What Are The Rules Of Western Meal?

The etiquette of dining in the west is natural and practical, not polite and courtesy, but there are many rules in dining.

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The use of knives and forks is divided into two types: American style and European style.

The American way is to cut the meat, put the knife on the plate, change the fork from the left hand to the right hand, then fork up the cut meat. The European rule always holds the fork for the left hand and the knife in the right.

You can use knives to put food on your fork.

The knives and forks placed on the table have a certain sequence, usually in the majority of three sets of knives and forks.

Use a fork in the cold dish, eat fish with a silver knife and fork, eat meat with a steel knife fork, eat lettuce fork, pudding or dessert with fork or spoon, fruit with knife and fork.

If you don't finish eating, please place your knife and fork on both sides of the plate. The method is to place the fork on the left side face down. The knife forms a corner on the right side and the fork. After the meal is finished, the knife and fork should be placed on the right side or the middle of the dish, so as to indicate the waiter to take it away.

When the knife is put down, the blade should be inward.

Napkins and "wash bowls" Westerners eat, the first thing is to open napkins on their knees.

The small napkin should be fully opened. The big napkin is only half opened, folded in half, and folded to itself.

Napkins are used to wipe your mouth and hands. Do not use your face or nose.

During the meal, napkins should always be placed on the legs. If left for a while, the napkins should be folded up, placed on the table or on the side of the plate, indicating that they will be returned. If placed on the left side of the table, it means "gone forever".

Before you leave, you should naturally fold the napkin on the left side of the table, but you don't have to fold it too neatly. It's not polite.

"Wash bowls" usually have to be served before hand dishes or desserts. There are warm water in the bowl and some ornaments with small flowers. When you use them, you can wash your fingers in the water and dry them with napkins.

The order of serving Western food is appetizers soup - fish or meat - vegetable salad or cheese - sweet or fruit - coffee or tea.

Western-style dishes are usually served by the waiter or the host to each table at the table for guests to use, and after one person has been taken away, it is passed to the next person.

It is not too much to pick up vegetables.

Bread and other foods are served in large dishes, and can be eaten according to needs, and can be eaten at any time during the meal.

In Europe, when the first course is served, it can be eaten. In the United States, people wait for the last person to have a good meal before they start eating.

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Western-style food should be well behaved and graceful. Attention should be paid to the following things: sitting upright at table, not eating on the table or eating the dishes, not taking off the coat, taking off the tie or sleeving at the table, unblocking the food, refusing to speak while having food in the mouth, not eating from others, not using the knife and fork to get the food in the tray, avoiding rubbing and blowing the nose in the public, and covering the mouth with hands or napkins.