1, from the left side of the chair. The most decent way to take a seat is from the left side of the chair. When the chair is pulled out, the body is almost touching the table in the distance to stand straight, the usher will push the chair, the bend of the leg touches the back of the chair, you can sit down. When seated, the body should be upright, elbows should not rest on the table, do not stilt your feet, and do not fiddle with the tableware that has been set on the dining table. Open your napkin when you have finished ordering. Fold the napkin in half and place it gently on your lap. The napkin can be used to wipe your mouth or hands, but not to wipe dishes or your face. When you soil your mouth, always wipe it with the napkin and avoid using your own handkerchief. It is best not to tuck the napkin into your lapel. It is courteous to wipe with the inside of the back of the fold, rather than dirtying the front. Fingers are also wiped with the napkin after washing. If the napkin is badly soiled, ask the waiter for a new one. When you eat bad food and have to spit it out, don't spit it out on your plate. It's better to spit it out on a napkin and wrap it up when no one else is looking, and ask for a new napkin. Appetizers, main courses (fish or meat, choose one) and desserts are the most appropriate combinations. Ordering is not a matter of starting with the appetizers, but rather of choosing the main course that you want to eat the most, and then pairing it with a soup that is suitable for the main course.
2, dining, upper arms and back to the back of the chair, the abdomen and the table to maintain a distance of about a fist, two feet crossed sitting position is best avoided. Remember to eat with your head up, in front of the food sent to the mouth, to food on the mouth, rather than bending down to the mouth to food. In a formal Western cuisine set menu, different shapes of knives and forks are often used according to the characteristics of different cuisines, and not all of them are displayed at the beginning. While the idea of a full set of knives and forks is reminiscent of silverware on the table, nowadays it is more common to order 2-3 individual dishes. When eating with a knife and fork, the knives, forks and spoons are placed in the order in which they are used. The first one is placed on the outside furthest away from the main course plate, and the second one is placed on the inside near the main course plate. If the main course is served first and then the salad, the fork for the main course should be placed on the outside of the fork for the salad and the fork should be taken from the outside to the inside; the fork should be held in the left hand and the knife in the right hand; the index finger of the left hand should be placed close to the handle of the fork and the index finger of the right hand should be pressed on the back of the knife. For spoons, hold them in the same way you would hold a pen. To cut something, hold the fork in your left hand and press the food, then hold the knife in your right hand and cut it into small pieces and bring them to your mouth with the fork. When using a knife, the blade should not be pointed outwards. When you put down your knife and fork during a meal, you should place them in the shape of a figure of eight and place them on a separate plate. The blade of the knife should be pointed towards you to indicate that you want to continue eating. After each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate. If you are talking, you can hold the knife and fork without putting them down. When you are not using a knife, you can hold the fork in your right hand, but if you need to make a gesture, you should put down the knife and fork, and never wave the knife and fork in the air, nor hold the knife or fork in one hand while wiping your mouth with a napkin in the other, nor hold a glass of wine in one hand while picking up the food with the fork in the other. Remember, at no time should one end of the knife or fork be placed on the plate and the other on the table.
3. Don't slurp when drinking soup, and shut up and chew when eating. Do not lick your lips or smack your lips to make noise. If the soup is too hot, wait until it cools a little before eating, do not blow with your mouth. When drinking soup, use a soup ladle to scoop from the inside out. When the soup in the soup dish is almost finished, use your left hand to slightly tip up the outside of the soup dish and use the soup ladle to scoop up the soup. When you finish eating the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) with the handle pointing towards you.
4. When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, don't spit them out directly, but use a napkin to cover your mouth and gently spit them out on a fork and put them on the plate. Leftover chicken and fish bones and scraps on the outer edge of their own plate, not on the table, not to throw to the ground. If there is a small amount of food left on the plate, do not scrape the bottom of the plate with a fork, and do not eat it with your fingers, but eat it with a small piece of bread or a fork. When eating noodles, use a fork to roll them up first and then bring them to your mouth.
5, the bread is generally broken into small pieces into the mouth, do not take the whole piece of bread to bite. When spreading butter and jam, break the bread into small pieces before spreading.
6, eat chicken, Europe and the United States to chicken breast meat is expensive. Eat chicken legs should first force the bone off, do not eat with your hands. Eat fish, do not turn the fish, to eat the upper layer of the fish bones with a knife and fork after picking off before eating the lower layer of meat, to cut a piece of meat to eat a piece of the block can not be cut too large, or once the meat are cut into pieces.
7, drink coffee if you want to add milk or sugar, add a small spoon to stir evenly, put the small spoon on the coffee mat plate. Drinking should be the right hand cup handle, left hand end of the pad plate, directly with the mouth to drink, do not use a small spoon to scoop a spoon to drink. When eating fruit, do not take the fruit to bite the whole, you should first use a fruit knife to cut into four petals and then use a knife to remove the skin, nucleus, eat with a fork fork.
8, with a knife and fork to eat meat with bones to eat meat with bones, you can use your hands to eat. If you want to eat more elegant, or use a knife is better. Use a fork to fix the whole piece of meat (you can face the fork upward and press the meat with the back of the fork), and then use a knife to insert people along the bone and cut the meat. It is best to eat as you cut. When it must be eaten with the hands, hand-washing water is attached. When hand-washing water is served with the meat on the bone, it means "please eat with your hands". When you eat with your fingers, wash them in a bowl of hand sanitizer. If you get your fingers dirty while eating a regular dish, ask the waiter to bring you hand-washing water, but be careful to wash your hands gently.
9. When ordering a steak, the waiter will ask how well it is grilled, and you can have it prepared according to your preferred cuisine.
When eating, fork the meat from the left side, then use the knife to cut the meat along the right side of the fork, such as cutting the meat can not be eaten in one bite, you can directly use the knife to cut some smaller, cut just a bite-sized piece of meat, and then sent directly to the mouth with a fork. Eat from left to right. Garnish vegetables should be eaten in their entirety. Vegetables placed next to the steak are not only for decoration, but are also added for nutritional balance. Most people in the country leave the watercress behind, so if you don't really don't like it, it's best not to have any left over.
10, bread to eat a bite to break a bite. Eat bread can be dipped in sauce to eat even sauce are not left, is polite to the cook. Be careful not to "lick" the bread plate clean, not with a fork bread.
11. have no choice but to leave the table in the middle, it is best to serve the food stall, to the table greetings, put the napkin on the chair and then go, do not disrupt the whole meal program and the atmosphere. After eating, as long as the napkin randomly placed on the table can be, do not have to deliberately folded neatly.
12. The waiter will often pay attention to the needs of the guests. If you need service, you can signal him with your eyes or raise your hand slightly, and the waiter will come right over. If you drop something, it's best to ask the waiter to come and pick it up for you. If you are satisfied with the service and would like to tip, you can pay by credit card, i.e., write down the total amount of the bill including the tip and sign it. Don't forget to give a verbal thank you at the end of the meal.