1. Dress appropriately when eating western food. No matter how expensive casual clothes are, you can't wear them to the restaurant at will. When going to a fancy restaurant, men should wear neat tops and leather shoes. If formal clothes are specified, men must wear ties.
2. The most appropriate way to sit is to sit on the left. When the chair is pulled away, the body will stand up straight at a distance almost touching the table, and the leader will push the chair in, and when the leg bends and touches the chair behind, you can sit down.
3. Pay attention to the sitting posture when eating. The upper arm and back should lean against the back of the chair, and the abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. The sitting posture with crossed feet is best avoided.
4. The order of serving a formal full set of meals is: vegetables and soup, cod liver oil, fruit, meat, yogurt, dessert and coffee fruit, as well as pre-dinner wine and table wine. Appetizer, main course (fish or meat) and dessert are the most appropriate combination. Ordering is not a starter, but a favorite main course, and then a soup suitable for the main course.
5. Don't pretend to be an expert when ordering wine. For those who don't know much about wine, it's best to tell him the dishes he chose, the budget and his favorite wine taste, and ask the bartender to help him choose.
6. If the main course is meat, it should be accompanied by red wine, while fish should be accompanied by white wine. Before serving, you might as well have a glass of light wine such as champagne, sherry or Jill.
7. Before eating, the napkin can be opened, and folded inward by one third, so that two thirds can be laid flat on the legs to cover the legs above the knees.
8. When drinking, gently shake the glass to let the wine come into contact with the air to enhance the mellow taste of the wine, but don't shake the glass violently. If you have just finished eating greasy food, you'd better wipe your mouth before drinking, so as not to let the oil stains on your mouth make the cup greasy. When you drink a toast, even if you don't drink it, you should touch your glass on your lips to show politeness.
9. When drinking soup, scoop the soup from back to front with a spoon, and put the bottom of the spoon at the position of the lower lip to send the soup into the mouth.
1. You can eat biscuits, potato chips or small fruits by hand. Bread is always taken by hand. Pay attention to taking your own left meal. Besides taking food with a knife, fork and spoon, you can sometimes take it by hand. For example, when eating chicken and lobster, you can use your hand in front of it when the owner signals, and it is not wrong. When taking bread, take it with your left hand, tear it with your right hand, then spread the cream on it and eat it in small pieces. Don't dip bread in soup, and don't bite it whole.
11. First, stab a straight line near the fish gills with a knife. Don't pierce through the tip of the knife, just pierce it halfway. After picking up the upper body of the fish, start from the beginning, put the knife and fork under the bone, cut it in the direction of the fish tail, remove the needle bone and move it to the corner of the plate. Finally, cut off the fish tail. From left to right, eat while cutting.
14. If you want to put down your knife and fork for a short rest in the middle of the meal, you should put the knife and fork in the center of the plate in a figure of eight. After eating, put the knife and fork at four o'clock.
15. Pay attention to the arrangement and placement of tableware on the dining table, and do not take it at will. At a formal banquet, each food and dish is equipped with a set of corresponding tableware (knife, fork and spoon), and the order of the above dishes is arranged from outside to inside. When eating, you should first take the outermost set of knives and forks on the left and right sides. After eating each dish, put the knife and fork together and put them on the plate side by side, indicating that the dish has been used up, and the waiter will take the initiative to remove the tableware. If you haven't used up or paused, you should put the knife and fork on the plate in a figure of eight, with the blade inward, which means telling the waiter that I haven't finished eating, please don't take the plate away.
16. When using a knife and fork, try not to make it collide, so as not to make a loud noise, and don't wave the knife and fork to talk to others.
16. If you accidentally drop the knife and fork, you can ask the waiter to pick it up and replace it with a new one. Guests should never get under the table to pick it up, which is ugly.
17. Don't bite the whole meat in your mouth. Be especially careful when eating meat or fish. After pressing it with a fork, slowly cut it with a knife. After cutting, eat with a fork. Never fork it up and send it to your mouth to bite. There are usually some lettuce in this kind of dish, which is often used to decorate and increase appetite. It's up to you whether you eat it or not. Don't eat it for the sake of face.
18. Arrangement of table. In principle, the male guest (Gentleman of honor) sits on the right of the hostess, and the female guest (lady of honor) sits on the right of the male host, and most of them sit alternately with men and women, and the couple do not sit together, so as not to talk about family affairs and ignore the communication with other guests.
The order of eating
Generally, there are seven or eight western dishes with complete contents in a meal, which are mainly composed of the following parts:
First, drinks (fruit juice), fruits or cold dishes, also called appetizers, are aimed at stimulating appetite.
second, soup (that is, the first dish). You need a spoon, and there is usually butter and bread at this time.
thirdly, vegetables, cold dishes or fish (also called side dishes). You can use the corresponding knives and forks on both sides of the saucer.
fourth, the main course (meat or cooked vegetables). The main course of meat is usually served with cooked vegetables. At this time, it should be cut with a knife and fork and put on a plate to eat. If you have salad, you need salad spoons, salad forks and other tableware.
fifth, after-dinner food. Generally, it is dessert (dim sum), fruit, ice cream, etc. Finally, for coffee, coffee spoons and long-handled spoons should be used to drink coffee.