sixteen: When the hostess wants to add food for you. You can pass her the plate with a knife and fork on it or give it to the waiter. If she didn't ask you, you couldn't ask for more food. It's impolite to do that. Seventeen: Some foods on the table, such as bread, butter, jam, pickles, dried fruits, sweets, etc. Can only be eaten after the hostess proposes. When everyone takes turns to get food, the male guest should let the female guest next to him take it first, or ask her if she would like you to get some for her. When eating, you can't pick up food in front of others. If you need something, you should pass it on behind others' backs. Eighteen: After the meal, the guests should wait for the hostess to get up from her seat and then leave together. It is impolite to leave at dinner or before the party is over. After standing up, the male guest should help the lady put the chair back. Put the napkin on the table, don't fold it as it is, unless the host asks you to stay for the next meal. The above is the etiquette knowledge of eating western food etiquette.
1, there are exquisite seats: the most suitable sitting method is to sit from the left. When the chair is pulled away, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table, and the leader will push the chair in. When the legs bend and touch the chair behind, you can sit down. When eating, the upper arm and back should lean on the back of the chair, and the abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. It is best to avoid sitting with your feet crossed. 2. How to use the napkin: After ordering, open the napkin before the appetizer is delivered, fold one-third inward, and let two-thirds spread flat on the leg to cover the leg above the knee. It's best not to stuff napkins into the neckline. 3. How to use a knife and fork: When eating meat and vegetables, the Englishman holds the fork in his left hand, with the tip of the fork facing down, and sends the meat up into his mouth. If it is a burnt vegetable, he will put it on a fork and send it to his mouth with a knife. Americans cut the meat in the same way, then put down the knife in their right hand and change it to a fork, with the fork tip facing up and without a knife inserted under the meat. When eating, it is not against table manners to scoop it up with the back of a fork, but it does look unsightly. 4. How to place the knife and fork: it is 8-shaped when eating. If you have a short break between meals, you can divide the knife and fork into one dish. The knife head and fork tip are in the shape of "I" or "I", and the knife and fork are facing themselves, indicating that they want to continue eating. If you are talking, you can hold the knife and fork, but if you need to make gestures, you should put it down and never wave it in the air. It should be noted that at no time should one end of the knife and fork be placed on the plate and the other end on the table. Knife and fork have another very important function besides cutting vegetables into the mouth. The arrangement of knives and forks conveys the message of "eating" or "ending eating". It is particularly important to note that the blade side must face itself. At the end of the meal, there are two ways to put it: during the meal, the lower surface of the fork can face upwards, and the blade side of the knife is inward close to the fork and placed on the plate in parallel. 5. How to use the knife and fork: The formal usage is to use the knife and fork in pairs. Knife in right hand, fork in left hand. Just like chopsticks, knives are used to cut food and forks are used to send food to the entrance. It should be noted that never use a knife to send food into your mouth.