Western food is very often very careful, knife and fork and so on more tools, if in social occasions, do not do a good job is likely to be seen as impolite. So how to eat western food can not be ignored.

Step one: utensils

Western tableware are knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups, etc. Knives are divided into edible knives, fish knives, Okazu knives, milkshake knives and fruit knives; forks are divided into edible forks, color forks, lobster forks; spoons are spoons, teaspoons, etc., cups are more types of cups, tea cups and coffee cups are porcelain, and with a small plate; cups of water and sprinkles are mostly glassware, and different wines are equipped with different wine cups.

Step two: the arrangement of tableware ?

The tableware is placed on the front side of the plate, with a fork on the left side, a knife on the right side, a spoon and a dessert spoon on the top, and condiments and wine glasses on the top. The order of glasses (from the top to the left) is as follows: spirits or aperitif glass, wine glass, champagne glass, water glass (beer glass). The napkin is enclosed in the water glass or placed on the food plate, and the bread and butter plate is placed to the left of the fork. When eating the main meal, the number of knives and forks is equal to the number of lanes of lei, arranged in the order of serving inside and outside to Tan, the knife to the inside. Remove the plate by removing the knife and fork - together.

Step 3: Include physical objects?

A Western meal should include soup, vegetables, rice: bread to be considered complete. The waiter sets out the grub for you, taking care not to put anything you carry on the table. The food came up, each dish should be matched with a different wine. Whisky is mostly used as a pre-dinner drink, brandy as an after-dinner drink, red wine for meat, and white wine for fish or seafood. You should not be too loud when chewing, and do not talk to your friends when you have food in your mouth, otherwise it will be considered rude. In addition, the only time you are allowed to use your hands is when eating bones, and the leftover bones are put into the bone tray, and the tablecloth is not to be stained.

Note

When a dish is not finished, when you put down your knife, it should be placed on the plate in the shape of a figure of eight, with the blade of the knife not facing out. If you put the knife and fork on the plate, it means that you have finished or no longer eat this dish, the waiter will have to remove the plate. Finally, coffee and tea are usually served.

Expanded:

Western dining etiquette

I. Pre-dinner etiquette

1. The formal In the banquet invitation, pay attention to the principle of ladies first. Before the lady sits down, the man should stand behind the position to show his gentlemanly demeanor.

2, get the food is don't rush to eat first, see everyone has food before you start to enjoy your meal.

3. Many local families may provide napkins, which are placed in the lap, and you need to wait until the host puts the napkin down before putting your own on.

4. If you encounter food you don't like or can't eat, you shouldn't ask your host to add a portion of the food you're going to eat if you don't know them well enough to eat it.

Second, table manners

1, in most Western family dining is often a dish passed to the front of all of you, of course, sometimes by the host himself to the dishes in front of the guests, at this time, if there is a servant at home, he will present the dishes in front of the guests. If the diner passes the dish himself, you have to pass it to the next person in the same direction as the other plates. When you get the plate of food passed around, you can take the dish from it.

When you take a dish, even if you like it a lot, please remember not to take more than the number of people at the table, so that everyone can eat what you think is good. If you don't want to eat what's being passed around, pass it on to the next person without making a fuss, but don't explain why you're not eating it or make any comments about it! It's very rude!

If someone brings you a plate and asks you if you want it, you can simply answer "Yes, please" or "Thank you, I don't need it"

2. You can rest your elbows on the table, but do not put your elbows on the table. You can put your hands below your elbows on the table, but do not put your elbows on the table, as this is a basic piece of eating etiquette!

3, when you want to do the host some favors, remember to serve food from the left side of the diner to his front; while the withdrawal of the plate, but to take away from the right side of the diner. But for drinks, there are less broken rules, and they can be presented and withdrawn from either the left or right side.

4, when serving soup, do not make a hungry wolf pouncing, as far as possible in the soup extended arms, and do not get too close to the bowl of soup. When drinking soup, remember not to put the whole spoon into the mouth to drink, but on the side of the spoon to drink. If you find that there is only a little bit left in the soup bowl and you really can't drink any more, you use your other hand to lift the side of the soup bowl close to you slightly and slowly pour it into the spoon to finish it.

5. It is very important to be polite with your mouth when you eat. Don't make noise while eating, and don't talk when you have food in your mouth; you shouldn't make noise while eating either.

6. You shouldn't burp, cough, yawn or sneeze at the table. But you can't hold back everything, so if you do it by accident, apologize and say "sorry" to everyone.

7. There are three urgencies! When you need to leave the table, just say "excuse me" or "I'm sorry, I have to go". There's no need to explain why you're leaving, and please don't say things like "I have to go to the bathroom".

8. Modern people love their cell phones. But it's not polite to talk or send or receive messages on your cell phone at the dinner table, and you shouldn't read the news or listen to music.

9, sometimes eat the sand in the dish, or find that the dish is not to your taste. You must follow: in what way you put it in your mouth, and take it out in the same way. Usually it is with a spoon, and only fish spines can be taken out by hand.

10, dining out as long as the cutlery parallel to the center of the plate, cutlery handle on the right side of the plate, fork mouth up, this is the standard that you eat a good dish, so whether you finish, the waiter will be the plate with cutlery together, do not be a tragedy to be taken away from the favorite dishes ah.

11, if there is something to go out, put the napkin on the chair, this is to indicate that you want to come back. If you gently put the napkin on the left side of your main dinner plate, it means that you have eaten and drunk enough, no need to eat again.