Dining etiquette in English
1.Pull out chairs to seat the women when you are eating together.
Help the woman when eating Take your seat.
2.Do not sit down before all the ladies are seated.
Do not sit down before all the ladies are seated.
3. Pull your chair up and sit clos
e to the table after sitting down.
After sitting down, move the chair close to the table.
4.It is customary to say grace before the meal begins in many Christian homes. Watch the host or hostess. If they bow their heads, join them.
Many__ families It is a habit to pray before meals. Watch the master or mistress, and if they lower their heads, follow them.
5.When the hostess takes her napkin, open your napkin in half and lay it across your lap.
When the hostess takes her napkin, you should also pick up the napkin and open it. Half of it, spread on your knees.
6.When eating with silverware, begin from the outside piece, then knife and fork for the second course and so on. The pieces closest to the plate are for the last course.
When using tableware to eat, start from the outermost side first. The knife and fork are used to eat the second course and subsequent dishes. Save the cutlery closest to the plate for last.
7.When having soup, move the spoon away from you to spoon out the soup. When a little remains, you may raise slightly the side of the bowl close to you.
When scooping soup with a spoon, scoop it from the inside out. When the soup is almost finished, you can raise the side of the soup plate a little higher.
8. Cut large pieces of food, such as steak or chops, into small pieces all at one time.
Cut large pieces of food, such as steak or chops, into small pieces all at one time. Small pieces.
9. Use your knife close to the fork. This way, it is a lot easier to cut meat.
Use your knife close to the fork. This way, it is a lot easier to cut meat.
10. Put your knife and fork diagonally on the further side of the plate when you have finished eating something. Do not place them leaning on the plate. The knife should always be placed the sharp edge in.
When you finish eating, place the knife and fork diagonally on the outside of the plate. Don't lean on the plate, and the blade of the knife should be pointing inward.
11. In the United States, after cutting something, you can put down the knife and pick up the fork with your right hand to eat; in Europe, you can hold the fork with your left hand and use the back of the fork to bring the food to your mouth , which helps to place harder food on the edge of the fork and softer food on top.
12. You can choose whichever you like.
You can freely choose the food you like.
Dining etiquette varies greatly from country to country
1. SEATING ETIQUETTE
Your host may have seating arrangements in mind, so you should allow him to direct you to your seat . As the host, you should suggest the seating arrangements. In a restaurant, the guest of honor should sit in the best seat at the table. Usually that is one with the back of the chair to the wall. Once the guest of honor's seat is determined, the host should sit to her left. Other people are then offered seats around the table.
In China, everyone is used to going into a restaurant and sitting down directly to wait for the waiter to take their order. In the United States, you usually sit at the front desk. Sometimes there are many people, so you wait at the door for a waiter or waitress to take you to your seat.
2. NAPKIN ETIQUETTE
At informal meals, place the napkin in your lap immediately upon seating. During formal occasions, before unfolding the napkin, wait for the hostess to remove her napkin from the table and unfold it in her lap.
?Read more table manners tips for using your napkin in the napkin etiquettesection.
When we were kids watching TV, foreigners would stuff napkins in their collars. .
However, in the United States, napkins are placed on the lap.
3. FOOD SERVICE ETIQUETTE
During service of a dinner, the food is brought to each diner at the table; the server presents the platter or formal bowl on the diner's left. At a more casual meal, either the host dishes the food onto guests' plates for them to pass around the table or the diners help themselves to the food and pass it to others as necessary.
In China, everyone It’s to eat together. In the United States, it is a meal-sharing system. Everyone eats from their own plate, and occasionally everyone shares the appetizers. So the waiter will ask you if you are ready. If you say you're finished, the waiter will take your dish away, even if you only took one bite. . .
4. THE TABLE SETTING
Deciding which knife, fork, or spoon to use is made easier by the outside-in table manners rule & using utensils on the outside first and working your way inward.
The order of using tableware is a bit complicated. For example, the knife and fork for eating salad is different from the knife and fork for eating steak dinner. The spoons used for drinking soup and eating desserts are also different. Basically you can tell it from the size. But Xiao Xuanzi felt that instead of memorizing such complicated things, it would be better to politely ask the waiter during the meal: It's my first time to dine in a high end restaurant. I am so confused about all these table settings. Can you please tell me which one I should start with?
5. WHEN TO START EATING
At a small table of only two to four people, wait until everyone else has been served before starting to eat. At a formal or business meal, you should either wait until everyone is served to start or begin when the host asks you to.
Our domestic custom is similar, wait until everyone is here before ordering, and then start . In the United States, wait until everyone's ordered dishes are served before starting.
6. HANDLING UTENSILS
The continental table manners style prevails at all meals, formal and informal, because it is a natural, non-disruptive way to eat.
Hold your fork in your left hand, tines downward.
Hold your knife in your right hand, an inch or two above the plate.
Extend your index finger along the top of the blade.
Use your fork to spear and lift food to your mouth.
If your knife is not needed, it remains on the table.
7. PASSING THE FOOD
Pass to the right. One diner either holds the dish as the next diner takes some food, or he hands it to the person, who then serves herself. Any heavy or awkward dishes are put on the table with each pass. Special rules apply topassing salt and pepper and passing bread and butter.
Americans generally do not share when dining together. But if it is a family or family or friends gathering, everyone will still share their own. of food.
8. RESTING UTENSILS
When you pause to take a sip of your beverage or to speak with someone, rest your utensils by placing your knife and fork on your plate near the center, slightly angled in an inverted V and with the tips of the knife and fork pointing toward each other.
9. MEALS END
At a formal affair, plates are removed by a professional staff . But as most informal meals are served without help, the hostess clears the plates, often with the help of a guest or two. At a family meal, members clear their own plates.
Say 8 and 9 together. . Especially when dining in a restaurant, the placement of tableware is different when we go to the bathroom midway and when we finish eating. Many friends ate Western food for the first time in the United States and went to the bathroom. When they came back, their food had been taken away. To avoid such a tragedy, please see the picture below:
10. GET THE BILL
After you and your friends finish your food, you can go ahead and get your bill. Just say to the waiter/waitress: Check, please./Can/May I please have my check/bill?
In China, there is no custom of tipping. But in the United States, tipping is required in almost any service industry. Except for fast food restaurants. The minimum standard for tipping varies from city to city and state to state. Please search Google for details. Again, if you are dining in an ordinary restaurant in the United States, don’t pay too much attention. But if you go to a leader or professor’s home for dinner, don’t forget many of the above details!