How do foreigners use knives and forks during meals?

The etiquette of the Western table has been developed over time. Some of the old rules, for example, the elbow can not rest on the table from the beginning to the end of the meal, etc., are no longer adhered to; however, there are many "clean rules" are still being followed by the people. We can list some of the taboos can not be violated: ordinary Western food into the order, usually bread, soup, all kinds of dishes, pudding, coffee or tea. According to the formal rules, when the guests should be seated by the left side of the chair, leaving the table should also be the left side of the chair to exit the seat, it should wait until the host to spread the napkin after the napkin can be placed on the table laid on their knees. The same applies when putting it away, the host should be the first, otherwise it would be rude. For formal occasions, the napkin is folded into two layers and placed on the thighs, not completely spread out, and not tucked into the waistband, but for ordinary meals, there is no need to be so formal, and there is no harm in spreading it out if you want to. Sometimes you have to leave the table in the middle of the meal, do not leave the napkin on the table, because it means that if you do not eat again, the waiter will not serve you any more food, so you should put the napkin on the chair when you leave. At the end of the meal, the napkin should be folded or unfolded and left on the table, but thrown away. If you find something dirty in your glass of water or in your dish, don't yell to get the attention of the people at your table, but quietly tell the waiter to take it away and bring it back. The same applies to changing plates and cutlery. Drinking a drink, first wipe your lips with a napkin, and then drink the drink in the cup, in order to avoid rabbit dish crumbs on the face or thrown into the glass. If you have a paper napkin, it's best not to wipe your mouth with it, and don't push used plates aside or stack them on top of each other. It is best not to move the position of any plates. Bread crumbs dropped on the tablecloth can be ignored. If you accidentally drop a bit of rice you can carefully pick it up on your plate with a napkin when the waiter removes the plate. Taste of Western culture, it is recommended that you have time to Chongwenmen Maxim's restaurant to take a look, where in accordance with the end of the 19th century, unique French Romantic style layout of the Western restaurant, decorated with gorgeous and elegant, music pool in the small orchestra playing classical masterpieces, the waiter is wearing a tuxedo of young men. This is the tradition of Marksim restaurant, which allows customers to first full of eyes (restaurant layout), and then full of ears (soft music), and then full of mouth (delicious French cuisine). Research scholars of Western cuisine, after a long period of discussion and generalization that eating Western food is most concerned about the six "M". The first is "Menu" (menu) When you walk into a Western restaurant, the waiter will lead you to your seat, and when you sit down, the first to send up is the menu. Menu is regarded as the face of the restaurant, the owner has always attached importance to the use of the best fabrics to do the menu cover, and some even use soft sheepskin with a variety of beautiful patterns. It is not appropriate to call it a menu here, but rather a "recipe". How to order good food, I can have a trick, I eat at home and abroad in Western restaurants, often point of the dishes and delicious, cheap, often by colleagues, my approach is to open the menu, see which dish is named after the name of the restaurant, I tend to take, I know that the chef will not take the name of their own store to joke about it, so they make an effort to make the dishes, will certainly be delicious, please be sure to point. Involved in ordering, look at the menu can not help but remind me of nearly 20 years ago in Maxim's restaurant, a thing that happened, four young "millionaire" farmers into this luxury restaurant. They had money and wanted to taste the famous French cuisine. The restaurant manager and waiters were overjoyed and warmly welcomed them to their seats, and politely presented the menu and respectfully asked them to order. Who would have guessed that one of them pushed the menu to one side and said disdainfully, "What do you want to order? You look to come, what is expensive on what, we have plenty of money!" Four farmers spent nearly 2,000 yuan, the beauty of eating a meal of French cuisine, but also from time to time out of the "foreign appearance", knife and fork do not know how to make, napkin finally used as a handkerchief ...... Later, the general manager of the French side of the general manager talked to me about this matter, very touching: "From these four young people, see the Chinese farmers really rich, exciting. But Chinese friends eat Western food without looking at the menu, making it difficult for us to understand. In France, that is, de Gaulle, President Destin eat western food also have to look at the menu to order. Here does not involve the problem of money, because reading the menu, ordering has become an indispensable program to eat Western food, is a way of life." The second is "Music" (music) luxury high-class Western restaurant, there should be a band, playing some soft music, general small Western restaurant also play some beautiful music. However, the most important thing to pay attention to here is the music of the "audibility", that is, the sound to achieve "seem to hear and can not be heard to the extent that", that is to say, to concentrate on talking to friends and friends can not be heard to rest and relax a little bit on the hear, this fire should be mastered well. The third is "Mood" (atmosphere) Western food pay attention to the elegant environment, the atmosphere is harmonious. There must be music accompanied by white tablecloths, flowers, all tableware must be clean. In case of dinner, the lights should be dimmed and there should be red candles on the table to create a romantic, charming and elegant atmosphere. The fourth is "Meeting" (meeting) That is to say, and with whom to eat Western-style food, which should be selective, it must be friends and relatives, people with similar interests. Eat western food is mainly for contact feelings, rarely talk about business on the western food table. So in the western restaurant, there are few red-faced scenes appear. The fifth is "Manner" (etiquette), also known as "eating phase" and "eating attitude", in short, to follow Western customs, do not have a sudden move, especially in the hands of the knife and fork, if the If you are holding a knife and fork in your hand, you will be "out of order" if you dance around. The use of knife and fork, should be the right hand holding a knife, left hand holding a fork, the food cut into small pieces, and then sent to the mouth with a knife and fork. Generally speaking, Europeans do not change hands when using a knife and fork, and always use the left hand to hold the fork to bring the food into the mouth. Americans, on the other hand, put the knife down after cutting and bring the food into the mouth with the fork in the right hand. But no matter when, the knife is never send things into the mouth. Western banquet, the host will arrange men and women sitting next to each other, pay attention to the "ladies first" of the Western gentleman, will show to the lady's attentiveness. The sixth is "Meal" (food) An American gourmet friend of mine once said: "The Japanese eat with their eyes, the form of cuisine is very beautiful, eat our Western food, is to use the nose, so we have a big nose; only you great Chinese know how to eat with the tongue. Only you great Chinese know how to eat with your tongue." Our Chinese food to "taste" as the core, Western food is to nutrition as the core, as for the flavor that is not comparable to Chinese food. Eating Western food is to a large extent in eating mood: marble fireplace, glittering crystal lamps, silver candlesticks, colorful wines, coupled with people's elegant and charming demeanor, which in itself is a moving painting. In order to taste the first taste of Western-style more skillful manner, take some effort to familiarize yourself with these dining etiquette, or worth it. 1, when seated, the body should be upright, elbows do not put on the table, not stilted feet, and the distance from the table in order to facilitate the use of cutlery for the best. Do not fiddle with the tableware that has been set on the dining table. Fold the napkin in half and place it gently on your lap. 2. When eating with a knife and fork, take the knife and fork from the outside to the inside, holding the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand; cut the food with the fork in the left hand, hold the knife in the right hand and cut it into small pieces, then send it into the mouth with the fork. When using a knife, the blade must not be turned outwards. When you put down your knife and fork during a meal, they should be placed in the shape of a "figure of eight" on the side of the plate. The blade of the knife should be facing away from you to indicate that you want to continue eating. After each dish, place the knife and fork together on the plate. If you are having a conversation, you can hold the knife and fork without putting them down. When you are not using a knife, you may hold the fork in your right hand, but if you need to make a gesture, you should put down the knife and fork, and never wave the knife and fork in the air, nor hold the knife or fork in one hand while wiping your mouth with a napkin in the other, or hold a wine glass in one hand while picking up the food with the fork in the other. Remember, at no time should one end of the knife or fork be placed on the plate and the other on the table. 3. Do not send too much food into your mouth at a time. Do not talk while chewing, and do not initiate conversation. 4、Don't slurp when drinking soup, and shut up and chew when eating. Do not smack your lips to make noise. If the soup and vegetables are too hot, you can wait until a little cool before eating, do not blow with your mouth. When drinking soup, use a spoon to scoop from the inside out, when the soup in the soup plate is almost finished, use your left hand to slightly cock the outside of the soup plate, and use the spoon to scoop the net. When you are finished with the soup, leave the spoon in the soup plate (bowl) with the handle pointing towards you. 5. When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, do not spit directly out of the mouth, but use a napkin to cover your mouth and gently spit on the fork into the plate. If there is a small amount of food left on the plate, don't scrape the bottom of the plate with a fork, and don't use your fingers to help you eat it; instead, use a small piece of bread or a fork to help you eat it. When eating noodles, use a fork to roll up the noodles first and then put them in your mouth. 6. Bread should be broken into small pieces and put into the mouth, do not take the whole piece of bread to bite. Butter and jam should be smeared when the bread is broken into small pieces before smearing. 7, eat chicken, Europe and the United States to chicken breast meat is expensive. When you eat chicken legs, you should first remove the bones with force and not eat them with your hands. Eat fish, do not turn the fish, to eat the upper layer with a knife and fork to pick off the fish bones and then eat the lower layer, eat meat, to cut a piece to eat a piece, the block can not be cut too big, or once the meat are cut into pieces. 8, not at the table make-up, wipe your nose with a napkin. Hiccups during meals is the biggest taboo, in case of such a situation, you should immediately apologize to the people around you. Do not stand up when taking food, sitting down to get the food should be asked to pass. 9. Don't gobble when eating. Do not want to eat the food should also want a little on the plate, to show politeness. The host advised guests to add food, such as appetite, add food is not rude, on the contrary, the host may be proud. 10, not in the middle of the meal to leave the table. If something really need to leave should be whispered to the guests around the hello. Drinking a toast, even if you do not drink, you should touch the mouth of the cup on the lips to show respect. When someone pours a glass of wine for you, if you don't want it, you can simply say, "No, thank you." Or slightly cover the glass with your hand to show your thanks. 11, in the meal is not yet all over, do not smoke, until the coffee that the end of the meal can be. If there are female guests around, there should be a polite inquiry, "You do not mind! 12, the meal should talk with the guests around, but should avoid loud laughter. Don't just talk with a few acquaintances, the guests around if you don't know, you can choose to introduce yourself. Other people's speeches can not talk to interrupt. 13, when drinking coffee, if you want to add milk or sugar, add a small spoon to stir evenly, put the small spoon on the coffee mat plate. When drinking, you should hold the cup handle in your right hand, put the padded plate in your left hand, and drink directly from your mouth instead of scooping and drinking with a small spoon. When eating fruit, do not take the fruit as a whole to bite, you should first use a fruit knife to cut into 4 or 6 petals, and then use a knife to remove the skin and core, and use a fork to eat. 14, eating, do not unbutton or public undressing. If the host invited guests to broad clothes, male guests can take off the coat on the back of the chair, do not put the coat or carry items on the dining table. ======================= Knives and forks Western food, into Guangzhou has been more than a decade of time, from the year of the aristocratic food to the current civilian diet, today's Western food for us has long ceased to be unfamiliar. However, with the development of authentic western food in Guangzhou, compared with Chinese food, the complexity of western food etiquette is not only the difference between chopsticks and knives and forks, but also the experience of personal cultural tastes. It is often said that Western food is eaten in the mood, but for many people, the mood did not eat out, but a whole lot of problems. Especially in the senior steakhouse, in the face of the three or four sets of knives and forks, but also let a person at a loss. Now, in response to these questions, we have to the Courtyard by Marriott Tianlun Executive Chef Chen Yaohui master to teach the use of Western-style knives and table settings. It is said that the knife and fork from the outside to the inside in order to use (that is to say, beforehand, according to the order of use from the outside to the inside of the sequential placement). When eating, are generally left and right-handed to cooperate with each other, that is, a knife and a fork used in pairs (as shown in the picture of the left inside the fork and the right inside the knife is used in pairs). Some exceptions are for soup, where the spoon is simply placed on the right side - held in the right hand. In the average Western restaurant and cafeteria, the maximum number of knives and forks placed on the table is usually no more than three pairs. In a Western restaurant, you will be given three pairs of knives and forks, which come in different sizes and are sized differently according to the purpose for which they are to be used. When eating meat, use a large knife (the one on the right, as shown in the picture), whether or not you want to cut it with a knife. When eating salads, desserts or appetizers, you should use a smaller fork and spoon (as shown in the picture above), and when drinking soup, you should use a large spoon (as shown in the picture on the right). The knife on the left is a butter knife, which is designed for spreading bread, and should never be used to cut meat. However, in a professional high-class Western restaurant or steakhouse, for a three-course meal or more, it is necessary to place a new knife and fork after the knife and fork are used up with the food. Because there are special instructions, steak house used to cut steak knife and fork are special, the pursuit of the steak class a knife cut down that is completely separated from the feeling of the smooth. General restaurant napkin, will help you fold the napkin, with a plate pressure, but this is wrong. The correct way to do it is that the napkin should only be spread on your lap, you can't put it anywhere else. The napkin should be spread on the legs, usually folded into a long strip or folded into a triangle on the legs, to avoid the dishes and soup during the meal to make the skirt or pants dirty. In addition, the bottles and jars on the table are also very useful, they are very helpful for different tastes you. Generally, two bottles of something on the table are pepper and salt. In some restaurants, the pepper shaker contains a single pepper. Don't be afraid to turn the cap and grind the pepper, which makes it even more fun. Salt is usually mixed with rice to protect it from moisture and lumps. In the box for sugar, there are three types of sugar packets: white sugar packets, yellow sugar packets (for coffee), and low-fat, low-calorie sugar packets for women and diabetics. Note ①: butter knife, used for spreading bread Note ②: small fork and spoon, used for eating salads, sweets or some appetizers Note ③: large fork, knife and spoon, used for eating the main course