I would like to talk about Western food, and introduce to others how to order food.

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●●From appetizers to coffee, this is the most traditional form of set meal: appetizer→soup→fish dish→meat dish1(main course)→fruit ice→meat dish2→salad→dessert→fruit coffee. Aperitifs are served before the appetizers, and a small selection of snacks is also available.

●Simplified full-course meals: Today, full-course meals such as the above are becoming less common, except for wedding banquets, where there is usually only one meat dish. In a restaurant, you can eat according to the combination of dishes decided by the restaurant, or you can mix and match your favorite dishes according to your own preferences.

*Don't make a fool of yourself by using a knife and fork correctly

● Hold the fork in your left hand, cut with the knife in your right hand, and then use the fork to pick up the food and bring it to your mouth. If the food is finely chopped, scoop it up with the front of the fork. Of course, if you're having a casual dinner with friends and don't need a knife, you can use your right hand to hold the fork.

●The message conveyed by the placement of the knife and fork: In a figure-eight shape, the fork can be held with the front and back of the fork facing upward, while the degree side must be toward you. When the blade of the knife is pointed at another person, it is hostile. At the end of the meal, place the fork with the front side up and the knife with the blade side in, parallel to the fork, on the plate.

●Napkins are used to prevent your clothes from getting dirty during a meal. They are usually opened after ordering and folded in half and placed on your lap. Never leave your napkin hanging on the back of your chair or crumpled up on the table when you leave for a while or when you have finished eating.

●Correct posture and proper angles have a significant impact on your elegance. *Enjoy a variety of dishes in a relaxed manner

●How to eat appetizers: A little like cold cuts in Chinese food, appetizers such as caviar, smoked guinea fowl, raw ham, langoustine, oysters, or escargot can be served in a more casual manner.

●How to drink the soup: Don't make a sound when drinking the soup, and tilt the spoon slightly to make it easier to drink. If the soup is still hot, use the spoon to quietly stir it back and forth to reduce the temperature. When you're finished, put the spoon in the soup tray or on a plate.

●How to eat bread: Bread is usually served in unlimited quantities, so don't eat too much of it. In order not to eat too much bread, it is best to eat the bread after the appetizers and soup have been served. When eating bread, tear off a bite-sized portion with your hands before eating. Do not use a knife or fork to cut or fork the bread.

●How to eat meat: Meat should be cut from the left side, and sauces should be placed on the inside of the plate. Vegetables next to the steak are not just for decoration, but are added for nutritional balance, so eat them alternately with the meat. Do not cut all the meat into pieces at the beginning, otherwise all the delicious gravy will run out.

●How to eat fish dishes: Lemons are always served with fish dishes, so use a knife to press down on a round lemon so that the flavor of the lemon penetrates into the fish dish, or use a fork to gently pierce the flesh of a half-moon lemon, then squeeze the lemon gently with your right hand, and squeeze one or two drops onto the fish dish. The dressing should be placed on the outside of the plate, not directly on the dish. How to eat a lettuce salad: Salads range from simple greens to luxurious seafood or meat dishes, or salads with bananas. s salad, etc. A knife and fork must be used for formal occasions. If the salad is served in a large bowl or on a large platter, a fork and spoon should be used to pick it up from the platter. ......

●Coffee: Steam-pressurized espresso is the best way to drink coffee after a meal, and because espresso contains very little caffeine, it can be consumed without fear, even in the evening. Take a small sip to savor the aroma of the coffee, and then add the right amount of sugar and milk as you like. *Before and after meals

●Reservations should be made by phone before arriving at a restaurant.

●When you enter a restaurant, you can leave your coat and other large items in the checkroom, and your handbag and other belongings at the foot of your chair.

●For private dinners, ladies should be given priority in seating, while for business dinners, your boss or elders should be seated first. You must be seated from the left side of the table.

●Smoking is best done after the meal, when drinking coffee, or when you really want to smoke, please go elsewhere.

●Clothing is also essential. You should be neat and tidy, and keep make-up and decorations to a minimum.

*Dining taboos

Knives are used to cut up food, so don't bring them to your mouth; don't use a knife and a fork at the same time; and don't lick the sauce off the knife.

Tolerance: It's not a good idea to blow on the soup if it's too hot; don't hiss when you drink it. Don't make a hissing sound when drinking soup; don't put bread in the soup; don't lift the whole plate when drinking soup; licking the spoon is absolutely not Western etiquette.

After tearing the bread, if the left hand is still holding a larger piece of bread, you should not eat the bread held in the right hand; you should not pick up the bread without tearing it.

Once the basin has been brought up, do not drink the water, do not squeeze the lemons in the basin, and do not put both hands into the basin at the same time.

*Mistakes

●It will look uncultivated

Don't get so involved in a conversation that you forget to wave your knife and fork.

Do not rest your elbows on the table during a meal.

It's not a good idea to talk and laugh out loud in the presence of a person who is not in the room. It's rude to laugh and talk loudly in the presence of a person who is not a member of the family.

Don't look around and keep an eye on the other people at the table.

Don't talk loudly to people at other tables.

No picking your teeth with a toothpick in your seat at the end of the meal.

●It can cause other people to be upset

Ruffling your hair during a meal gives the impression that you are unclean.

Burping too loudly is very rude.

Eating without a word inevitably makes your companions think you're "not very happy" with the meal.

It is rude to make fun of others.

●Be aware of bad habits

Don't collect crumbs from the table or sweep them up.

Yawning is also impolite.

Don't exchange dishes with your companions without permission.

Don't talk when you have something in your mouth.

It is also impolite to apply makeup in your seat.

How to Eat Fruit

Apples, Pears - At a banquet, take an apple or pear in your hand and place it on your plate. You can peel them in a spiral. If it is difficult to do so, put the fruit on the plate, cut it in half, core it and cut it into pieces, then eat it with a fork or a fruit knife. If the occasion is more casual, you can eat it with your hands.

Avocados - Avocados in the shell need to be eaten with a spoon, or with a fork if sliced on a plate or tossed in a salad.

Bananas - If you are eating bananas at the table, peel them, cut them with a knife, and eat them with a fork. On informal occasions such as picnics, beaches, etc., peel the banana in half and eat it like a monkey.

Fresh figs - When fresh figs are eaten as an appetizer with five-spice ham, eat them with the skin on with a knife and fork. If there is a hard rod on top , cut it off with a knife (otherwise it will not be chewed). When eaten as a dessert after a meal, cut the figs in half, soak them in orange juice or cream, and then eat them with a knife and fork.

Grapefruit (oranges, tangerines) - To eat a grapefruit, cut it in half and scoop it out with a teaspoon or sharp grapefruit spoon. For informal occasions, grapefruit juice can be carefully squeezed into a teaspoon.

There are two ways to peel an orange, both using a sharp knife. Method 1: Spiral peeling. Method 2: Use the knife to cut away the skin at both ends, then vertically slice the skin off in one piece. After peeling, you can break off the flesh. If it is not too big, you can eat it in one bite. If it is too large, use a dessert knife or fork to cut it first and then eat it. If the orange is cut, you can also eat it with a grapefruit spoon or teaspoon as you would a grapefruit. Eat oranges by peeling them with your hands before eating them in slices. You may have to peel and remove the white covering membrane, especially if it's thick.

Grapes -- there's nothing to be said for grapes without seeds -- just eat them by the grain. If the grapes have seeds, chew the grapes in your mouth to absorb the flesh, then spit the seeds into your hand. To easily remove the skin, hold the stem of the grape to your mouth and squeeze the pulp into your mouth with your middle finger and forefinger. Finally, place the skin left in your hand on a plate.

Mangoes, papayas - For a whole mango, cut it in half lengthwise with a sharp fruit knife, then in quarters. Using a fork, place each piece on a plate, skin side up, and peel off the mango skin. You can also dig in with a spoon as you would with an avocado. If you cut a mango in half, scoop out the flesh and keep the skin. Eat papaya as you would avocados and small watermelons, cutting it in half, picking out the seeds, and then digging in with a spoon.

Peaches and plums - Cut peaches and plums in half, then in quarters, and remove the core with a knife. The skins can be peeled off, but it's good to leave the skins on and cut them into small pieces for eating with a sweet knife and fork.

Persimmons - there are two ways to eat persimmons: one is to cut them in half and scoop out the flesh with a spoon; the other is to place them upright on a plate with the stalks facing downwards, cut them into four pieces, and then slice them into appropriately sized pieces with the help of a knife and fork. Spit the kernels out into a spoon and place them to one side of your plate. Do not eat the skin as it is too bitter and astringent.

Pineapple (pulp) - It's easy to eat slices of pineapple with a knife and fork. Always use a knife and fork.

Strawberries - large strawberries can be eaten whole with the handle part, dipped in sugar (from your own plate). Then put the strawberry handles on your own plate. If the strawberries are tossed in cream, use a spoon, of course.

Watermelon - Cubed watermelon is usually eaten with a knife and fork, and any watermelon seeds that get in your mouth should be cleaned up promptly and spit out into your tightly concave hand , then placed on your own plate.

Berries and cherries - there are many ways to eat them, depending on the situation, but in general, berries should be eaten with a spoon, with or without cream; cherries should be eaten with the hands, and the pits spit out elegantly into the tightly concave hands, and then put on your plate.

How to eat bony food

Birds: cut off the wings and legs first, then eat the body parts with the help of a knife and fork. You can eat the wings and legs by holding them in your hands, but not the body parts. Chicken: eat the chicken half first. Separate the thighs and wings from the joints with a knife and fork. Then hold the thigh (breast or wing) steady with the fork and use the knife to cut the meat into bite-sized pieces. Cut only two or three slices at a time. If the occasion is so formal that you can't fit a knife and fork in, just leave it alone. If the occasion is informal, you can use your hands to pick up small pieces of bone, but you can use one hand.

Schnitzel: Insert a fork or sharp knife into the center of a beef, pork or lamb chop. If the chop has a paper sleeve, you can grab it with your hand to cut the meat from the bone without getting your hands greasy. Even if you have a paper sleeve, you cannot hold the bone in your hand and gnaw on it in a formal setting or when eating in a restaurant. These extras are basically for decoration and are not meant to be eaten out of hand. Also, in an informal setting, you should only pick up the bones and eat them if there is no soup on them.

Fish Cut off the head and tail with a knife and fork and place them on the side of the plate. Then run the tip of the knife along the bones and split the fish from head to tail. At this point, you have three choices: 1 、 Slide the bone out 2 、 Split the fish flat and remove the bone 3 、 Remove the top piece and eat it before boning If you get a small bone in your mouth, pinch it out with your thumb and forefinger; fish lovers will eat it with the head, and you'll be lucky to get a cheek of the fish.

How to arrange the knife and fork

Dining in a figure of eight, if you take a break in the middle of the meal, you can divide the knife and fork in the plate, the knife and fork tines into a "one" or "eight", the knife and fork toward you, that is, to continue to eat. or continue to eat. If it is a conversation, you can hold the knife and fork without putting it down, 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. It should be noted that at no time should one end of the knife or fork be placed on the plate and the other on the table. The knife and fork serve another very important function besides cutting up ingredients and bringing them to the mouth. The way the knife and fork are placed conveys the message that the meal is "in progress" or "finished". The waiter uses this to judge how the customer is eating and whether to pack up the utensils for the next service, so I hope that Jaeger Leap will memorize the correct way of placing the cutlery. Especially note that the side of the knife blade must face you. There are two ways to set up the table at the end of the meal: at the end of the meal, the bottom of the fork can be turned upwards, and the side of the knife can be turned inwards and brought together with the fork, so that the knife can be placed in the center of the table. The knife can be placed on the plate with the bottom of the fork up and the knife inwards. The next way of placing the fork is either English or French, either way is fine, but the French way is the most common. Try to place the handles inside the plate so that they don't fall off and are easier for the waiter to clean up. When attending a wedding banquet, no matter how you arrange the tableware in the "dining" position, as soon as the main guests have finished eating, all the dishes should be put away immediately. Therefore, it is important to keep the main guests in the center of the banquet. At a banquet, each dish is served with a knife and fork, and the knives and forks placed in front of you are taken from the outside in order, because the order in which the knives and forks are placed is the order in which each dish is served. When the knives and forks have been used up, the serving is over. If you need to talk or take a break during the meal, you should place your knife and fork in a figure of eight on either side of the plate. If, on the other hand, the knife and fork are placed on the plate with the handles facing away from you, then the dish is ready and the waiter will remove the plate. For appetizers and desserts that can be eaten with a fork, it is not necessary to use a knife. At family gatherings or casual dinners with friends, it is possible to eat soft dishes such as salads and omelettes with a fork. However, using a knife and fork at a formal dinner will give you a more elegant and clean look. In Europe, it is common to see people eating with a fork in their right hand and bread in their left. No matter how elegant you eat, you can only eat this way at home or in a popular restaurant, but not in a fine dining restaurant. If you don't use your knife, just leave it on the table and the waiter will take it away. Although placing a knife and fork on the plate together signals the end of the meal, there is no need to put a clean knife on a dirty plate. It's fine to leave unused cutlery in its original state, and it's strange to insist on formal rules. The best thing to do is to adapt to the situation. Even if you drop something, it's not a disgrace, but it's embarrassing to bend down and pick it up. If you drop something, ask a waiter to pick it up for you. The waiter is always on the lookout for customers, so he or she will quickly bring new dishes. If the waiter doesn't notice, you can raise your hands slightly toward the waiter and try not to cause other people to look at you. It is the waiter's job to make the meal more enjoyable for the customer, so ask them for anything you can.

Basic use of the knife and fork

The basic action when serving food is to "cut with the knife in your right hand, and then pick up the food with the fork in your left hand. Press the fork against the left end of the food, hold it in place, and then cut a bite-sized piece of food with the knife along the side of the fork, and then the fork will pick up the food and put it in your mouth, which is simply to say, "press the fork and then cut it with the knife. If you want to cut the food smoothly, start with your posture! It is important to have the right posture and the right angle. If your elbows are too high, the knife and fork will be too angled and upright; on the other hand, if your elbows are too low, the knife and fork will be upside down, so you won't be able to cut the food properly. Relax your shoulders and wrists, keep your arms open, and keep the knife at an angle of about 15 degrees to the plate. There are seven key points: sit upright facing the food; relax your shoulders and wrists; keep your arms close to your body; don't lower or raise your elbows too high; tilt the knife and fork at an angle to the plate; hold the food firmly with the fork; and move the knife gently, but use pressure when you press it down. In this way, the food can be cut easily and the posture looks elegant. There are also rules for how to move the knife. First, use the fork in your left hand

Western food etiquette

To be honest, Western food may not be to everyone's taste. My wife has once privately expressed her feelings to me, saying that eating Western food is all about the form, not the content. She told me that when I ate western food with you, I was never full. With red candles, white napkins, silver knives and forks, and half-baked food, I've never been full. Even so, she expresses an honest feeling, but there are times when you go to someone's place to eat, for example, if you talk to a foreign businessman, and he invites you to eat western food, there is no way for you to avoid it. You go abroad to some places you find Chinese food, he did not do a good job, and often very expensive, in which case there is a problem of Western etiquette.

First of all, I would like to briefly talk about what is Western food. Strictly speaking, the reference to Western-style food is not very rigorous, you can hardly put what Western-style food is clear. We can only say this, the so-called Western food refers to the Western countries dining a kind of general term, its basic characteristic is to use the knife and fork eating. There are actually three main categories of eating styles, the first of which we call Oriental, which is chopsticks. Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Laotians eat with chopsticks, but of course some chopsticks are different from chopsticks. For example, if you've been to Korea, you'll find that Korean chopsticks are usually metal, and they're flat, with a point, because he eats barbecue, and that thing can be used to fork food, half a fork. Here we are square round, I am talking about ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs, our oriental form is generally eat with chopsticks. Another type, we can call the Indian, Arab type. What is their characteristic? They do not use cutlery, they eat directly with their hands, and the general characteristic is that they use their right hand to put what they want to eat into their mouths, and then put it into their mouths, and if necessary, they have a hand-washing bowl, and they wash their fingers in it. We've seen a lot of this, and it's not something we're used to seeing, but a number of years ago it wasn't. I remember a number of a number of years ago, just before the reform and opening up, at that time, it is rare to see it more strange, I went with a few colleagues to eat Indian food, well, a table, people will put the hand-washing bowl, each person in front of a small plate, shallow, silver that plate, half of the water, very clear, with slices of lemon and rose petals on top of it, it is very nice, upscale cuisine restaurant. One of our buddies spoke up, foreigners are still better at eating, did not eat to drink soup, how to organize, no way, we can only accompany him to the whole, one person drank a bowl of hand-washing water. Because he is the guest of honor, you can not let the guest of honor shame you can say him, you say you stupid, you can not say, you can only accompany him, give up their lives to accompany the gentleman, I remember vividly, this is more than 20 years past, I still can not forget this, and others drank a bowl of hand-washing water, good thing that has not been washed, it is such a characteristic. The other thing is that in Western countries, it is characterized by the use of knives and forks to get food. But strictly speaking, British food, Russian food, French food, Italian food, Spanish food it is still a big difference, but in the eyes of the Chinese is almost the same, so we call it Western food.

Western food etiquette involves a lot of aspects, such as the order of meals have to pay attention to. Western food and Chinese food has a very different, Chinese food is often a table, to you on the full, Western food is to eat a one on a one, eat a one on a one, eat a one on a one, so the order of the order of the dishes have to pay attention to. Furthermore, there are rules about the placement and use of tableware, you can't mess around with it. Of course, I have a friend who told me that the best way to eat Western food is to use chopsticks, which is practically impossible. Furthermore, there are rules about how to behave at the table, for example, eating Western food is generally that hand, I said last time that the hand can not be placed under the table, it is men and women cross-arrangement. For example, Western food is generally a long table, I am a gentleman, my opposite and both sides must be beautiful, and foreign habits, he in order to make more friends, wide range of goodwill, he is used to the people do not know in a row, so that we can communicate to recognize the old acquaintances put a piece of this is also a problem. Understand the reason why you can't put your hand underneath, right? Then you put your hand under the trouble, you say you scratch the itch to go, in case you scratch the wrong place? Your hands. If you eat western food, you have to put your hands on the top of the counter like I'm doing now, you can't put them underneath, it's not nice to put them underneath sometimes. It has very serious preoccupations.

Then there is another point in the table manners of the Western food is more important, that is, the socializing at the table is a delicate matter. For example, who you talk to, what you say, who you talk to first, and who you talk to after all have to pay attention. For example, you have to go to a formal Western restaurant you will find that the formal Western restaurant and Chinese restaurants have a little bit of a very different, what is the difference? You can not see the field service waitress, female waitress is at most in that buy single, checkout, lead the bit, but the end of the dish dish he is a man. Because Western food is about ladies first, men work, women manage to eat, so you have to go to a family dinner Western banquet, if you are a well-bred man, you should first greet the hostess, Mrs. good. If the hostess is personally cooking for you, you have to praise the dish as well. Whether it is really good, fake good, you have to say good, this is the hostess of the respect is also to her whole family's respect, I just said that these problems you do not pay attention to it out of trouble, I'll tell you two jokes.

Probably more than ten years ago, once with a girl to eat Western food to go, then an official activity, this official activity is my turn to do the East on her, I said you eat Chinese food or Western food, she told me to eat Western food, line. To a location above, an elegant seat, a very quiet place, ladies first, usually to ask the lady to order, the menu to her, I also told her, I said you feel free, don't be polite, you just point it. Of course, she and I are working relationship, not a couple relationship, so I can not sit on the side of the people ordering, and even more can not go to see, otherwise people should say I spend money not willing to. She ordered there, I was on the side of the street view, because the window, look at the girl is quite skillful, ordering the menu is quite fast, ordered so few. At that time, the waiter said something I did not pay too much attention to, the waiter asked, want something else? I misunderstood that the dishes she ordered were too cheap, I said you listen to the lady, what she ordered on what you. In accordance with the general rules of Western food, the first dish of the first dish ten minutes after the order to be on, and then eat one on one, eat one on one, well, after 15 minutes have not seen anyone. I went out the door, we are a seat, I asked the waiter at the door, I said you give me to look for people to see why the food did not come, well, ran to find me, a turn of the head, he also did not. I went out again and I got the foreman, and I said where are my dishes? He said I immediately give you to find, a moment he also did not, and finally I was anxious, I ran to find the general manager to go, the general manager is not in, the general manager of the secretary in, and the secretary of the secretary of this said the secretary is also quite important, said it is not possible ah, I said what is not possible, I'm a big living person I lie to you, I know the rules of Western food, you this head plate ten minutes on, you see now almost half an hour. Said that I give you to find go, then the girl is also very serious, wearing a tube skirt to do running, make me also embarrassed to say anything else. She ran to the operating room to go, do not come out, I'm not very good temper, I arch into it, an arch into the found that a few of them are there to pile up chatting it, saw me come in the lady asked, said you really want it? The attitude is different, seems to be more confident, not like sorry for my appearance. I said of course I want, I ordered the food do not want who want? She said, "Then let's go. Good guy, seven waiters lined up in a row to me on the food, and that upscale restaurant each dish is covered with a cover, first put in front of us to open the cover at the same time, I'm stupid, you know what the lady ordered? Ordered seven soups, she ordered seven soups. She ordered seven soups. Because we were eating in an upscale French restaurant, the menu was all in French, okay? We have that menu above, the lady ordered when she was kind, she helped me save money to come, the menu we speak of Western food is soup in the front, the price is relatively inexpensive, according to later she told me how she a point of law, she anyway is to recognize the Arabic numerals, pick up the cheap points, 13579 points single digit, to me the whole seven soup, you say seven soup how I drink, we are thirsty, one person to drink two, we can not drink 3.5.

Of course, I also have to drink a lot of food, but I do not know what to drink. p>

Of course I have seen more ruthless. I have a student, the boy talked about his girlfriend, the girlfriend of their dormitory girls to play teeth, coaxing, the boy is just working, the reporter, the newspaper as a reporter, said you invite us to dinner, the boy said please, line ah, please to a foreign hotel to go. First bowling, and then dinner, the girls there point, point half a day food does not come up, this reporter, sometimes a little that, impatient, looking for the general manager to go, I want to dish why not on? The general manager to find someone to check has been on, he said the living hell, we three or four people sitting there, do we cheat eat? It wasn't served, not even on a plate, but when he asked later, it was. Do you know what we ordered? Four pieces of music. It has a live performance, they here he does not understand foreign languages, you do not order him to play, you have to order, you order what to play for you, it will be the problem of ordering.

So I joke with others, I said you eat Western food or Chinese food, do not recognize the name of the dish did not hear too many things. Professor Jin I do not say eat Western food, eat Chinese food sometimes you encounter things, you can not do. For example, I once ate a dish called Green Dragon Crossing the River, I think this dish is quite elegant, that year is exactly the Year of the Dragon, I said to get a Green Dragon Crossing the River, a come up a big onion in a long bowl, from the end of the plop on the end, and then a pot of soup, Green Dragon Crossing the River. I have also eaten a dish called "Mother and Child Reunion", what is it? A chicken in a hen's stomach, a chick, mother and child reunion. There's something even worse, hand and foot love. One chicken leg, one pig leg, hand and foot love. Two legs, so this thing you see you can not see, so ordering it sometimes have to pay attention to Chinese food or Western food or you want to save time if there are three tricks to teach you, the first trick is what? The first move is the most trouble-free, you do not understand you closely follow. For example, you have a person around, for example, you think Professor Jin quite good, Professor Jin in the side, Professor Jin ordered a borscht, ordered a tenderloin, such as grilled fish or steak, and then ordered a vegetable salad, then you save the most trouble, like him, will not be wrong, you will not be wrong, to fight the group fight to be wrong, we are wrong, to be wrong, we are wrong, it is not a mistake, if you want to be wrong, you will be confused. What's the second way? The second way is to order a set menu. Business-type dishes inside the restaurant it has a set meal, set meal not only with reasonable, and the cost of saving, you do not understand the characteristics of Western food people, this is the most trouble-free, you are absolutely not wrong. There is another way is that you ask for help, you don't have to be polite, ask your familiar people around you, elders, professionals to do a favor, you don't mess around, otherwise you make a mistake, it ordering food has to pay attention to.

In addition to the use of cutlery, I'll tell you another example that I've heard about, which is said to be true. After the Sino-Japanese naval battle, China was humiliated, the soldiers were under the city, the Manchu government Cixi sent a senior official to Japan to talk about things to go, which a senior official status is quite high, but probably the Western food this thing rarely encountered, do not know the table etiquette, he made a mistake. Western tableware can not be wiped, you do not look at the tableware on the table, on the napkin side, it is actually steamed, steam sterilization, it is generally you see foreigners with a dishwasher dishwashing stove, it is steaming, so it is generally, it is this tableware are very clean, so you can not wipe, if you want to take a napkin in front of the host to wipe the tableware, is the same as scolding him, the old man that this thing is not clean you give me a new, you can not wipe, if you have to take a napkin to wipe the tableware, is the same as scolding him, I think this stuff is not clean you change it for me, you have the suspicion of provocation. This is often two families to talk about business, the relationship between the two countries is not good, looking for things, to play on the subject. At that time, we sent to Japan to talk about the matter of a senior official, eat a senior official of Japan please, these two people are personal friends, but the two countries are fighting for their own masters, so at the negotiating table are justified. China was not strong, suffered a defeat, is definitely a loss, the Sino-Japanese naval battle after the talk about this matter, we have a loss, this senior official he was angry, in fact, he was not angry, he was used to action, sit down there, eat Western food to take that knife and fork over to rub. Opposite the Japanese misunderstood, that he felt he was not enough friends, because the two are friends, he told the waiter, change. Changed a set of knife and fork we continue to wipe, and then change, and then wipe, history records, such as the seven, that is, even change seven sets. This is also quite a scandalous thing. So with that in mind, I'm going to go into a little more detail about the etiquette of Western food.

First of all, I would like to talk about the order of the meal, that is, the order in which you order and eat the food. To be honest, if no one is present, you can eat what you want, but the more formal banquet this western food is the order of the meal to pay attention to. Roughly divided into two categories of meals and casual meals, so I first come to talk to you about the instructions of the main meal. The main meal in general, there are so several dishes, the first dish we generally call it the first plate or called the first pot, strictly speaking this is an appetizer, such as salad-based, sometimes there is what foie gras, jelly, mud, some of these things, but we Chinese people are familiar with the first plate is mainly a salad, this salad has a variety of things, such as vegetable salad, which is more refreshing, there is seafood salad, which is more expensive, and assorted salad, mixed salad. There are also assorted salads, which are mixed together. In addition to that, there is also a mash, a jelly, or something like that. The so-called mud I make an analogy, many comrades ate KFC ate that mashed potatoes it, there are some comrades to the Western restaurant to eat fruit puree, pineapple, apples, pears to give it grinding into a sticky thing, this is actually in the Western food it is also an appetizer, generally choose one on the line, and there is a jelly, let's say that the jelly has eaten it, the child's jelly you've seen, right, the Western food sometimes it is also the vegetables to it boiled Afterwards, it is made into a solidified jelly, which is also an appetizer, and this is the first bowl. The first bowl of a major feature of the lighter, more refreshing, to help you open the appetite to prepare for the meal, so strictly speaking it is not a dish, is the beginning of the song, the prelude.

The second course of Western food, the protagonist is about to start, if we say that the front is a prelude, then the following is the prologue on the beginning of the soup. Western and Cantonese cuisine is a bit similar, is the first soup, Western this soup is also called appetizing soup, but here to tell the truth, I personally do not understand the Western soup that soup why called appetizing soup, I tend to drink on the full, but they call it appetizing soup. For example, there are three types, red soup, clear soup, white soup, red soup we Beijingers are more familiar with, because Beijingers used to prefer to eat old Mo, Moscow restaurant to eat Russian food, Russian food inside the borscht, is the Russian beet soup. This is a red soup, agar, cabbage, carrots, tomatoes it is made in one piece, that kind of soup it is more sweet and sour, many people like to drink. There is also white soup, mushroom soup, cream soup, which is more common in French cuisine, and there is clear soup, it is lighter, soup.

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