When we go to a western restaurant for dinner, we must understand the basic etiquette of the western restaurant. The following is for everyone, hoping to help everyone!
1. Tableware for western food
Broadly speaking, western tableware includes knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups and napkins. Among them, there are dish plates, pudding plates, milk plates, butter plates, etc. Wine glasses are even more exquisite, and almost every kind of wine is served at a formal banquet, and special glass glasses must be replaced. In a narrow sense, tableware refers to three big pieces: knife, fork and spoon. Knives are divided into edible knives, fish knives and meat knives with serrated mouths, which are used to cut steaks, pork chops, butter knives and fruit knives. Forks are divided into edible forks, fish forks, meat forks and shrimp forks. Spoons are spoons, dessert spoons and teaspoons. The specifications of public knives, forks and spoons are obviously larger than those of table knives and forks.
Placement of tableware:
The saucer is placed in the center of the dining table, and neatly folded napkins or paper are placed on the saucer. Some napkins or paper are broken into stamens and placed in the glass. Knives, forks and spoons on both sides are arranged in neat parallel lines. If there is a seat card, put it in front of the saucer. All the knives are placed on the right side of the saucer, and the blade faces the saucer. All kinds of spoons are placed on the right side of the knife, with the spoon center facing up. The fork is placed on the left side of the saucer with the fork teeth facing up. Generally, only three pairs of knives and forks are placed in a seat. The bread dish is placed on the guest's left hand side, with a bread knife, that is, a butter knife, for spreading cream and jam instead of cutting bread, and all kinds of wine glasses and cups are placed on the right front. If there is pasta, the spoon and fork for eating pasta are placed horizontally in front.
2. Usage of tableware
Knife and fork holding method:
When using a knife, place the tail end of the handle in the palm of your hand, press your thumb against one side of the handle, and press your index finger on the handle, but be careful that your index finger must never touch the back of the knife, and the other three fingers will bend and hold the handle. If the fork is not used with a knife, the fork teeth should be upward. Hold the fork as far as possible at the end of the fork handle, the fork handle leans on the middle finger, and the middle is supported by the ring finger and the little finger. The fork can be used for fork or eating alone, or for eating some starter dishes and pies, or for eating the main course that does not need to be cut.
Use of knife and fork:
Hold a knife in your right hand and a fork in your left hand. First, hold down the food with a fork, then cut it into small pieces with a knife, and then put it into your mouth with a fork. Europeans do not change hands when using, that is, they hold the fork with their left hand from cutting to delivering food. After cutting, Americans put down their knives and change their right hands to hold forks to deliver food. When knife and fork are used together, the fork posture is similar to holding a knife, but the fork teeth should be down. Usually, the knife and fork are used together when eating the main course, but if there is no need to cut with a knife, you can cut with a fork. Both methods are correct.
Usage of spoon:
Hold the spoon with your right hand, and hold the fork in the same way, but keep your fingers at the end of the spoon handle, and do not eat other food except soup.
Usage of napkin:
When eating, a large napkin can be folded in half and spread out on the leg, and a small napkin can be spread out directly on the leg. Be careful not to hang napkins on your chest but in places with little space, such as airplanes. When wiping your mouth, use the top of the napkin and use the inside to wipe your mouth. Never use it to wipe your face or clean knives, forks, dishes, etc.
3, western dining etiquette
Tableware etiquette:
When eating western food, you must pay attention to the arrangement and placement of tableware on the dining table, and don't take it at will. At a formal banquet, each food and dish is equipped with a set of corresponding cutlery knives, forks and spoons, 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 set of 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. When using a knife and fork, try not to make it collide, so as not to make a loud noise, and don't wave it to talk to others.
Dining etiquette:
There are many kinds of western food with different flavors, so the order of serving varies with different cuisines and specifications, but the basic order is basically the same. Generally, there are seven or eight western dishes with complete contents in a meal, which are mainly composed of the following parts: First, drinks, juices, fruits or cold dishes, also known as appetizers, are aimed at stimulating appetite. Second, soup is the first dish. You need a spoon, and there is usually butter and bread at this time. Third, vegetables, cold dishes or fish are also called side dishes. You can use the corresponding knives and forks on both sides of the saucer. Fourth, the main course is 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, fruit, ice cream and so on. Finally, for coffee, coffee spoons and long-handled spoons should be used to drink coffee.
western restaurant wine tasting etiquette
it is actually impossible to order wine in a restaurant, but the most important thing is to set a consumption budget first. Generally speaking, the price of the wine ordered should be about half of the dinner consumption. For example, when two people dine, each person spends 5 yuan, and it is most generous and appropriate to order a bottle of table wine of about 5 yuan. When the budget is set, you should choose the appropriate table wine from the wine list in the restaurant. If you don't know anything about table wine, you might as well ask the waiter directly, because the waiters in the general high-end restaurants have considerable professional knowledge of all kinds of table wine and are willing to give advice. If you want to make it simple, you can also click on the set menu that already includes table wine, so you don't have to be upset about ordering wine.
however, By the glass has become a recent wine ordering trend in fine dining. In most high-end restaurants, there are a variety of table wines for order by the glass, and all kinds of brands are complete, and the price per cup is only about tens to hundreds of yuan. In fact, if only one of them drinks at dinner, it is a bit wasteful to open a table wine, while by the glass, the wine is just right in weight. If you have a good capacity, you can try a few more, and you can avoid drinking too much, so you are charged with drunk driving.
eyes, nose and mouth should be used to distinguish the color, aroma and taste of wine. Simply put, wine tasting can be divided into the following three main steps:
First, watch the color of the wine with your eyes.
after the wine is selected, the waiter will serve the wine first, check the label on the bottle for you to confirm that the brand of the wine is correct, and then pour a little wine into the cup for you to try. If you are satisfied with the taste of the wine, the waiter will continue to add wine.
Before tasting the wine, you should raise the glass slightly and shake it gently in circles. First, you should appreciate the "hanging glass" of the wine, and then watch its color under the light, and pay attention to whether the wine is clear and free of impurities.
after seeing it with your eyes, you should feel the fragrance of wine with your nose.
first, hold the glass tightly, gently circle the glass, let the red wine shake in the glass, contact with a lot of air, release the aroma, and then put the glass close to your nose and enjoy the fragrance slowly. As long as you try a few more times, you can slowly distinguish the fruit flavor, wood flavor, flower flavor, mud flavor and oak flavor in the wine, and you can also distinguish the series of wine by taste.
take a sip of wine, and let the aroma slowly release in your mouth.
Drinking table wine and gulping it down is a waste and a gaffe; You should take a sip first, let the taste buds feel the taste of wine, and then swallow it slowly. And a bottle of high-quality wine, after drinking, will remain in the mouth, lasting for a long time, bringing rich taste enjoyment for dinner.
People are always puzzled by what food to eat when drinking. For hundreds of years, it seems that choosing the right food when drinking has formed a series of laws. However, with the emergence of new foods and new wines in modern society, these rules are outdated and increasingly unsuitable. If another friend tells you that you must eat fish to drink white wine, you can say that it is the 21st century, and those 19th century rules are out of date.
first of all, how to match drinking with food should be understood. Life is different due to personal preferences, and drinking and food matching should undoubtedly be matched at will according to personal tastes. You can order wine and food according to your own taste, even if it is not allowed by the rules, or if your friends who eat at the same table are firmly opposed, you don't have to be shy or embarrassed. There are many things that don't seem to match in life, but they still seem so harmonious.
however, what should you do when you still can't make up your mind about what wine to use for dinner? Do you turn to those rules for help? Over the years, I have accumulated some experience, which can solve your problems. These so-called "principles" do not tell you what to eat when drinking, but only explain how food and alcohol affect and interact with each other. When drinking, it is important to match food according to taste. Food and alcohol can be divided into four flavors, which defines the range of wine and food collocation, namely: sour, sweet, bitter and salty.
sour taste: you may have heard that wine can't go with salad, because the acid in salad greatly destroys the mellow taste of wine. However, if salad and sour wine are used together, the acid contained in the wine will be decomposed by the lactic acid of salad, which is of course an excellent match. Therefore, you can choose acidic wine and acidic food to eat together. Acidic liquor is used with salty food and tastes good.
bitterness: the principle of "personal preference" is still used. Bitter wine and bitter food will reduce bitterness when eaten together. So if you want to lighten or remove the bitterness, you can mix bitter wine with bitter food.
sweetness: when eating, you can also choose dessert according to your personal taste. Generally speaking, sweets will weaken the taste of sweet wine. If you choose California Chattonny with a small piece of roasted swordfish, the wine will be very sweet. However, if you put salad on the fish, the fruity taste in the wine will be reduced a lot. Therefore, when eating dessert, the dessert with high sugar content will cover the taste of the wine and lose its original flavor. You should choose a slightly sweeter wine. Only in this way can the wine keep its original taste.
salty taste: generally, there is no salty wine, but there are many wines that can reduce the salty taste of salty food. Many countries and regions in the world use lemon juice or alcohol when eating seafood such as fish. The main reason is that acid can reduce the salinity of fish and make it more delicious when eaten.