Western dining etiquette conveys a spirit of "beauty". Eating Western food requires a dignified sitting posture. Traditionally, you cannot even put your elbows on the dining table, and your arms should be tightened as much as possible. When eating bread, you cannot pick it up with a fork and put it in your mouth. Instead, you should tear the bread into small pieces, spread it with butter or jam and put it in your mouth. When drinking alcohol and coffee, pay attention to the way you hold and hold the cup. When tasting dishes or eating staple food, do not put the dish or rice bowl to your mouth. When eating noodles, use a fork to roll them into your mouth to avoid sucking them. Avoid banging the tableware vigorously to make noise. When taking a seat, help the guests and female guests around you to sit down. Hold the fork in your left hand with your head down, which is the opposite, and then press the fork against the thing you want to eat, which can be regarded as fixing the food. Then take the knife in your right hand to cut the food, and then use the fork to fork the cut things and put them in your mouth. Detailed content: 1. Tips for making an appointment. The more upscale hotels require reservations in advance. When making a reservation, not only specify the number of people and time, but also indicate whether you want a smoking area or a seat with a good view. If it's a birthday or other special occasion, you can tell us the purpose and budget of the party. It is basic courtesy to arrive within the scheduled time. 2. No matter how expensive your casual clothes are, you cannot wear them casually to restaurants. 3. Dressing appropriately when eating is common sense among Europeans and Americans. When going to high-end restaurants, men should wear neat jackets and leather shoes; women should wear suits and heeled shoes. If formal attire is specified, men must wear a tie. 4. Sit from the left side of the chair. The most appropriate way to sit is from the left side. When the chair is pulled away, stand up straight at a distance that is almost touching the table. The leader will push the chair in, and you can sit down when your legs touch the chair behind you. 5. When dining, your upper arms and back should lean against the back of the chair, and your abdomen should be kept about a fist away from the table. It is best to avoid sitting with your feet crossed. 6. The formal order of serving the full meal is: ① vegetables and soup ② cod liver oil ③ fruit ④ meat ⑤ cheese ⑥ dessert and coffee ⑦ fruit, as well as pre-dinner wine and table wine. There is no need to order everything. It would be rude to order too much and not be able to finish it. No decent restaurant welcomes people who only order appetizers. Appetizer, main course (choose one of fish or meat) and dessert are the most appropriate combinations. When ordering, you don't start with the appetizers. Instead, you choose the main dish you want to eat the most, and then pair it with the soup that suits the main dish. 7. Don’t pretend to be an expert when ordering wine. In high-end restaurants, there will be a bartender who is good at wine tasting and will bring you a wine list. For those who don’t know much about wine, it is best to tell them the dishes you have chosen, your budget, and your favorite wine flavors, and ask the bartender to help you choose. . 8. If the main course is meat, it should be paired with red wine, and if the fish is paired with white wine. Before serving, try a glass of lighter wine such as champagne, sherry or gills. 9. Napkins can be opened before eating. After ordering, open the napkin before the appetizers arrive, fold it inward by one-third, and let two-thirds of it lie flat on your legs, covering the part of your legs above the knees. It is best not to tuck the napkin into the neckline. 10. Use three fingers to gently hold the cup base. In wine service, the waiter is usually responsible for pouring a small amount of wine into a wine glass so that the guests can identify whether the quality is correct. Just treat it as a formality, take a sip and sign back Good. Then, the waiter will come to pour the wine. At this time, do not grab the wine glass. Instead, place the wine glass on the table and let the waiter pour it. The correct way to hold a cup is to lightly hold the foot of the cup with your fingers. In order to prevent the temperature of the hand from increasing the temperature of the wine, the thumb, middle finger, and index finger should be used to hold the cup base, and the little finger should be placed on the bottom of the cup to fix it. 11. How to drink. When drinking, you should never sip it. Instead, tilt the glass and drink it as if you are putting the wine on your tongue. Gently shake the glass to allow the wine to come into contact with the air to increase the aroma of the wine, but do not shake the glass violently. In addition, it is impolite to drink in one gulp and look at people through the glass while drinking. Do not wipe the lipstick marks on the rim of the cup with your fingers. It is better to wipe it with a tissue. 12. Don’t drink soup by sucking it. First use a spoon to scoop up the soup from back to front. Place the bottom of the spoon on your lower lip and bring the soup into your mouth. A 45° angle between the spoon and the mouth is best. The upper body is slightly tilted forward. When there is not much soup left in the bowl, you can use your fingers to raise the bowl slightly. If the soup is served in a bowl with a handle ring, you can directly hold the handle ring to drink it. 13. How to eat bread. The principle is to tear it into small pieces with both hands first, and then eat it with your left hand. When eating hard bread, it is not only laborious to tear it with your hands, but also the 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 with your hands. Avoid cutting the bread like a saw; insert the knife into the other half first. Use your hands to hold the bread in place when cutting to avoid making any noise. 14. How to eat fish.

The fish meat is very tender and fragile, so restaurants often do not prepare knives but special spoons. This kind of spoon is slightly larger than the one usually used for soup. It can not only cut the dishes, but also scoop up the sauce and eat it together. If you want to eat other mixed vegetables, it is better to use a fork. First, use a knife to stab a straight line near the fish's gills. Don't penetrate the tip of the knife, just penetrate halfway. After picking up the upper body of the fish, start from the beginning, put a knife under the bones, cut towards the tail, remove the pin bones and move them to a corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the fish tail. Cut and eat from left to right. 15. How to use knives and forks. The basic principle is to hold a knife or spoon in your right hand and a fork in your left hand. If there are more than two, they should be taken from the outermost one inward. The way to hold a knife and fork is to hold the end lightly and press the index finger on the handle. Just hold the spoon like a pen. If it feels inconvenient, you can change the right hand to hold the fork, but changing it frequently will appear rude. When eating larger vegetables, use a knife and fork to fold and cut them. Softer foods can be placed on the flat surface of a fork and trimmed with a knife. 16. How to place the knife and fork when taking a short break. If you want to put down your knife and fork to take a break while eating, you should place the knife and fork in a figure-eight shape in the center of the plate. If the knife and fork protrude from the plate, it is unsafe and unsightly. It is impolite to wave a knife and fork while talking. After eating, place the knife and fork at four o'clock. Western food is a type of diet. Generally speaking, it is a way of eating with the theme of eating and drinking. Today, people understand eating and drinking not only as a means of maintaining life, but also as a means of enjoyment and communication. What needs to be pointed out here is that these rules are not rigid dogma. They serve a purpose, and our purpose is: to enjoy Western food and be an expert. Posture Standard posture is very important. For example, the sitting posture should remain stable and should not sway back and forth. Think of it like this: There is a little mouse hiding behind your back, and a kitten is lying on your knees - your back should be straight and your knees should be flat. Regardless of men or women, it is unsightly and disrespectful to cross one's legs while eating. Many embarrassing and unpleasant situations are mostly caused by such untimely actions. Similar actions that should be avoided include: stretching the legs into a figure-eight shape, stretching, loosening the belt, shaking the head, stretching the arms to do gymnastics, etc. These postures are very disrespectful and unsightly. In the United States, when eating with one hand, the other hand can be placed on the lap. This is different in continental Europe, where both hands must remain on the table. But be careful: you cannot support your body with your arms, lean on the table, or cross your hands on your chest, just put your wrists lightly on the table. Fingers should be placed naturally and steadily on the table. Do not flick or play with tableware on the table. When eating, you usually hold a knife or spoon in your right hand, a fork in your left hand, and a cup in your right hand. Don't get too close to the plate and use cutlery to bring the food to your mouth instead of lifting the plate or bowl: no one will grab the food on your plate. Note: ●When eating soup, you should avoid making sucking sounds into your mouth. If the soup is hot, you can wait for a while before enjoying it. Do not lift the plate and pour it directly into your mouth. ●You should chew food with your mouth closed, and avoid drinking alcohol and other beverages with food in your mouth. ● Remember when eating bread: Do not use bread to dip the soup on the plate (especially ladies with status or exquisiteness should avoid this behavior); bread should be placed on a special small plate or on the tablecloth, and should not be placed on your meal The edge of the plate; butter the bread, spread a little butter on a small piece of bread, break it with your hands and eat it, do not cut it with a knife or bite it with your teeth; the bread is only eaten with soup or appetizers● If you don't want to drink wine, you can politely say: "I don't drink, thank you." Do not cover the rim of the glass with your hand. ●When talking, the knife and fork should be placed on the plate. Don't talk gesticulatingly while holding a knife and fork in your hand, and don't hold the knife and fork upright. This will make people feel "scared" and there is a real danger of harm to yourself or others. ●Don’t laugh or shout loudly at the table. ●Taboo against making noises in your mouth or inside your body. Do not burp or squeak during or after meals. ●Do not apply makeup, touch up makeup or adjust clothes in public at the table. ●Do not use your own tableware to pick up dishes, ladle soup or choose other food for others. ●Do not pick your teeth in public without any cover-up. Setting the table: Setting the table mainly refers to the arrangement of dining table seats and the decoration of the table. Setting up a beautiful table top not only provides guests with a comfortable dining venue and a neat set of utensils, but also brings them pleasing artistic enjoyment. This is of course an integral part of good food.

Whether it is a casual table setting or a banquet setting, square tables, long tables or round tables are mostly used. The furnishings on the table and the tools used are much the same. Tableware basically uses metal tableware, mainly three types: knives, forks and spoons. Due to different types of dishes and different eating methods, the tableware used also differs in shape and size. But how are they placed on the table? Here we can divide it into two categories: basic tables and luxurious tables. Medium to low-priced restaurants Basic table setting: (a main course) a knife, a fork, a napkin (paper towels can also be used), and a cup. ●The knife should be placed on the right side, with the blade pointing to the left. ●The fork should be placed on the left side with the fork pointed upward. There should be enough space between the knife and the fork to place a main dinner plate. The bottom of the fork and knife should be 1 cm away from the edge of the table. ●Place the cup directly above the knife, about 1 cm away. When there is a starter: If there is soup, the spoon should be placed on the outer end of the knife; if the starter is a salad, the spoon should be changed to a fork. When there is dessert after a meal: Depending on the type of dessert, you can place a fork and a spoon, or a knife and a fork. High-end restaurant basic table setting: (one main course) a knife, a fork, bread plate and butter knife. ●A wine glass and a water glass: The water glass is placed about 1 cm directly above the knife, and the wine glass is placed on the lower right side of the water glass. ●A pad: sometimes for decoration, placed in the center of the seat, with the center of the plate facing the middle of the chair back, and the edge of the plate 1 cm away from the edge of the table. ●Some restaurants only use napkins instead of serving plates. ●A napkin: According to the requirements of the restaurant, some pursue beauty and some pursue practicality; there is a saying that cloth napkins should be touched as little as possible with hands to keep them clean. Sophisticated and elegant seafood restaurant Basic table setting: (for a main course) a fish knife, a fish fork, a bread plate and butter knife, a wine glass and a water glass, and a napkin.