Ordering etiquette

1. Dishes with Chinese food specialties. When you are entertaining foreign guests, this one should be emphasized even more. Like fried spring rolls, boiled dumplings, steamed dumplings, lion's head, Gongbao chicken, etc., are not delicacies and delicious, but because of the distinctive Chinese characteristics, they are respected by many foreigners.

2, dishes with local characteristics. For example, Xi'an's mutton steamed buns, Hunan's Mao's braised pork, Shanghai's braised lion's head, and Beijing's shabu-shabu, I'm afraid that these specialties will be much more appreciated than the raw seafood that is so commonplace in the city when entertaining foreign guests.

3, the restaurant's specialties. Many restaurants have their own specialties. To serve a specialty of the restaurant shows the host's care and respect for the person being invited.

At the same time, when arranging the menu, it is also necessary to consider the dietary taboos of the guests, especially to pay great attention to the dietary taboos of the guest of honor.

Tableware Etiquette

There are six main types of tableware in Chinese cuisine: cups, plates, bowls, saucers, chopsticks and spoons. At formal banquets, the water cup is placed on the top left of the plate, and the wine glass is placed on the top right. Chopsticks and spoons can be placed on special holders or in paper sleeves. Public chopsticks and spoons are best placed on a special stand.

Chinese food is usually served in the following order: cold dishes are served first, followed by hot dishes, and then sweets and fruits are served last.

Before the meal, the first wet towel served to each person by the waiter is for wiping hands, and it is best not to use it to wipe your face. Before serving shrimp, crab, chicken and other dishes, the waiter will send a small water pot, which floats twisted lemon slices or rose petals, it is not a drink, but to wash hands with. To wash your hands, take turns dipping your fingers in the water, gently swishing them around, and then drying them with a small towel.

Seating etiquette

This "seating" is one of the most important parts of Chinese food etiquette.

From ancient times to the present day, as tableware has evolved, so has the seating arrangement. Generally speaking, the seating order is "ShangZhouZhunDong", "face to the door as the honor". Family feast chief for the highest generation of elders, the end of the seat for the lowest.

The wine round from the chief in order to toast all the way down. If it is a round table, is facing the door of the main guest, the left hand side in turn for 2, 4, 6 ...... right hand side in turn for 3, 5, 7 ...... until the convergence.

If the Baxian Table, if there is a seat facing the door, then the right side of the door side of the master guest. If not facing the door, the right seat on the side facing east is the chief. Then the chief of the left hand side of the sitting away for 2, 4, 6, 8, the right hand side for 3, 5, 7.

If for the feast, the arrangement of the table and the table in front of the chief of the center, the left hand side of the order of 2, 4, 6 seats, the right hand side of the 3, 5, 7 seats, according to the identity of the host and the guest, the status of the pro and congeniality of the sitting.

Chopstick etiquette

One taboo knocking chopsticks: that is, when waiting to eat, can not sit at the table, take a chopstick in one hand and knock, or use chopsticks to knock bowls or tea cups.

The second taboo is to throw chopsticks: when distributing chopsticks before a meal, they should be straightened out one by one and gently placed in front of each person's table, or asked to be handed over if they are far away from each other, rather than thrown on the table.

Three chopsticks: chopsticks should not be placed horizontally or vertically across the table, and one should not have a large head and one a small head. Chopsticks should be placed next to the bowl, not on top of it.

The fourth taboo is to insert chopsticks: in the middle of a meal, when you need to leave temporarily for some reason, you should gently rest your chopsticks on the table or on the side of the plate and not insert them in the rice bowl.

Fifth, avoid waving chopsticks: in the dish, don't use the chopsticks as props, waving them around the table; don't invite others to use the dish, poke the chopsticks in front of other people, it's rude to do so.

Business Chinese etiquette

For Chinese etiquette, we may have mastered a lot, but business activities Chinese etiquette is different from the usual:

Put the napkin on your lap, do not use the napkin to wipe your face or mouth. After finishing the meal, fold the napkin, do not knead it into a ball.

When caring for others, use communal **** chopsticks and spoons.

People who are carriers of infectious diseases should voluntarily decline to participate in the meal.

Drink soup with a spoon without making a sound.

Do not open your mouth to talk to people when you have food in your mouth. Do not leave food residue in the corners of your mouth or on your face.

Hold your hand over your mouth when shaving your teeth. When coughing, sneezing, or yawning, turn around, look down, cover your mouth with a handkerchief or napkin, and say "excuse me" when you turn back around.

Don't spit when you speak, and don't leave foam at the corners of your mouth. Do not raise your voice to disturb others.

Don't use chopsticks to hit the table or eating utensils.

Do not throw chopsticks or other cutlery at guests across the table.

Don't set your chopsticks on or cups and don't stick your chopsticks in rice bowls or food dishes.

Don't place your chopsticks crosswise, backwards, or with one end large and one end small.

Don't wave your chopsticks around during conversation or use them as toothpicks.

Don't stick your chopsticks out in front of others or deep into the dish.

Don't flip your chopsticks around or make them swim around the plate, not knowing what to pick.

Don't drip soup all the way through the chopsticks, don't stick the chopsticks all over the food, and don't suck on the chopsticks with your mouth.

Toast with both hands, keep your eyes on the other person, and raise your glass to show your appreciation when you're done.

When clinking glasses, the glass should not be higher than the other person's glass.

Respect each other's drinking habits and wishes, and do not force each other to drink for any reason.

Don't smoke and don't throw things on the floor or under the table. Apologize and pay for any broken tableware.

When leaving your seat after a meal, keep your chair inward and close to the edge.

As a rule, take lettuce, salad, main course, dessert, and fruit in that order, two or three items at a time. Plates that are piled too high are unsightly and confuse the original flavor. When choosing steak, pork chops, fish fillets, etc., you must follow the etiquette of Western food.

Don't mix plates. Don't reuse used plates.

Don't waste money, and don't overeat with the mentality of "getting your money's worth" and "not eating for nothing".