Japanese people should express two feelings loudly before and after eating, and say "Itadkimasu!" before eating. , which means to appreciate this meal; Say "Go-chiso-samadeshita!" Thank you for preparing this delicious meal.

A Japanese meal includes a bowl of rice, a bowl of miso soup, and two or three dishes. The more side dishes, the more decent the meal. If several dishes are served on the table, it is difficult for guests to choose which one to taste first. The correct order of eating is to take a sip of hot soup first, and then eat that dish, but don't just concentrate on eating the same dish. You should cycle each dish in order to make the proportion of each dish equal, so that you can eat all the dishes at the same time.

dining style

Japanese dining etiquette seems to be strict, but the Japanese allow people to wolf down their food, which even surprises people in other countries. For example, when eating sushi, Japanese people are used to dipping sushi in soy sauce with their bare hands and then putting it directly into their mouths. They don't eat sushi with chopsticks. Another example is eating noodles. Japanese people sip the noodles directly from the soup bowl, and it will definitely make a noise. According to Japanese custom and culture, making a noise when eating noodles is a way to show that the pasta is delicious and to express appreciation to the chef.

Toast

An orthodox Japanese meal is usually served with Japanese rice wine. Japanese people like to drink rice wine while eating. They usually start eating after toasting each other. Even if the guests don't want to drink, the spenders hope that the guests will pretend to take a sip.

Japanese tea

Japanese people love tea so much that different kinds of tea are served at different times of the same meal. Generally speaking, green tea is served before meals, and fried tea is served during and after meals.

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Dining table and seating

In Japan, Japanese restaurants and traditional Japanese families are equipped with Japanese low tables and cushions.

restaurants with traditional low tables

"I'm going to start eating" and "thank you for your hospitality"

In Japan, you will say itadakimasu (I'm going to start eating) before you start eating, and Gochisososama (thank you for your hospitality) after you finish eating.

*** Dine together in Japanese families and restaurants (such as taverns). When you eat together, you should take some food from the big plate with common chopsticks and put it on your own special plate.

Chopsticks

Proper use of chopsticks is an important part of Japanese table manners. Please refer to using chopsticks for specific usage methods.

Table Notes

Blowing your nose in public places should be avoided as much as possible, especially at the table.

try to eat the food on the plate as clean as possible.

avoid talking about restrooms or disgusting topics during and before meals.

try to avoid burping and other behaviors.

After eating, put the used tableware back to the position where the meal started, including covering the bowl and putting the chopsticks back into the chopsticks box or paper bag.

learn more about the rules of using chopsticks.

drinking instructions

when drinking alcoholic beverages, Japanese people are used to pouring wine for each other instead of pouring it themselves. Therefore, when drinking in Japan, you can do as the Romans do and often look at your friends' cups. Once their cups are almost empty, pour them some wine. Similarly, if a friend wants to pour wine for you, drink the glass quickly and pick it up to accept your friend's kindness.

In some high-end restaurants, such as Japanese restaurants (Japanese dinners) that serve Huaishi cuisine, getting drunk is regarded as a very rude behavior. In a foreign country, even in ordinary pubs, you should try to avoid the unhappiness caused by drunkenness.

at the beginning of a meal, people usually say "kanpai", and then raise their glasses to drink. At this time, we should avoid speaking Chinese "ching,ching" because the pronunciation of "qing" is easily heard by Japanese as "qin", while the Japanese pronunciation of "qin qin" means male genitalia.

how to eat ...

... rice

When eating rice, hold a bowl in one hand, chopsticks in the other hand, and hold the bowl to your mouth. Unlike sushi, white rice is generally not eaten with soy sauce.

... sushi

Pour sauce into a small plate. Pay attention to how much you use. In Japan, where resources are not abundant, waste is regarded as a very impolite behavior.

generally speaking, you don't need to add green mustard to the sauce, because green mustard is added to most sushi except some sushi that doesn't need mustard. If you like to add mustard yourself, it is polite to add a small amount, which is also a respect for the sushi maker. If you don't like mustard very much, you can explain in advance and order some sushi without mustard.

it's best to eat sushi one bite at a time. Eating it several times often destroys the delicate shape of the food. In addition, you can eat sushi with your hands or chopsticks according to your own habits.

if you are holding sushi, immerse a piece upside down in soy sauce, with the fish part forward. Some new kinds of sushi should not be dipped in soy sauce, such as pickled sushi.

if it's warship sushi, the correct way to eat it is to pour a small amount of sauce on top of the sushi instead of dipping it in the sauce.

... sashimi

Pour the sauce into the prepared small dish. You can put some mustard on sashimi, but not too much, because it will destroy the original flavor of the sashimi and may offend the sushi chef. When eating, pick up the sashimi and dip it in the sauce. In addition, some sashimi needs to be tasted with Jiang Mo instead of mustard.

... miso soup

Pick up the bowl and drink the soup, and use chopsticks to pick up the soup.

... noodles

Put noodles into your mouth with chopsticks, and you can eat them rhythmically. It's normal to make a noise when eating noodles in Japan, and it won't be considered impolite, so you can eat noodles boldly, and the Japanese around you are like this.

when drinking noodle soup, you can use the spoon of the store or directly take the bowl to drink. In Lamian Noodles, Japan, the soup tastes very good. Personally, I always taste the soup before eating noodles.

... Japanese curry rice

(and other food mixed with rice and vegetables)

Rice food like Japanese curry rice, because it is covered with white rice (such as rice in a big bowl) and mixed with food, may be awkward to pick up with chopsticks, so you can choose a spoon to eat.

... large pieces of food

(such as fried prawns and tofu)

Separate the food with chopsticks, take a bite, then put the rest back on your plate and enjoy the food at your own pace.

Jiahe Japanese: When you go to a Japanese restaurant to eat, when you take off your shoes at the door of the box, you should face the box (you can squat down and take it off), not take it off with your back to the box. Take off your shoes and turn around and put them in. Generally, guests sit first. If the host invites you to go first, you should accept it happily and bow your thanks. Don't use chopsticks: ① lick chopsticks; 2 fans of chopsticks: holding chopsticks, hesitating; 3 move chopsticks: move this dish and that dish; ④ Twisting chopsticks: Twist chopsticks; ⑤ Chopsticks: insert vegetables or rice; ⑥ Cross chopsticks: Put chopsticks across the bowl. ?

if you use sanitary chopsticks, don't rub the tips of chopsticks after breaking them.

when you are not using chopsticks, put them horizontally in front of you, with their tips pointing to the left. (Note that it is placed horizontally, which is different from that of China. ) Don't eat with your face near the bowl, but pick up the bowl. This is probably related to the Japanese tradition of eating on tatami.

after picking up the bowl, you should not put your lips on the edge of the bowl, but pick up the rice with chopsticks and put it in your mouth. Don't make any noise with your mouth when eating, except eating noodle soup and soup. When you want to add rice, don't eat all the rice, leave some to add rice.

if it's someone else's treat, you'd better eat all the food to show that it's delicious. When eating sushi, you'd better take a bite, so as not to spoil the beautiful appearance of sushi. If you want to touch mustard, you can first dig some mustard and put it in a soy sauce dish, and mix it well with soy sauce. You can also dip mustard in sashimi, and then dip sashimi in soy sauce. When pouring wine for others, pick up the bottle with your right hand and hold the bottom of the bottle with your left hand; When others pour their own wine, they hold the glass in their right hand and the bottom of the glass in their left hand.

when two people drink, they should help others to pour wine first, and then the other person will help themselves to pour wine, not themselves. Remember, pour more wine for others.

when you take the first sip of wine, you can't drink it until everyone raises their glasses together.

If someone pours you wine and you can't drink any more, cover the glass mouth with your hand and express your gratitude.

even if you are really not good at drinking, when everyone clinks glasses together, you should take a sip of the contents. Remember not to put the fish bones on the table, but on a plate. Generally, the host or waiter will prepare a plate for you.

don't throw rubbish on the floor, either. Adults know this, but children should pay attention. If you want to pick up the dishes on the right, don't grab them directly with your left hand, but pick them up with your right hand and then transfer them to your left hand. And when you take a bowl, you must put down your chopsticks first. Don't smoke cigarettes while eating. For China men who don't separate alcohol from tobacco, this is very unpleasant. After eating, try to restore the used cups, chopsticks and dishes to the original position when sitting.