Before serving, there will be a piece of bread. If you want to butter the bread, you must break the bread into small pieces that you can eat in one bite, and butter the small pieces before eating. Never butter the whole bread. It is said that the custom of eating bread "bite by bite" has been circulating for centuries, in order to distribute the leftover bread to the poor.
The second course: Soups are delicious French soups, including thick broth, light vegetable soup and delicious seafood soup.
If the soup is too hot to drink, you can't blow it with your mouth. Wait until it cools down naturally.
The third way: the hot starter is the main course of French food here. The main course is meat and seafood, and everyone can order1-3 main courses according to their appetite.
Don't eat too fast. Swallowing food with a big mouth not only affects your health, but also shows rudeness. If you are eating with others, you should pay attention to the speed of eating in line with everyone else.
Fourth: Dessert After the main course, you can order a dessert, which can be ice cream and other foods.
Don't talk with a spoon in your mouth, and don't talk with something in your mouth.
How to use:
When drinking soup, scoop the spoon outwards, so as to avoid dripping. Drink soup from the side of the spoon without making a sound. When drinking soup, you can tilt the soup dish outward so that the spoon can scoop the last drop of soup.
Eat fish with a smaller knife and fork, hold the harpoon in your left hand, and the fork teeth are facing down. The fish knife is used to peel off the fish and push the fish onto the harpoon. The knife and fork that eats meat is the largest, and the index finger of the right hand holding the knife should be placed on the back of the knife, one inch away from the handle. Hold the knife in your left hand with your teeth down. Salad knives and forks are also special, which is the smallest size of fork knives. The use of snail pliers is very simple. Pick up the snail and pull out the meat with a special spoon.
The spoon is on the right, the fork and napkin are on the left, the liquid is on the right and the solid is on the left. Tableware is used from the outside first.
Don't remind others of mistakes in using tableware, and there is no need to apologize publicly if you are wrong.
Once the tableware is in your hand, you can't touch the table again; If you want to have a rest in the middle, but don't want to take away the plate, you should put the knife and fork on the plate at 8:20, with the knife at the bottom, the fork at the top and the fork teeth down, so that the knife and fork look like an upside-down V-shape. After eating, the knife and fork are placed on the plate in parallel and obliquely, and the head of the knife and fork points to 10.
Correct usage of fork knife:
A formal French meal requires at least 20 knives and forks. Not only French meals, but also other western foods use knives and forks in the same way. There are many noteworthy places. Ordinary French people prefer snails and oysters, so there will be more dining tools.
Placement of tableware:
After sitting in a French restaurant, do you feel a little confused when you face a pile of knives and forks in front of you? In fact, the position of tableware is to guide dining. If someone invites you to eat French food, just look at the tableware and you will know how many dishes are served at today's banquet.
Tableware is used in order from outside to inside, with the knife and spoon on the right; The fork and napkin are on the left; The glass is on the right; Dishes (salad, butter dishes) are on the left.