Western food etiquette and Chinese etiquette is just as important to go to the Western restaurant dining must learn the use of Western tableware napkins, the following is my collection of the use of Western tableware and the norms of etiquette for everyone, I hope it can help you!

Western food tableware use

Western food should be used napkins. Napkins are divided into lunch napkins and dinner napkins. The luncheon napkin can be completely opened on the lap, the dinner napkin only open to the fold. After the napkin is opened, it should be laid flat on the thigh, not around the neck or folded at the waist. The activated napkin should remain on the lap until the table is dismissed, when it is returned to the table. When you need to leave the table in the middle of the meal, fold it slightly and put it on the chair.

1. Western tableware selection

The most troublesome part of eating Western food is how to correctly select tableware. The choice of cutlery can follow the following principles:

***1*** According to the order of serving from the outside to the inside of the choice of cutlery, usually the fork on the left side of the plate, the knife and spoon on the right side.

***2*** The largest spoon is for soup, the largest knife and fork are for meat.

***3*** Usage of knife and fork.

The choice of cutlery is based on the order of serving. The order of serving in Western food is completely different from Chinese food. First is the appetizer or aperitif, then soup, pudding, main course, salad, rhetoric, coffee or tea. Usually, the main course is chosen first ***meat***, and then accompanied by other foods.

Eating Western food etiquette

***1*** Dining and seating body to be upright, and the distance from the table to facilitate the use of tableware shall prevail.

Place your napkin in your lap and do not fiddle with the cutlery.

***2*** Eat in a civilized manner. You should not serve too much food in each delivery*** Do not talk while chewing, and do not initiate conversation to avoid spewing or dropping food.

***3*** Don't move your mouth when drinking soup, eat with your mouth shut and chew, don't lick your lips or smack your lips to make noise. If the soup or dish is too hot, wait until it cools down a little before eating, and do not blow with your mouth.

***4*** When eating fish, meat and other dishes with spines or bones, do not spit directly out of the mouth, use a napkin to cover the mouth and gently spit on the fork into the plate. If a small amount of dishes remaining in the plate, do not use a fork to scrape the bottom of the plate, and do not use your fingers to help eat, should be a small piece of bread or fork to help eat. Eat noodles Huaxia Wine News:Postcode 23-189 When the local post office can be subscribed, use a fork to roll up the noodles first, and then send *** in.

***5*** Bread should generally be broken into small pieces and served **** in the ****, do not take a whole piece of bread and bite into it. When spreading butter and jam, also break the bread into small pieces before spreading.

***6*** When eating chicken, remove the bones with a knife first. When eating fish, do not

Turn the fish over, eat the top layer and then use a knife and fork to pick out the bones before eating the bottom layer. When eating meat, you should cut a piece and eat it, and not cut it too big or cut it all at once.

***7*** Do not wear makeup or wipe your nose with a napkin at the table. Burping during a meal is the biggest no-no. Do not interrupt when others are talking. Do not stand to take food at the table, and ask someone else to pass food that cannot be reached while sitting.

***8*** You can't talk and laugh loudly during the meal, and you can't swallow hard. You should also ask for a little bit of the food you don't want to eat and put it on your plate as a sign of courtesy.

***9*** You may leave the table in the middle of a meal. If you have to leave for a while for important matters, you should greet the guests on the left and right in a low voice. When you drink a toast, even if you don't drink, you should touch the mouth of the glass along your lips as a sign of respect. When others for you to pour wine, if not necessary, you can simply say "thank you", at the same time, a little hand cover the glass, said thank you.

***10*** During the meal, you may not smoke until you have been served coffee to indicate the end of the meal. If there is a female guest on your right or left, you should ask politely "do you mind?

***11*** When drinking coffee, if you want to add new milk or sugar, add a small spoon to stir evenly, put the spoon on the coffee plate. When drinking, you should hold the cup handle in your right hand, hold the saucer in your left hand, and drink directly from your mouth instead of scooping it with a small spoon.

***12*** When eating fruit, do not hold the fruit to bite, should first use a fruit knife to cut into 4 or 6 petals, and then use a knife to remove the skin, core, with a fork fork to eat.

***13*** Temporarily leave, the knife and fork should be placed cross or set into the "eight", to show that not yet eaten. If the knife and fork together on the plate, the knife right fork left, fork face up, it indicates that you do not want to eat.