2, the method of seating. The correct sitting posture is called the front seat, which requires knees to kneel together and hips to press on the roots. The easier way is to sit cross-legged and horizontally. Men are generally cross-legged, that is, their feet are crossed in front and their hips are on the ground; The woman is a horizontal seat, that is, her legs are slightly sideways and her body does not press her feet. After you sit down, you can put your carry-on bag behind you.
3. Tableware. The main tableware in Japan are chopsticks, teacups, rice bowls and soup bowls. When eating, the rice bowl is usually left and the soup bowl is right, and the chopsticks are placed horizontally on the special chopsticks rack. In Japan, everyone eats the same food, but it is divided into several equal parts according to the number of people. Japanese people like to put small dishes, sauces or mustard in small bowls, or even divide them into small bowls, one for each person. The purpose of such complicated work is to keep the original flavor of food and not be destroyed by the taste of other foods.
4. Use chopsticks. The first thing to note is that chopsticks must be placed horizontally on the chopsticks pillow, and chopsticks should be put back on the chopsticks pillow when eating. If you don't have a chopstick pillow, gently tie a knot in the chopstick sleeve and use it as a chopstick pillow. After eating, put the chopsticks back in the original chopsticks bag and back on the chopsticks pillow. If chopsticks are stained with residual vegetables, they can be wiped clean with a napkin, not licked with your mouth.
5. The order of eating sashimi. Eating sashimi is actually learned. When eating, you should start with the white meat sashimi with light white and little oil, and then go to the red meat sashimi with rich oil or heavy taste.
6. How to eat mustard? The way to eat mustard can be selected according to the dining requirements of different restaurants: dig some mustard from the sashimi plate into the soy sauce plate and stir it evenly with soy sauce. Mustard dipped in sashimi, then sashimi dipped in soy sauce. When dipping the seasoning, dip in the first third, dip lightly, and don't be greedy.
7. How to eat sushi? Don't eat sushi with chopsticks, use your hands. Don't dip too much seasoning in sushi, it will affect the umami flavor. Sushi is best put directly into your mouth and eaten in one bite.
8.toast. Traditional Japanese meals are usually accompanied by Japanese sake. Japanese people like to drink rice wine while eating. They usually start eating after toasting each other. Even if the guest doesn't want to drink, the spendthrift wants the guest to pretend to have a drink.
9. Taste tea. Japanese Tea Japanese people like tea very much, so they will serve different kinds of tea at different times of the same meal. Generally speaking, drink green tea before meals, and drink fried tea during and after meals.
10, the Japanese won't give it to others. It is a habit of China people to like to help others with food while eating. When people sit around the table, people who are far away may not get food, so someone will take the initiative to arrange food and take care of the guests who are sitting far away. But in Japan, it is more common to serve food alone. If you order a few dishes, the Japanese are used to taking some from the big plate with public chopsticks and eating them on their own special plates.
1 1. Japanese don't pack leftovers. In the past, people in China used to order a table at parties and pack the leftovers away. Japanese rarely pack after eating, because Japanese food itself is few, plus one for each person, so even if there is a shrimp and a meatball left, it is not worth taking away.