What is the etiquette at the dinner table?

There are many etiquettes to be observed at the dinner table which are often overlooked.

(1) Taking your seat and leaving the table

1. You should wait for the elders to be seated before taking your seat.

2. If there is a woman at the table, she should wait until she is seated before taking her seat. If a woman's seat is next to hers, she should be addressed.

3. At the end of the meal, the host and hostess must leave the table before the other guests may leave.

4. Sit upright and at an appropriate distance from the table.

5, dining in the restaurant, the waiter should be led to the table.

6. When you leave a table, you should help the elderly person or woman in the next seat to drag the seat.

(2) The use of napkins

1, the napkin is mainly to prevent soiling of clothes, but also to wipe the mouth and hands of grease.

2. You must wait until everyone is seated before using the napkin.

3, the napkin should be spread out and placed on the upper thighs of the knees, do not tie the belt, or hang on the lapel of the suit.

4. Do not use the napkin to wipe the dishes.

(3) General etiquette at the dining table

1. When you are seated, you should have a proper posture, with your feet under your seat, and you should not straighten them out at will, and you should not lean on the edge of the table with your elbows or put your hands on the backs of the chairs of your neighbors.

2. When dining, you should be gentle and elegant, calm and quiet, not impatient.

3. At the table, you should not be concerned only about yourself, but also about others, especially the women on either side of you.

4, there is food in the mouth, should avoid talking.

5. You should not reach into the communal plate to pick up dishes with your own utensils.

6, must be small mouth to eat, not big mouth stuffing, food end of swallowing, can not be stuffed into the mouth.

7. Use chopsticks and spoons to scoop up food and soup.

8. Do not spit out what you have eaten. If the food is hot, drink water or juice to cool it down.

9. When sending food into the mouth, both elbows should be leaning inward, not spreading to the sides and touching the neighboring seats.

10. Avoid talking or toasting with others when you are holding a knife or fork in your hand or when others are chewing food.

11, good eating is food on the mouth, not the mouth on the food. Food with meter, can not be sent to the mouth in a hurry, otherwise the soup dripping on the tablecloth, extremely indecent.

12, do not use your fingers to pull out the teeth, should be a toothpick, and hand or handkerchief to cover.

13, avoid coughing, sneezing, vomiting at the table. In case you can't help it, you should say "sorry".

14, drinking should be casual, toast to the gift to the end, do not persuade, guessing, yelling.

15, such as tableware fell to the ground, you can ask the waiter to pick up.

16, in the event of accidents, such as accidentally splashing wine, water, soup to other people's clothes, apologies can be expressed, do not panic to make amends, but make each other embarrassed.

17. If you want to use the condiments in front of other guests at the same table, you should ask the neighboring guests to help you pass them on, and not to reach across and take them.

18. If the host cooks the food himself, don't forget to give him appreciation.

19. If you eat something unclean or smelly, do not swallow it, but remove it gently from your mouth with your thumb and forefinger and put it on the plate. If you find that there are insects and stones in the dish that you have not eaten yet, do not be alarmed, but approach the waiter and tell him to replace it.

20. After eating, the tableware must be neatly arranged and not placed in a messy manner. Napkins should also be folded and placed on the table.

21. Smoking is not recommended during the main course of the meal; if you need to smoke, you must first ask your neighbor for permission.

22, eating in the restaurant, can not rush to pay the bill, push and pull to pay, to be indecent. If you are a guest, you should not rush to pay the bill. Without the consent of friends, it is also not appropriate to pay the bill on behalf of friends.

23. The speed of eating should be synchronized with that of the host and hostess, not too fast, not too slow.

24, the table can not talk about sad things, otherwise it will destroy the happy atmosphere.