Western etiquette:

1. Conversation

No matter whether you are a host, a guest or a guest, you should talk with people at the same table, especially the left and right neighbors. Don't talk to only a few acquaintances or only two people. If you don't know your neighbor, you can introduce yourself first.

don't talk too loudly, or you may cause dissatisfaction with your neighbor.

Don't point the knife and fork at each other when talking, otherwise it will be disrespectful to each other and cause disgust to you.

2, knives and forks

silverware such as knives and forks are all called Cut-lery. Knives and forks are divided into meat, fish, appetizers and desserts, while spoons are used for seasoning besides appetizers, soups, coffees and teas. The spoon for seasoning is the spoon used when adding seasoning, which is mostly used for dessert or fish dishes. In the set meal of formal western cuisine, knives and forks with different shapes are often used according to the characteristics of different cuisines, and not all of them are put out at the beginning.

The shape of the knife used in meat cooking is basically the same in any restaurant, but the knife used in fish cooking is often different from restaurant to restaurant. Especially, fish cooking knives with the same width as meat cooking knives tend to tilt gradually, and those wider than this width are also common. There are also some fish cooking knives with wider blade width and luxurious decoration on the blade part.

In addition, some restaurants use seasoning spoons instead of fish knives. Knife and fork are like chopsticks racks in China. Sometimes the knife and fork (or spoon) are placed on the knife and fork rack as a group; Sometimes, knives, forks and spoons are grouped and placed on the knife and fork rack; Sometimes the knife and fork (or spoon) are placed on it as a group, so that the blade of the knife and the front of the fork will not touch the tablecloth.

3. Toast

As the guest of honor, when attending a banquet held in a foreign country, you should know the toast habits of the other party, that is, why and when to make a toast, so as to make necessary preparations. When clinking glasses, the host and guest touch first, and many people can raise their glasses at the same time, not necessarily clinking glasses. Be careful not to cross glasses when making a toast. When the host and guest make speeches and toasts, they should stop eating and talking, pay attention to listening, and don't take this opportunity to smoke. Stand still when playing the national anthem. After the host and guest have finished speaking and clinked glasses with the VIP guests, they often go to other tables to make a toast. In this case, they should stand up and raise their glasses. When clinking glasses, you should greet each other visually.

4. take off your coat

No matter how hot the weather is, you can't unbutton your clothes in public. For a small informal dinner, if the host invites the guest take off your coat, the male guest can take off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.

5. Drink soup

Don't suck it. Scoop the soup from back to front with a spoon, and put the bottom of the spoon at the position of the lower lip to send the soup into the mouth. The angle between the spoon and the mouth is preferably 45. The upper half of the body leans forward slightly. There is not much soup left in the bowl, so you can raise the bowl slightly with your fingers. If the soup is packed in a bowl with a grip ring, you can directly hold the grip ring and drink it.

Extended information

How to eat various types of western food:

1. How to eat dessert

(1) Ice cream: Generally, a spoon is used to eat ice cream. Use a dessert fork and a dessert spoon when eating with cakes or pies or as part of the main meal.

(2) Pie: A fork is usually used to eat fruit pies. But if the host provides you with a fork and a dessert spoon, then fix the pie with the fork and dig it with the spoon. You need to use a fork to eat the pie, unless the pie comes with ice cream, in which case, both a fork and a spoon should be used. If you eat cream pie, you'd better use a fork instead of your hands. To prevent the stuffing from leaking from the other end.

(3) Boiling pears: Use a spoon and fork. Fix the pear vertically with a fork, and dig the pear into small pieces convenient for eating with a spoon. The fork can also be used to rotate the boiled pears, so that the diggers can eat the pears. If there is only one spoon, rotate the plate by hand, leave the pear core in the plate and scoop out the sugar juice with a spoon.

(4) Juice sorbet: If it is eaten as a meat meal, you can use a fork; if it is eaten as a dessert, you can use a spoon.

(5) stewed fruit: you should use a spoon to eat stewed fruit, but you can use a fork to stabilize large pieces of fruit. Spit the kernels of cherries, prunes and preserved plums into a spoon and put them on the edge of the plate.

2. How to eat fish

Fish is tender and fragile, so restaurants often prepare special spoons instead of knives. This kind of spoon is slightly larger and flatter than common soup. It can not only divide dishes, but also scoop them up with sauce. If you want to eat other mixed vegetables, you'd better use a fork. For fish bones, first stab a straight line near the gill with a knife, and the tip of the knife should not pierce through, but pierce half. After picking up the upper body of the fish, start from the beginning, put the knife under the bone and cut it in the direction of the fish tail. Remove the bone and move it to the corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the fish tail.

3. Food with bones

(1) Birds: First cut off the wings and legs, and then eat the body parts with a knife and fork. You can eat your wings and legs with your hands, but you can't take your body parts.

(2) Chicken: Eat half of the chicken first. Separate the chicken legs and wings from the joint with a knife and fork. Then hold the chicken leg (chicken breast or chicken wings) with a fork and cut the meat into pieces of appropriate size with a knife. Only cut two or three pieces at a time.

(3) Pork chops: Insert a fork or sharp knife into the center of beef, pork or mutton chops. If there are paper sleeves on the ribs, you can grab them with your hands to cut the meat on the bones, so as not to make your hands greasy. You can't chew bones with your hands even if you are wrapped in paper sleeves on formal occasions or in restaurants.

4. How to eat bread

It is a principle to tear it into small pieces with both hands and then eat it with your left hand. When eating hard bread, tearing it by hand is not only laborious, but also crumbs will fall all over the floor. At this time, you can cut it in half with a knife and then tear it into pieces by hand to eat. To avoid using a saw, you should first pierce the knife into the central part, cut off the part close to your body, and then turn the bread around to cut off the other half. When cutting, you can fix the bread to avoid making noise. /5

5. Drinking posture

Usually, the waiter is responsible for pouring a small amount into the sprinkling cup, so that the guests can identify whether the quality is wrong. Just take it as a form, take a sip and answer GOOD. Don't start to get the glass, but put it on the table and let the waiter pour it. The correct posture is to hold the cup foot with your fingers. In order to prevent the temperature of the hand from increasing the temperature of the wine. The thumb, middle finger and forefinger should be used to hold the foot of the cup, and the little finger should be placed on the bottom of the cup to fix it. Shake the glass gently to let the wine come into contact with the air to enhance the mellow taste of the wine, but don't shake the glass violently.

In addition, it is impolite to drink it all at once, look at people through the glass while drinking, talk and drink while holding the glass, drink while eating, and print lipstick on the edge of the glass. Don't wipe the lipstick mark on the rim of the cup with your fingers. It's better to wipe it with a tissue.

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