Common sense of western etiquette 1, dress
It is common sense to dress appropriately when eating in a restaurant. When going to a high-end restaurant, men should dress neatly; A lady should wear a suit and shoes with heels. If formal attire is required, a man must wear a tie. When entering the restaurant, the man should open the door first and invite the lady in. We should let the ladies go ahead. When sitting and serving, ladies should give priority. Especially for group activities, don't forget to let the ladies go ahead.
Step 2 sit down
The most suitable sitting position is to sit from the left. When the chair is opened, the body will stand up straight at a distance that almost touches the table. The leader pushes the chair in, and the legs bend and touch the chair behind, so you can sit down. When eating, your upper arms and back should lean on the back of the chair, and your abdomen should keep a fist distance from the table. It is best to avoid sitting with your feet crossed.
Step 3 choose wine
In high-end restaurants, bartenders who are good at tasting wine will bring winemenu. For people who don't know much about wine, it's best to tell them the dishes they choose, the budget and the taste of their favorite wine, and the master bartender will help them choose. If the main course is meat, it should be served with red wine and fish with white wine. Before serving, you might as well have a glass of light wine such as champagne, sherry or Jill.
Step 4 order food
The formal order of serving a full set of western food is: 1 appetizer and soup 2 fish 3 fruit 4 meat 5 cheese 6 dessert and coffee 7 fruit, as well as aperitif and table wine. There's no need to order them all. It's impolite to order too much and not finish it. A slightly standard restaurant welcomes guests who only order appetizers. Appetizers, main courses (fish or meat) and desserts are the most suitable combinations. Ordering is not an appetizer, but a favorite main course, and then a soup suitable for the main course.
5. napkins
After ordering, before the appetizer is served, open the napkin, fold in one third, and let two thirds lie flat on the leg to cover the leg above the knee. It's best not to stuff napkins into the neckline.
6, the use of tableware
British people and Americans have different eating habits. When eating meat and vegetables, the Englishman holds a fork in his left hand, with the tip of the fork facing down, and ties up the meat and sends it to his mouth. If it is cooked, they will put it on a fork and send it to their mouth with a knife. Americans cut meat in the same way, then put down the knife in their right hand, put on a fork, put the fork tip up and insert it under the meat. Don't use a knife, shovel up the meat and send it to their mouths to eat. When eating, scooping it up with the back of a fork does not violate table manners, but it does look unsightly. When eating rice and other dishes, you can naturally turn the fork to the front and scoop it up, because the concave part of the fork is designed for this purpose. At this time, you can also use a knife to assist the dining action. When scooping the dishes on the plate, use a knife to prevent the dishes from scattering outside the plate, so as to scoop the dishes on the plate clean. If there are dishes with sauce, you can also scrape the sauce with a knife, and then send the dishes and information together with a spoon or a spoonful of sauce. It's a mistake to fork it up and then pour the sauce on it with a spoon, because in this way, when the food is delivered to your mouth, the sauce will drip everywhere and make a mess. When scooping vegetables with a fork, hold the fork in your left hand, put the food in the fork belly on the front of the fork and send it to your mouth. If you don't need a knife, you can eat with a fork in your right hand in a relaxed occasion with friends. Rice should be scooped with a fork belly instead of a fork back, which makes it easier to eat and more elegant and natural. When the flour and rice in the dish gathers, it can be blocked with a knife and then scooped up with a fork. You can also use a spoon instead of a knife. Gather the dishes on the spoon with a fork, and then send the food into the mouth with a spoon. The use of a spoon for sauce is the same as that of a general spoon. You should use a fork to push the dish onto the sauce spoon, instead of fork the dish and pour the sauce with the sauce spoon, because the latter is against etiquette.
7. dessert and fruit after dinner
Ice cream is usually eaten with a small spoon. Use forks and spoons when eating cakes or pies or as part of a meal.
Eating fruit pies usually requires a fork. But if the host provides you with a fork and dessert spoon, fix the pie with a fork and dig it with a spoon. You need to eat the pie with a fork unless there is ice cream on the pie, in which case, both the fork and the spoon should be used. If you eat cream pie, you'd better use a fork instead of your hands. To prevent the filler from leaking from the other end.
Cook pears with a spoon and fork. Fix the pear vertically with a fork, and dig it into small pieces with a spoon. Forks can also be used to rotate the cooked pears, so that the digger can eat the pears. If there is only one spoon, turn the plate by hand, leave the pear core in the plate and scoop out the sugar juice with a spoon.
Fruit sorbet can be eaten with a fork if it is meat, and with a spoon if it is dessert.
Stewed fruit You need a spoon to eat stewed fruit, but you can use a fork to stabilize large pieces of fruit. Spit the nuts of cherries, prunes and preserved plums in a spoon and put them on the edge of the plate.
8. Drinking etiquette
Alcohol service is generally that the waiter is responsible for pouring a small amount into the sprinkling cup, so that the guests can identify whether the quality is wrong, just as a form, take a sip and answer well. Then, the waiter will come and pour the wine. Don't start taking the cup at this time, but put it on the table for the waiter to pour. The correct posture is to hold the foot of the cup with your fingers. In order to prevent the temperature of the hand from increasing the temperature of the wine. Hold the foot of the cup with your thumb, middle finger and forefinger, and put the little finger on the bottom of the cup to fix it. When drinking, you should never inhale and drink at the same time, but tilt the glass, just like putting wine on your tongue. Shake the glass gently and let the wine come into contact with the air to enhance the mellow taste of the wine, but don't shake the glass violently. In addition, it's impolite to drink in one breath, look at people through a cup when drinking, drink with a cup, drink while eating, and print lipstick on the edge of the cup. Don't wipe the lipstick mark on the rim of the cup with your fingers. You'd better wipe it with a paper towel.
Matters needing attention in using knives and forks in western food etiquette
If you want to put down your knife and fork when eating, you should put them on both sides of the plate with their heads inward.
If you have finished eating (even if there is food left on the plate), you should put the knife and fork on the plate parallel and obliquely, with the fork teeth facing down. The fork is close to you, and the knife is far away.
When pushing food with a fork, you should use bread instead of a knife.
Don't hold the knife all the time, and don't lift it. After cutting the food, put down the knife and put it on the parallel right side of the plate, then eat it with a fork.
Note that if you don't know how to use a knife and fork correctly, just watch what others do and follow suit.
When there are many knives and forks on the table, the rule of use is to use the outermost knife and fork every time.
When using a knife, the blade should be facing down and the index finger should be pressed on the ridge to cut.
Choose a wine glass
If you have four cups in front of you, don't just pick up one and use it. Know the difference.
The mug is used to hold water, so people don't need it to drink water. Therefore, you can't raise this big glass when drinking.
The medium cup is used to hold red wine. Small glasses are used to hold white wine. The slender cup is used to hold champagne.
Edible bread
Put the bread on the small plate on your left. When eating bread, instead of cutting bread with a knife, you tear off a piece of bread with your hand and put it in your mouth. Therefore, people don't have to bite bread directly with their mouths, unless it is a sandwich.
If you want to butter the bread, you should tear it off piece by piece by hand, and then spread it on piece by piece. Don't fill the whole bread at once. Of course, when you have breakfast, you can spread butter and jam on a half-length baguette. But not at dinner.
Drinking, drinking, drinking precautions.
When drinking from a cup, you should first swallow the chew in your mouth, then put the knife and fork in a figure of eight or cross into the plate, and then wipe your lips with a napkin. Then drink, water, etc.
When drinking, drink water and so on. China people are used to drinking glasses. In the west, this is exactly what should be avoided. The most civilized way in the west is to keep your head straight and take a sip. At the end of the drink, there will always be a little wine left in the cup.
When drinking drinks, soup, wine, water, etc. Don't suck out the sound with your lips, but drink it gently bit by bit.
When toasting, it is always initiated by the host or the person with the highest status and status.
Hold the cup with one hand, and don't tilt your little finger or other fingers when holding the cup.
Other preventive measures
Except for tearing bread by hand, all other foods are eaten with knives, forks and spoons.
Lettuce is not cut with a knife, but only with the edge of a fork.
It's best not to leave leftover food on the plate. Of course not? Hey? Very clean.
When using a napkin, you should lay it flat on your knees. Just leave a pile on the table after dinner. You can't fold it completely, or knead it into a ball and throw it on the table.
If you want to spit out the hard core, fishbone, etc. In your mouth, don't spit directly on your hands, but put a fork on the edge of the plate.
When eating, pick up the food with a fork and put it in your mouth instead of lowering your head and approaching the food with your mouth.
Toothpicks are rarely used on western food tables, so it's best not to use them.
In case you knock over the glass, don't make a fuss, just say sorry. You'd better apologize after dinner.