16 Etiquette For Western Etiquette

1, appointment tips.

The more high-grade hotels, the more advance reservations required.

When making an appointment, you should not only clarify the number and time, but also indicate whether smoking areas or seats with good view.

If it is a birthday or other special day, you can tell the purpose and budget of the banquet.

Arrive within the scheduled time, yes.

2, no more expensive casual wear and no casual dining room.

3. When eating

4. The seat on the left side of the chair is seated. The most appropriate way to take a seat is from the left side.

When the chair is pulled open, the body stands upright almost at the distance of the table. The usher will push the chair forward, and when the leg meets the chair behind it, it can sit down.

5, when eating, the upper arm and back should rely on the back of the chair, and the abdomen and the table should keep the distance between one fist.

6, the official order is: 1. Vegetables and soup, cod liver oil, fruit, meat, cheese, dessert and coffee, fruit, wine and wine.

It is not necessary to point at all, too much, but not to eat, but to be rude.

Restaurants in a modest restaurant do not welcome people who order only the first dishes.

The most suitable combination is the former dish, the main course (fish or meat) and the dessert.

Ordering is not started from the previous dishes, but first choose the most desired main course, and the soup that is suitable for the main course.

7, do not dress hard when ordering wine.

In a fancy restaurant, a wine tasting bartender will bring wine list. For those who do not know much about wine, it is best to tell him his choice of dishes, budget and favorite liquor taste. Please ask the bartender for help.

8, if the main course should be accompanied by red wine, fish should be served with white wine.

Before serving, you may wish to have a lighter wine such as champagne, sherry or Gil.

9, napkins can be opened before meals.

After finishing the meal, open the napkin before the meal is served, fold it 1/3, and put the 2/3 on the leg, covering the legs above the knees.

It's best not to put napkins into the neckline.

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10, hold your feet lightly with three fingers.

The wine service is usually served by the waiter to pour a small amount of wine into the glass so that the guest can tell if the quality is wrong.

Just take it as a form, take a sip and sign Good back.

Next, the waiter will pour the wine. Then, don't start to grab the glass. Instead, put the glass on the table.

The correct way to hold a cup is to hold your foot lightly with your fingers.

In order to avoid the temperature of the hand increasing the temperature of the wine, apply the thumb, middle finger and forefinger to the bottom of the cup, and place the little finger on the bottom of the cup.

11, the way to drink.

When you drink, you must not drink and drink, but tilt your glass, like drinking wine on your tongue.

Gently shake the wine glass to make the wine contact with the air to increase the mellow smell of wine, but not to shake the glass violently.

In addition, it is impolite to drink and drink to see people through a glass.

Do not rub the lipstick on the edge of the cup with your fingers, wipe it well with the tissue.

12, soup can not be sucked to drink.

First use the spoon from the bottom to place the bottom of Tang Yaoqi and spoon in the lower lip to send the soup to the entrance.

The spoon is better than the mouth at a 45 degree angle.

Half of the body is slightly forward.

If you don't have much soup in the bowl, you can raise the bowl slightly with your fingers.

If the soup is held in a bowl with a holding ring, hold it directly and drink it up.

13, the way to eat bread.

First use two hands to tore into small pieces, and then use the left hand to eat the principle.

When you eat hard bread, it's not only hard to use your hands to tear, but also the bread crumbs will fall off. Then you can cut them in half with a knife and eat them with your hands.

To avoid cutting bread like saws, you should first stab the knife into the other half.

When you cut it, you can use your hands to fix the bread so as not to make any noise.

14, the way to eat fish.

The fish is extremely tender and fragile, so the restaurant often does not have a knife to prepare a special spoon.

This spoon is slightly larger than the usual soup. It can not only divide the dishes, but also scoop up the sauce.

If you want to eat other mixed vegetables, you should use fork.

First, use a knife to pierce a straight line near the gill of the fish. Do not pierce the tip of the knife and cut it in half.

After picking up the upper part of the fish, starting from the beginning, the knife and fork are underneath the bone, and the fish bone is cut off, and the needles are removed and moved to the corner of the dish.

Finally, cut off the fish tail.

From left to right side, side cut to eat.

15, how to use knife and fork.

The basic principle is to hold a knife or spoon in the right hand and fork in the left hand.

If there are more than two, it should be taken from the outermost ones in turn.

The knife and fork hold the tail lightly, and the index finger is placed on the handle.

The spoon is handled by holding the pen.

If you feel inconvenient, you can change your right hand to get your fork, but changing frequently is rude.

When you eat larger vegetables, you can fold and split them with knives and forks.

Soft food can be placed on the surface of the fork and knives.

16, a little rest, knife and fork swing.

If half of you want to lay down your knife and fork for a rest, you should put the knife and fork in the center of the plate with eight shapes.

If the knife and fork stand out to the plate, it will be unsafe and unattractive.

It's impolite to speak and wave knife and fork.

After meals, set the knives and forks in a four o'clock direction.