What should I pay attention to when eating western food?

Lesson 1 the trick of making an appointment

The more upscale the hotel, the more you need to make an appointment in advance. When making an appointment, you should indicate not only the number and time, but also whether you want a smoking area or a seat with a good view. If it is a birthday or other special day, you can tell the purpose and budget of the banquet. It is basic courtesy to arrive within the scheduled time.

Lesson 2 Dress appropriately

No matter how expensive casual clothes are, you can't just wear them to the restaurant. In Europe and America, it is common sense to dress appropriately when eating. To go to high-end restaurants, men should wear neat tops and leather shoes; A lady should wear a suit and shoes with heels. If formal clothes are required, men must wear ties.

Lesson 3 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.

Lesson 4 food order

The formal order of providing a full set of western food is:

1, appetizer and soup

2. Fish

Step 3: fruit

4. Meat

5. Cheese

6. Dessert and coffee

7. There are also 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 doesn't start with appetizers. Generally, you choose the main course you want to eat most, and then match it with the soup suitable for the main course.

Lesson 5 order wine

Don't pretend to be an expert when ordering wine In high-end restaurants, bartenders who are good at tasting will bring wine lists. For those who don't know much about wine, it's best to tell him the dishes he chooses, the budget and the taste of his favorite wine, and let the bartender help him choose. Napkins can be opened before meals. 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.

Lesson 6 Holding a Cup

Gently hold the foot of the cup with three fingers. Wine service is usually the waiter who is responsible for pouring a small amount of wine into the cup, so that guests can tell whether there is a problem with the quality. Think of it as a formality. Just take a sip and sign it back. 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 of holding a cup is to gently 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.

Lesson 7 drinking methods

When drinking, never inhale, but tilt the glass, just like putting the 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 is impolite to drink it in one breath and look at people through the glass while drinking. Don't wipe the lipstick mark on the rim of the cup with your fingers. You'd better wipe it with a paper towel.

Lesson 8 How to Eat Bread

Tear it into small pieces with your hands first, and then eat it with your left hand. When eating hard bread, tearing it by hand is not only laborious, but also the crumbs will fall all over the floor. At this time, you can cut it in half with a knife and then tear it into pieces by hand. To avoid cutting bread like a saw, you should insert the knife into the other half first. When cutting, you can fix the bread by hand to avoid making noise.

Lesson 9 How to use a knife and fork

The basic principle is to hold a knife or spoon in your right hand and a fork in your left. If there are more than two, you should take them from the outermost one in turn. The way to hold a knife and fork is to gently hold the tail end and press the index finger on the handle. The spoon can be held with a pen. If you feel inconvenient, you can change your right hand to hold the fork, but it is impolite to change it frequently. When eating big vegetables, you can fold and cut them with a knife and fork. Soft food can be put on a fork and arranged with a knife.

Lesson 10 Cutter and Cutter Arrangement in Static State

If you want to put down your knife and fork and have a rest in the middle of eating, you should put the knife and fork in the center of the plate in a figure of eight. If the knife and fork stick out of the plate, it is neither safe nor beautiful. It's impolite to wave a knife and fork when talking. Put the knife and fork at four o'clock after eating. The way to hold a spoon. Hold the handle end of the spoon with your right hand, put your index finger on it, press the handle of the spoon, and support your thumb and middle finger at the bottom. Some friends put the thumb of the spoon on it, hold down the handle of the spoon, and hold the index finger and middle finger under it, which is not correct.

Lesson 1 1 Basic etiquette during dining

1. Eat soup and chew quietly.

Don't burp loudly in public.

Don't bump the cups and plates. Don't move the plates, and don't exchange meals with your companions.

4. Place the knife and fork gently, don't scratch.

Don't wave your knife and fork when you are talking, and don't point your knife and fork at people.

6. Don't bend down to eat. This is really pitiful and embarrassing.

7. Cut the food only in one bite and put it in your mouth, not just in half.

8. Don't look at the brand name at the bottom of the tray.

9. Every time you serve food, start with the outermost knife and fork.

10. Use the cup placed in the front right, and don't take other people's cups.

Lesson 12 How to put the tableware on the high table?

Chinese tableware has only one pair of chopsticks, while western tableware is a whole row of dazzling array. Please relax. Although there are many dishes, in fact, only four dishes, appetizers, soup, fish and meat, are prepared, but all the dishes are set out together.

Lesson 13 How to Use Western Tableware

1. Knife and fork arrangement: the knives and forks are close together, and the blades are inward.

The arrangement of knives and forks is a signal to tell the waiter when to take the food away. If the knife and fork are placed on both sides of the plate, it means that you are still eating. On the contrary, when the knife and fork are placed in parallel, it means that you have finished eating. To put it another way, when eating in a popular restaurant, only a fork is used from beginning to end, and the plate is taken away, and the used knife and fork will remain on the table to continue eating the next dish. At this time, don't put the knife and fork directly on the table, but put the knife edge between the tines with the knife edge facing down.

Swing at rest

Using the double time pendulum method

There is only one set of tableware arrangement

When you finish eating, you can put the knife and fork together on the plate and keep the blade inward, which will not only make your desktop more tidy, but also facilitate the waiter to clean up the tableware.

2, public tableware: hands, more elegant.

When you eat in a restaurant, you will encounter some dishes or foods that are not cooked for one person, such as paella or big salad. For many people, this dish will be accompanied by a fork and a mother key.

In fact, it is indecent to use only one hand to operate the spoon and fork when picking vegetables. That's the skill of professional waiters, and ordinary people don't need to know it. On the contrary, it is more elegant to use both hands: the right spoon is at the bottom and the left fork is at the top. Put the food on the spoon, press it back with a fork and put it on your plate.

The right spoon and the left fork help each other.

When eating: the spoon and fork face the lower cover, and the spoon covers the fork.

After use: the spoon and fork are facing up, and the spoon is below.

Every time you finish taking it, remember to gather the food in the middle of the plate and point the handle of the fork and spoon at your partner, which will not only keep the plate beautiful, but also facilitate others to take it.

How to eat food without tableware

Salty snacks can be taken directly by hand, and some foods can be eaten by hand without tableware, which is called hand-grasping food. Usually, such food is served before wine and dinner. The function of grasping food by hand is to protect gastric mucosa by filling the stomach before drinking aperitif. In addition, people's blood sugar will drop when they are on an empty stomach, and eating something will calm their mood. A common salty snack is Canapé, which is a thin piece of bread or biscuit with ham and smoked fish on it. Usually three pieces. Just eat it in your hand. Eat it all at once, don't just bite half, it's unsightly.

Grab the edge of the snack with one hand and two fingers. Bread must be buttered with a knife. Bread is basically peeled off by hand and then buttered. Grape bread and German brown bread are easily broken by peeling with hands. At this time, cut a piece of bread in half with a knife, and after all the bread is buttered, stutter directly by hand.

Peel the bread with both hands.

Rub cream on the knife.

Should I eat pizza with a knife and fork?

Pizza, like eating steamed buns, has no clear rules and can be played freely. But pizza is sticky, soft and unpalatable. How to eat without carelessness?

Napoli pizza has a thick edge and a thin middle, so it is inconvenient to eat it directly by hand. You can cut off the triangular tip of the first half with a knife and eat it with a fork in a soft place. The rest of the hard place is easier to take and can be eaten directly by hand. American pizza is the most common thick-skinned pizza in Taiwan Province Province, and it is convenient to eat it directly by hand. Most pizzas use mozzarella cheese, which sticks to the cake and is difficult to break. Knife and fork are also used to help clear the entanglement.

Hold it with a handle or fork.

Lesson 14 napkin etiquette-expressing personal cultural accomplishment

1, the correct use of napkins

Napkins are very important when eating, not only the first thing you will encounter when you sit down, but also the last thing you leave. Therefore, you can see your cultural accomplishment at the dinner table from the use of napkins. Please remember:

Napkin is a dirty thing, don't be reluctant to use it.

The correct usage of napkin is to spread it on your leg and fold it forward by one third to one half.

When wiping your mouth with a napkin, just pick up a corner of the napkin with one hand and gently press the corner of your mouth.

Press your lips with a napkin before drinking to prevent oil stains and lipstick from leaving marks on the glass.

When you accidentally eat small bones, cover them with napkins and take them out.

When you can't help coughing or sneezing, put your face aside and cover it with a napkin.

In the restaurant, except for wiping your face and sweat, everyone else should use napkins.

Napkins can't be hung on your chest like a bag.

2. Placement of napkins when leaving the table

When you leave after dinner, wait for the host or lady to put the napkin on the table, and then put the napkin on the table. In addition, napkins are used to wipe dirty things, so when others are still enjoying food, they should not put stained napkins on the table.

Finally, napkins don't have to be folded neatly when you leave the table. The correct way is to put it on the left side of the coffee cup. If you just leave your seat temporarily, you can put your napkin on the seat and don't fold it neatly, which means you just leave temporarily, and then you will return to your seat.

Never fold the used napkins neatly.

Finally, there is another mistake that many people will make, that is, please don't fold the used napkins neatly when you leave after dinner. Just fold the napkin slightly into a quarter size and put it on the left side of the table, or just pick out the napkin on your knee from the middle and put it on the table. It is ironic to fold the used napkins neatly, which means that you are not satisfied with this restaurant and will not come again, so you must pay special attention after eating.