I seldom eat Western food. Sometimes I don't know what these western food are about. Today, Xiaobian is going to tell you about the etiquette of eating western food~
Common sense of Western food etiquette
I. Introduction to etiquette
It should be noted that in the west, when you go to a restaurant for dinner, you usually need to make an appointment in advance. When you make an appointment, you should pay special attention to making it clear. First, you need to specify the number and time of people. Second, you need to indicate whether you want a smoking area or a seat with a good vision. If it's a birthday or other special day, you can tell us the purpose and budget of the party. It's basic courtesy to arrive at the scheduled time. In case of emergency, please inform in advance to cancel the location and apologize.
No matter how expensive casual clothes are, you can't eat in a high-end western restaurant at will. It's common sense for Europeans and Americans to dress appropriately. To go to a high-end western restaurant, men should wear clean clothes; women should wear evening dresses or suits and shoes with heels, and women's make-up should be a little heavy because the light in the restaurant is dark. If it is specified to wear formal clothes, men must wear ties. When entering the restaurant, men should first open the door, please let women in, please let women walk in front. Please invite the lady to have a taste and make a decision.
Generally, the business hours of the western restaurant are from 11:30 to 6:30 in the afternoon. If the guests arrive early, they can have a drink in the bar before entering the main restaurant.
After sitting, you can order without any rush. If you have any questions, you can ask the waiter directly. They are usually very happy to answer any questions you ask. If they are not clear, they will ask the restaurant manager or chef.
It's not polite to eat too early, arrive at the western restaurant at 11:00 or 5:30 p.m., eat in a hurry, talk about business on the table, dress carelessly, influence the next dish too slowly for the main dish, or just order the appetizer without the main dish and dessert.
Although the appetizer of high-end Western food is small, it is delicate and worth tasting.
You can choose dessert or cheese, coffee, tea and so on. Different countries have different tips. But be sure to praise and thank you more.
Eating western food in a large procedure is to eat mood: marble fireplace, glittering crystal lights, silver candlesticks, colorful wine, coupled with people's elegant and charming behavior, this is a moving oil painting in itself. In order to make you more skillful when you first taste Western food, it's worth your effort to familiarize yourself with these dining etiquette.
When seated, the body should be upright, elbows should not be placed on the table, feet should not be crossed, and the distance from the table is better to facilitate the use of tableware. Don't fiddle with the tableware already set on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and gently place it on your lap.
When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from the outside to the inside, keep the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand; when cutting, hold the fork in the left hand and hold the food, hold the knife in the right hand and cut it into small pieces, then send it to the mouth with a fork. When using the knife, the blade shall not be outward. When putting down the knife and fork in the meal, they should be placed in the shape of 'eight' and placed on the edge of the plate respectively. When the blade is facing itself, it means that you need to continue eating. After each meal, put the knife and fork together in the plate. If it's a conversation, you can hold the knife and fork without putting it down. When you don't need a knife, you can also hold the fork with your right hand. But if you need to make a gesture, you should put down the knife and fork. Never wave and shake the knife and fork in the air with your hands. Never hold the knife or fork with one hand, and wipe your mouth with napkin with the other hand, or hold the wine glass with one hand, or take the dish with the fork with the other hand. Remember, never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table.
The food in the mouth should not be too much each time. Don't talk when chewing, let alone actively talk with people.
2. Western food etiquette in business etiquette
1. Appointment tips. The more upscale hotels are, the more they need to make reservations in advance. When making an appointment, you should not only state the number and time, but also indicate whether you want a smoking area or a seat with a good view. If it's a birthday or other special day, you can tell us the purpose and budget of the party. It's basic courtesy to arrive within the scheduled time.
2. No matter how expensive the casual clothes are, you can't wear them to the restaurant at will.
3. It's common sense for Europeans and Americans to dress appropriately at dinner. To go to high-end restaurants, men should wear clean tops and leather shoes; women should wear suits and heels. If formal clothing is specified, men must wear ties.
4. Take a seat from the left side of the chair. The most appropriate way to take a seat is from the left side. When the chair is pulled away, the body will stand straight at the distance that almost touches the table. The leader will push the chair forward and sit down when his legs bend against the back chair.
5. When eating, the upper arm and back should lean to the back of the chair, the abdomen and the table should be kept at a fist distance, and the sitting posture with two feet crossed is the best to avoid.
6. The formal order of ordering the full set meal is: ① dish and soup ② cod liver oil ③ fruit ④ meat ⑤ cheese ⑥ dessert and coffee ⑦ fruit, as well as pre meal wine and wine. It's not necessary to order everything. It's impolite to order too much but not finish it. People who order only the front dishes are not welcome in restaurants with a little bit of standard. The best combination is a starter, main course (one of fish or meat) and dessert. Ordering doesn't start with the first course, but with the most desired main course and the soup that suits the main course.
7. When ordering wine, do not hard pack the expert. In a high-end restaurant, there will be a bartender who is good at tasting wine to take the wine list. For people who don't know much about wine, it's better to tell them their own selection of dishes, budget, and favorite wine taste. Please ask the bartender to help them choose.
8. If the main course is meat, it should be matched with red wine, while fish with white wine. Before serving, you might as well have a glass of champagne, sherry or Jill and other lighter wine.
9. The napkin can be opened before eating. After ordering, open the napkin at the time before the front dish is delivered, fold it in one third, and let two thirds of it spread on the legs, covering the legs above the knees. It's better not to tuck the napkin into the neckline.
10. Gently hold the cup foot with three fingers. The waiter is usually responsible for pouring a small amount of wine into the glass for the guests to identify whether the quality is wrong. Just take it as a form, take a sip and sign good back. Then, the waiter will pour the wine. At this time, don't take the glass, but put it on the table and let the waiter pour it. The right way to hold the cup is to hold the cup foot lightly with your fingers. In order to prevent the temperature of the hand from increasing the temperature of the wine, use the thumb, middle finger and index finger to hold the cup foot, and put the little finger on the bottom table of the cup for fixation.
11. How to drink. When drinking, never drink by suction, but incline the glass to drink as if the wine were on your tongue. Gently shake the glass to make it contact with the air to increase the mellow taste of the wine, but do not shake the glass violently. In addition, it is impolite to drink all at once and look at people through the glass. Don't use your fingers to wipe the lipstick on the edge of the cup. It's better to use the tissue paper.
12. You can't drink soup by suction. First scoop up the soup with the spoon from the back to the front, and put the bottom of the spoon in the position of the lower lip to send the soup to the entrance. The angle between spoon and mouth is 45 deg. The upper part of the body leans forward slightly. When there is not much soup left in the bowl, raise the bowl slightly with your fingers. If the soup is loaded in a bowl with a grip ring, you can directly hold the grip ring and drink it.
13. How to eat bread. First use two hands to tear into small pieces, and then use the left hand to eat. When eating hard bread, it is not only hard to tear it by hand, but also the crumbs will fall all over the ground. At this time, it can be cut into two parts with a knife, and then it can be torn into pieces by hand. To avoid cutting bread like a saw, first stab the knife into the other half. When cutting, fix the bread by hand to avoid noise.
14. How to eat fish. The fish is very tender and fragile, so the restaurant often does not have a knife but a special spoon. This kind of spoon is a little bigger than the common soup. It can not only cut the dishes, but also scoop up the sauce. If you want to eat other mixed vegetables, it's better to use a fork. First, use a knife to stab a straight line near the gill of the fish. Do not stab through the tip of the knife, just stab in half. After the fish's upper body is opened, start from the beginning, put the knife and fork under the bone, and then cut it towards the fish's tail, remove the needle bone and move it to a corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the tail. From left to right, cut and eat.
15. How to use knives and forks. The basic principle is to hold a knife or spoon in the right hand and a fork in the left hand. If there are more than two, the outermost one shall be taken in turn. The method of holding the knife and fork is to hold the tail lightly and press the index finger on the handle. The spoon can be taken by holding the pen. If you feel inconvenient, you can change your right hand to take the fork, but it seems rough if you change it frequently. When eating large vegetables, you can fold and cut them with knives and forks. The softer food can be put on the fork plane and arranged with a knife.
16. The way to put the knife and fork at rest. If you want to put down your knife and fork for a rest after eating half of it, you should put them in the center of the plate in the shape of eight characters. If the knife and fork protrude out of the plate, it is neither safe nor beautiful. It's impolite to wave a knife and fork while talking. After dinner, set the knife and fork in the direction of four o'clock.
III. detailed explanation
Dining
When seated, the host greets and begins to eat.
Don't overfill the dishes. If the food is not enough, you can take it again. If the dishes are divided by the usher, they can be picked up when they need to be added. If I can't eat or don't like the dishes, when the usher serves or the host brings the dishes, don't refuse, put a small amount on the plate, and say 'thank you, enough. 'don't show embarrassment to the dishes that don't taste good.
Eat with elegance. Shut up and chew. Don't SIP soup. Don't make a sound when eating. If the soup and vegetables are too hot, you can eat them after they are cold. Do not blow them with your mouth. Don't spit out the fishbone and bone in your mouth directly. Cover your mouth with a napkin, take it out by hand (chopsticks can be used for Chinese food), or spit it gently on the fork and put it in the dish.
Leftovers and used toothpicks should be placed on the plate instead of on the table.
Do not speak when there is food in your mouth.
Cover your mouth with your hand or napkin when picking your teeth
Conversation
Whether you are a host, a companion or a guest, you should talk to the people at the same table, especially the left and right neighbors. Don't talk to just a few acquaintances or just one or two. If you don't know each other, introduce yourself first.
Toast
To attend a banquet held in a foreign country as the guest of honor, one should know the toasting habits of the other party, that is, who toasts, when toasts and so on, so as to make necessary preparations. When clinking a cup, the host and the guest of honor touch it first. When there are many people, they can raise their glasses at the same time, not necessarily clinking them. Be careful not to cross clink your glasses when toasting. When the host and the guest make a speech or toast, they should stop eating, talking, listening and smoking. When playing the national anthem, one should stand erect. After the host and the guest of honor finish their speech and meet the guests at the VIP table, they often go to other tables to toast. In this case, they should stand up and raise their glasses. When you touch a glass, you should greet each other visually.
Toast each other at the party to show friendship and enliven the atmosphere, but remember to drink too much. Excessive drinking is prone to aphasia or even loss of form, so it must be controlled within one third of my drinking capacity.
Undress
In social occasions, no matter how hot the weather is, you can't unbutton and take off your clothes in public. For a small banquet, if the host asks the guest to undress, the man can take off his coat and put it on the back of the chair.
Drink tea
(or coffee) to drink tea or coffee, if you want to add milk or sugar, you can take it yourself and add it into the cup. After mixing with a small teaspoon, the teaspoon will still be put back into the small cup