How should you order food in a formal restaurant in your life in the United States? In the case of an Italian restaurant, the procedure is as follows:

1. Enter:

If an international student in the United States goes to a restaurant with his or her host family, you will first have to wait at the front counter for the waiter to seat you (except for fast food restaurants). You can't just walk in the door and sit down when you see an empty seat. The easiest way to do this is to follow your host parents, wait for them to walk past, and then just follow them in.

2. Before you order:

After you sit down, the waiter will come up to you and ask what you want to drink. You don't have to say "whatever" or ask "what do you have to drink?" Drinks in American restaurants are usually ice water, coke, orange juice, etc. You just have to say what you want to drink. You just have to say what you want to drink, and if they don't have it, they'll tell you they don't have it, but if you want them to give you a bunch of names of common drinks, it's really not necessary, as if you've never been in a restaurant before. For alcohol, it depends on what kind of wine it is, but that's none of your kids' business. There are also some restaurants that have drink lists so you can see which one you want. If you want a glass of hot water, you'll want to emphasize Hot ?water. Drinks are more expensive in American restaurants, but WATER, ICE WATER is no charge.

3. After you are seated:

The restaurant will give you some bread, and the Italian restaurant will give you a plate of olive oil. You can break a small piece with your hand, dip it in the oil (you can leave it out if you don't like to dip it), and put it in your mouth to eat. Don't take a bite out of the whole piece of bread and then put it in the oil to dip it, so that other people don't have to eat it, and it's very unseemly.

3, U.S. menu:

The U.S. formal banquet has four course (four rounds of dishes), the first is, appetizer, some people translated as appetizers, I don't think that kind of dish belongs to the appetizers, is just a kind of small dishes that can be served fast, convenient for everyone to wait for the main course, you can have something to eat. The second is: Soup ?or salad soup or salad, the third is Main course also called Entrée. This is the main course. It usually consists of spaghetti, steak, chicken, pork with greens or mashed potatoes. Sometimes a soup or salad is served with the main course. or salad is ordered with the entrée. After you are seated, you first order these three courses. the last part is the Dessert. The last part is the dessert. The dessert comes after the main course is finished and the waiter will come over and ask you if you want dessert. The waiter will clean up the table before starting to bring up the dessert. There are already a lot of people who choose not to have dessert.

4. Ordering:

Note: Americans order their own food and eat from their own plates. If your American friend invites you to dinner and your friend asks you what you want to eat, don't say "whatever". First, the restaurant does not have "whatever" this dish, second, if you and others to eat together is so casual, the original does not take people invited you to dinner as a matter of fact, will spoil the others, third, you say "whatever", you ask people to do it? In the end, what do you order for you to eat?

If you really don't know how to order and can't understand the menu, you can ask for help. You tell him, "I'm not very good at ordering, can you order for me? What do I like to eat (name the specific foods)." That's a good solution.

The easiest way to think before you order is to look at the pictures on the menu. It often happens that students don't know how to read a menu, so they say, "I'll order whichever is the most expensive," thinking that the most expensive food must be the best. It's not a problem if you can finish it, but the problem is that many people can't finish it, and they say, "It's really bad," while eating it, and they don't want to pack it away. There was once a student who threw away all the food he ordered after one bite. If an American friend invites you out to dinner and you do this, there will be no next time.

5. Tipping at the checkout:

When you check out, you need to tip about 15%. If there are 6 people or more, the routine is to automatically calculate an 18% tip, and if there are 10 people or more, a 20% to 25% tip will be calculated. You may ask: Isn't it true that the more people you dine with, the better the deal? In fact, in the United States, on the contrary, the tip is more expensive, that's their specialty.

The above is for reference only, please refer to the actual, satisfied, please adopt, thank you!