1. If the tableware has been placed on the table, the first thing to use is the cutlery set placed on the left and right of the serving plate, and they are taken in order from the outside to the inside. However, the spoon placed on the outermost side of the knife set is used for drinking soup. 2. Regardless of whether there are tableware on the table, if the dish is served with silverware, use that silverware to eat.
How to hold a table knife:
The index finger should be pressed on the back of the handle. The most correct posture for holding a knife at a banquet is to "hold the handle of the knife with your hand, press the side of the handle with your thumb, and press the back of the handle with your index finger." Some people will extend their index finger to the back of the knife, which is incorrect. Except for dishes that can only be cut by clenching the roots of your teeth, or the knife is too dull, the index finger cannot reach the back of the knife. Some people, especially women, will hold a knife with their little finger straight out. Perhaps the person involved thought that this posture was elegant, but in fact he was wrong.
2. The basic posture for eating Western food is to hold the knife in the right hand and the fork in the left hand. The back side of the fork should be facing up at this time. Except for meat, try not to eat other dishes with a fork, so that the posture will look graceful.
When eating salad, you mostly just use a fork. At this time, you can hold the fork in your right hand with the inside facing up. There is no need to point the back side up. In short, just use the hand that is easy to operate. If you follow the golden rule of "the fork must be in your left hand", eating a meal will be difficult.
“I still want to eat, but the waiter took the plate away!” Many people have had this experience. In fact, it's not that the waiter is bad, but that the diners want to stop and rest for a while and put the knife and fork on the plate. However, because the knife and fork are placed incorrectly, it creates the illusion that it is "ready to take away", so the waiter puts the food away. Walk.
When eating Western food, the way the knife and fork are arranged is the expression of the parties' intentions. So, how should you position your knife and fork when you want to take a break or get bread during a meal?
The knife should be placed on the right side of the plate and the fork on the left side, forming a figure eight shape. However, it does not need to be an absolutely straight figure of eight, as long as the front ends of the knife and fork touch the plate, or the front ends of the two straddle the edge of the plate, facing each other in a figure of eight shape. It should be noted that the tip of the knife cannot slide off when resting on the edge of the plate, and the back end of the knife handle cannot touch the table.
Another thing to note is that the fork must be placed with the back facing upwards. Because, no matter how you hold the fork when eating, placing the fork with the inside facing up is a sign that the meal is complete. At the same time, it is also etiquette to keep the tip of the knife facing inwards.
When you leave the table temporarily, if you want to return to continue eating, you should also place the knife and fork in a figure eight shape. In this way, even if there are only a few dishes left on the plate, the waiter will never put the plate away. Go, feel free to leave your seat