1. Dress appropriately when eating western food. No matter how expensive casual clothes are, you can't just wear them to the restaurant. When going to a fancy restaurant, men should wear neat tops and leather shoes. If formal clothes are required, men must wear ties.

2. The most suitable sitting posture is sitting from the left. When the chair is opened, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table. The leader pushes the chair in, and the legs bend and touch the chair behind, so you can sit down.

3, pay attention to sitting posture when eating, the upper arm and back should lean on the back of the chair, the abdomen and the table should keep a distance of about a fist, it is best to avoid sitting posture with two feet crossed.

4. The order of formal full dinner is: vegetables and soup, cod liver oil, fruit, meat, yogurt, dessert and coffee fruit, as well as aperitif and table wine. Appetizers, main courses (fish or meat) and desserts are the most suitable combinations. Ordering is not an appetizer, but a favorite main course, and then a soup suitable for the main course.

Don't pretend to be an expert when ordering wine. If you don't know much about wine, you'd better tell him your choice of dishes, budget and favorite wine taste, and let the bartender help you choose.

6. If the main course is meat, it should be accompanied by red wine and fish with white wine. Before serving, you might as well have a glass of light wine such as champagne, sherry or Jill.

7. The napkin can be opened before eating, and folded inward by one third, so that two thirds are placed flat on the legs, covering the legs above the knees.

8. When drinking, gently shake the glass and let the wine come into contact with the air to increase the mellow taste of the wine, but don't shake the glass violently. If you have just finished eating greasy food, you'd better wipe your mouth before drinking, so as not to make the cup greasy with oil stains on your mouth. When toasting, even if you don't drink, you should touch your glass on your lips to show politeness.

9. When drinking soup, first use a spoon to scoop up the soup from the back to the front, put the bottom of the spoon on the lower lip and send the soup to the mouth.

10, eat cookies, potato chips or small fruits, you can eat them with your hands. Bread is always held by hand. Pay attention to take the rest of your meal. In addition to holding food with a knife and fork and a spoon, you can sometimes hold it by hand. For example, when eating chicken and lobster, the owner can put his hand in front of it when he signals, and there is nothing wrong. When taking bread, take it with your left hand and tear it with your right hand, then spread cream on it and eat it in small pieces. Don't soak the bread in the soup, and don't bite it down.

1 1. First, stab a straight line near the fish gills with a knife. Don't stab the bayonet tip, only half of it. After picking up the upper body of the fish, start from the beginning, put the knife and fork under the bone, cut it in the direction of the fish tail, remove the needle bone and move it to the corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the fish tail. From left to right, eat while cutting.

14. If you want to put down your knife and fork and have a rest in the middle of eating, you should put the knife and fork in the center of the plate in a figure of eight. Put the knife and fork at four o'clock after eating.

15, be sure to pay attention to the placement and arrangement of tableware on the dining table, and don't take it away at will. At a formal banquet, each dish is equipped with a set of corresponding tableware (knife, fork and spoon), and the order of the above dishes is arranged from outside to inside. When eating, you should first take the outermost set of knives and forks on the left and right. After eating each dish, put the knife and fork together and put them on the plate, indicating that the dishes have been used up, and the waiter will take the initiative to remove the tableware. If you haven't finished eating or stopped, put the knife and fork on the plate in a figure of eight with the blade inward, which means telling the waiter that I haven't finished eating, please don't take the plate away.

16, when using a knife and fork, try not to let it collide, so as not to make a loud noise, and don't wave the knife and fork and talk to others.

16, I accidentally dropped my knife and fork. Please ask the waiter to pick it up and exchange it for a new one. Guests should never get under the table to pick it up, it will be ugly.

17, don't send the whole meat to your mouth to bite. Be especially careful when eating meat or fish. After pressing it with a fork, cut it slowly with a knife. After cutting, eat with a fork. Never fork up and send it into your mouth to bite. This dish usually contains some lettuce, which is often used for decoration to increase appetite. It's up to you to eat or not. Don't eat for face.

18, arrangement of tables. In principle, male guests (bridesmaids) sit on the right side of the hostess, while female guests (bridesmaids) sit on the right side of the hostess. Most of them sit alternately between men and women, and couples do not sit together, so as not to talk about family affairs and ignore communication with other guests.

Order of eating

A meal consists of seven or eight complete western dishes, which are mainly composed of the following parts:

First, drinks (fruit juice), fruits or cold dishes, also called appetizers, are designed to stimulate appetite.

Second, soup (that is, the first course). You need a spoon. There is usually butter and bread at this time.

3. Vegetables, cold dishes or fish (also called side dishes). You can use the corresponding knife and fork on both sides of the saucer.

Fourth, the main course (meat or cooked vegetables). The main course meat is usually accompanied by cooked vegetables. At this time, you should cut it with a knife and fork and eat it on a plate. If you have salad, you need salad spoon, salad fork and other tableware.

Fifth, after-dinner food. Generally, it is dessert (dim sum), fruit, ice cream and so on. Finally, for coffee, use a coffee spoon and a long-handled spoon to drink coffee.