Fourteen Etiquette For Eating Western Food Elegantly

1. When seated, the body should be upright, and the elbows should not be placed on the table. Don't fiddle with the tableware set on the table. Fold the napkin on your lap gently.

2. When you use knife and fork to eat, take knife and fork from outside to inside, keep your fork in your left hand, hold a knife in your right hand, cut the fork in your left hand and hold the food in your left hand, cut it into small pieces with your right hand, and then send it to the entrance with a fork. When using the knife, the blade must not go outward. When you put down your knife and fork, you should put it in a "eight" shape and put it on the side of the plate. The blade is pointing towards itself, indicating that it should continue to eat. After every dish, put the knife and fork together in the tray. If it's a conversation, you can hold a knife and fork without putting it down. When you use a knife, you can use your right hand to hold a fork. But if you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork. Do not wave or shake hands with your knife and fork in the air. Do not use a knife or fork in one hand. Wipe the mouth with a napkin in the other, nor take a cup in one hand. If you want to remember at any time, do not put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table.

3, the food should not be too much in each entrance, so don't talk when chewing, and you can't take the initiative with others. Conversation 。

4. To eat soup Don't SIP when you eat. You must shut up and chew when you eat. Don't lip or smack your mouth. If the soup is overheated, please wait until it is slightly cooler. Don't blow it with your mouth. When the soup is served, scoop out the spoon from the inside with a spoon. When the soup in the soup pan is finished, use the left hand to slightly raise the outer side of the soup pan and scoop it out with a spoon. When the soup is finished, put the spoon in the soup pan (bowl), and the spoon point to yourself.

5. When eating spines or bone dishes such as fish and meat, do not spit directly. Use a napkin to cover your mouth and gently spit on the fork. If there is a small amount of dishes left in the tray, do not use the fork to scrape the bottom of the dish, not to eat with fingers. You should eat with a small piece of bread or fork. When eating noodles, use the fork to roll up the noodles first and then send them to the entrance.

6, bread is usually broken into small pieces, not to be eaten with whole pieces of bread. Butter and jam should also be broken into small pieces before rubbed.

7. When eating chicken, people in Europe and America mostly take chicken breast for meat. When you eat chicken drumsticks, you should first remove the bones and do not eat them with your hands. When eating fish, do not turn the fish over. After eating the upper layer, remove the fish bone with the knife and fork, then eat the lower layer to eat the meat, cut one piece and eat one piece. The lump can not be cut too big, or the meat is cut into lump at a time.

8, not at the table. Makeup Wipe your nose with a napkin. Hiccup is the biggest taboo. If this happens, apologize to the people around you immediately. Don't stand up when you are feeding. The food you can't get in your seat should be sent to others.

9, you must not gulp down your meals. You should put your food on the plate to show your courtesy. Sometimes the host encourages guests to add vegetables. If the appetite is not too rude, the host may be proud of it.

10, do not drop out during meals. If you really need to leave, you should whisper to the left and right guests. If you don't drink, you should put your cup on your lips to show your respect. When others pour wine for you, if you don't, simply say "no, thank you!" or simply put a cup on your hand to express your refusal.

11. Do not smoke until the end of the meal, until coffee is over. If you have a female guest around you, you should ask politely, "do you mind?"

12, talk with the guests while eating, but avoid loud laughter. Don't just talk to a few acquaintances. If you don't know, you can introduce yourself. No one can talk with others.

13. When you drink coffee, if you want to add milk or sugar, add a small spoon and stir it evenly, then put the spoon on the coffee pad. When you drink, you should take a cup in your right hand, drink it on the left hand side, and drink it directly with your mouth. Don't ladle it with a spoonful spoonful of spoon. Eat fruit, do not take the fruit to bite the whole, should first use fruit knife cut into four or main flap with a knife to remove the skin, nuclear, fork fork to eat.

14, during the meal, do not untie buttons or strip in public. If the host asks the guest to wear a coat, the man can take off his coat and put it on the back of his chair. Do not put his coat or articles on the table.