1 How to eat western dessert?
ice cream
Ice cream is usually eaten with a small spoon.
Use forks and spoons when eating cakes or pies or as part of a meal.
pie
Forks are usually used to eat fruit pies.
But if the host provides you with a fork and dessert spoon, fix the pie with a fork and dig it with a spoon.
You need to eat the pie with a fork unless there is ice cream on the pie, in which case, both the fork and the spoon should be used.
If you eat cream pie, you'd better use a fork instead of your hands.
To prevent the filler from leaking from the other end.
Boiled pear
Use a spoon and fork.
Fix the pear vertically with a fork, and dig it into small pieces with a spoon.
Forks can also be used to rotate the cooked pears, so that the digger can eat the pears.
If there is only one spoon, turn the plate by hand, leave the pear core in the plate and scoop out the sugar juice with a spoon.
ice cream
If you eat it as a meat meal, you can use a fork. If you eat it for dessert, use a spoon.
Stewed fruit
You need a spoon to eat stewed fruit, but you can use a fork to stabilize large pieces of fruit.
Spit the nuts of cherries, prunes and preserved plums in a spoon and put them on the edge of the plate.
It is said that tipping first appeared in Britain in the18th century. At that time, there was a small bowl marked "Ensure timely service" on the dining table.
Once customers put the change in, they will get timely and thoughtful service from the waiter.
Since then, this practice has gradually extended to other service industries, and has rapidly continued, becoming a routine form of etiquette for many countries in the world to thank service personnel for their thoughtful service.
It is very impolite to accept services abroad without tipping, because tipping is very important for service personnel, and a large part of their income comes from tipping.
Of course, tipping has another purpose, which is to make you eat more comfortably and avoid a lot of trouble. In this regard, the French gourmet peter mayle is obviously experienced: "After finally persuading the girl of your dreams to have dinner with you, you should never think that you only need to book a room in a luxury hotel.
No matter how luxurious the hotel is, there are worthless seats deliberately placed by the door of the kitchen entrance, so that you can enjoy the noise of broken cups and plates and abusive cooks while eating.
Besides, you can't expect faster service, which is a common practice: the table closest to the kitchen must be served last.
In order to avoid these tables, you should have the money ready when the foreman greets you. "
Etiquette experts give the following suggestions on how to tip:
● When dining in a restaurant, customers usually need to tip the service staff about 10% of the total consumption.
● Many people often say, "Keep the change!" When paying the bill after consumption. This is equivalent to telling the service staff that you don't need change to keep it as a tip, which is a common tipping method.
If you pay by debit card, you can write down the total amount including tip on the bill before signing.
● It should be noted that some restaurants will directly include the service charge in the bill.
But tipping is not the same as service charge. The service charge is the surcharge paid by the customer, which is generally 10%~ 15% of the consumption, and is listed at the end of the bill.
Generally speaking, if the service charge of 15% is listed on the bill, there is no need to tip. If the service charge is only 10%, customers usually have to add 5% to the tip.
● In western restaurants, many people put tips on check-out plates or hand them directly to service personnel. In fact, these two practices are somewhat irregular.
The correct way is to put the tip on the napkin, or under the plate that has finished eating, so that the waiter will take it away when he comes to clear the table.
● If you meet a cleaner or a restaurant musician in the bathroom of a restaurant, it is also a customary rule to tip them.
Western Food Etiquette Chapter III Seafood Etiquette
shrimp
Lobsters usually have half a cross section and a shell. When eating, hold the shell in your left hand, pick out the meat with a special fork in your right hand, and then dip it in seasoning to eat. If you are at an informal dinner party, you can also pour the seasoning into the shell before eating.
Shellfish, snails and crabs
When eating shellfish such as oysters, you can peel them by hand first, and then pick out the meat and dip it in the sauce. Never suck it out directly with a shell.
As for snails, because the surface is smooth, they must be fixed with a special clamp before eating, and then the snails are pulled out with a fork.
Most crabs have been crushed by the chef before serving. When eating, just hold the crab in one hand and pick the meat in the other.
fish
Press the fish head with a fork and cut it along the middle bone to the tail with a knife. Peel the fish near you first and cut it into small pieces to eat. To remove the fishbone, you can put the knife under the back bone, stir the fishbone up and put it on the plate, and then move the fish below to the plate in front of you.
Don't turn the fish upside down when eating the bottom fish.
The use of the fourth knife and fork in western etiquette
Use knives and forks correctly.
Hold the knife and fork handle with your forefinger, first hold the food with the fork, then cut it into small pieces with a knife, and then put it into your mouth with a fork.
Eating is often sitting up straight, with a knife and fork or spoon to send food to your mouth, it is best not to lower your head to eat.
Therefore, food should be cut into smaller pieces when it is cut.
The usage of knives and forks can be divided into European and American.
When using a knife, the blade should be inward, not outward.
When eating, put down the knife and fork in a figure of eight and put them on the edge of the plate respectively.
The blade is pointed at yourself, indicating that you will continue to eat.
After eating each dish, put the knife and fork together on the plate.
If you are talking, you can hold the knife and fork.
When you don't use a knife, you can also hold a fork in your right hand, but if you need to gesture, you should put down your knife and fork, never wave it in the air with your hands, never wipe your mouth with a napkin in one hand, and never hold a glass and fork in the other.
Remember, never put one end of the knife and fork on the plate and the other end on the table.
The outermost couple usually eat the first course, the middle couple eat the side dishes (seafood), and the innermost couple eat the main course, usually with their teeth.
Eat cookies, potato chips or small fruits, and you can eat them with your hands.
Take the bread in your hand and pay attention to the one in front of your left hand.
When taking bread, take it with your left hand and tear it with your right hand, then spread cream on it and eat it in small pieces.
Don't soak the bread in the soup, and don't bite it down.
Eat sandwiches, small sandwiches and toast by hand, and cut them into larger ones before eating.
A hot sandwich with gravy needs a knife and fork.
Bread has a bread knife, above the bread plate.
Try not to chop the salad with a knife, but roll it up with a fork.
If bread and biscuits are served at the same time, you can take a small piece of bread or biscuits with your left hand and help push the salad onto the fork.
When eating fish, meat and other dishes with thorns or bones, you can cover your mouth with a napkin, spit it gently with a fork and put it on the plate.
If there is a small amount of food left on the plate, use a small piece of bread or fork to help you eat.
When eating fish, don't turn it over. After eating the upper layer, remove the fishbone with a knife and fork before eating the lower layer. When eating meat, cut it into pieces, not too big and don't cut the meat into pieces at once.
When eating noodles, roll up the noodles with a fork first and then send them to your mouth.
When eating chicken or other poultry dishes, you can hold them by hand at the owner's sign, but others, such as steak, must use the innermost knife and fork.
Generally speaking, you can't leave anything on the plate.
When eating chicken legs, first of all, you should remove the bones by force and try not to eat them with your hands.
Don't bite the whole fruit when you eat it. First cut it into pieces with a fruit knife, and then remove the skin and core with a knife and fork.
(There is a fruit knife and dessert fork when eating fruit) Tips for setting western tableware.
The more formal dining occasions, the more tableware.
But western food culture is also changing.
The general order of western food.
The basic knowledge of knife and fork suggests the shape of the knife.
One is a round-headed knife, which is basically used to cut meat food without bones, which is convenient for dicing, and the other is a pointed knife, which is used to cut meat food with bones, which is convenient for scraping off the meat attached to bones.
Western etiquette article 5 I. sit down
After entering the western restaurant, the waiter will show you to your seat. Don't take a seat rashly. A man or waiter can help a woman pull out a chair and help her sit down, usually from the left side of the chair. Seats are arranged on the upper floor farthest from the exit.
Second, the arrangement of tableware.
(1). The dish placed in the middle is called a decorative dish or a display dish, and the napkin is placed above or on the left side of the decorative dish.
(2) Put the knife and spoon on the right side of the plate and the fork on the left. Can be used from outside to inside according to the meal order, appetizers, soups, dishes, fish dishes and meat dishes.
(3) The glass is placed in the upper right corner, the largest goblet holds water, the second largest goblet holds red wine, and the slender glass holds white wine. The glass of champagne or sherry will be placed as appropriate.
(4). The bread plate and cream knife are placed on the left hand side, and the small spoon and knife and fork for coffee or snacks are placed opposite the decorative plate.
(1). napkin napkin
(2) Harpoon Harpoon
(3) Fork for dinner or main course
(4) salad fork
(5) soup bowl, soup cup and soup chassis. plate
(6). Main course plate
(7) Dining knife and main kitchen knife
(8) Fish knife
(9) Spoon
(10). Bread &; Butter pan
(1 1). Butter knife
(12). Dessert spoon and cake fork
(13). Water glass standard water goblet
(14). Red wine glasses
(15). White wine glass
Third, the use of knives and forks.
(1). When eating western food, you usually have a knife in your right hand and a fork in your left. If it is inconvenient to hold a fork with your left hand, you can also use your right hand.
(2) In the process of eating, when you leave the table to eat, put the knife and fork in a figure of eight and hang it on the plate. Put it on the upper side of the plate in parallel after dinner.
Fourth, the etiquette of drinking soup.
(1). Soups in western food are divided into clear soup and thick soup. More formal restaurants use oval spoons and soup cups when serving clear soup, and round spoons and wide soup plates when serving thick soup.
(2) The posture of holding a spoon is to scoop food from the inside out.
(3) When western food is served with soup, no noise can be made. When using soup, don't blow it cold with your mouth. You can shake the soup gently to make it a little cooler.
(4) After eating, put the spoon on the chassis in front of you, or put it on a plate. Put the handle of the spoon on the right, with the concave part of the spoon facing up; This is true for soup cups and soup plates.
Five, the etiquette of eating bread
(1). The bread is on the left of the main course. When eating, you can hold the bread in your left hand, then tear the bread into small pieces in your right hand, then hold the bun in your left hand and put cream on your right hand. Tear the bread into small pieces first, and then coat it with milk.
(2) In Italian restaurants, olive oil is sometimes used instead of cream. Bread can be eaten by tearing a small piece of olive oil with spices and spices. Never cut bread with a knife.
Six, eat salad
(1). The salad plate is placed on the left side of the main course.
(2) Americans usually serve salad before the main course, while Europeans such as French usually serve salad after the main course.
(3) Eat salad with a fork. If the leaves are too big, you can cut them in the salad plate with a knife and eat them with a fork.
Seven, eat fish, shrimp, seafood
1. When eating half a lobster, you should hold a fork in your left hand, fork up the tail of the shrimp, insert a knife into the tail with your right hand, press down the shell of the shrimp, drag the shrimp out with a fork and cut it. Lobster feet can be eaten by tearing off shrimp shells with your fingers.
2. The principle of eating fish fillets is to eat one slice and cut one slice. You can eat with a fork in your right hand or a fish knife.
3. When eating whole fish with head, tail and bones, it is advisable to cut off the head and tail first, then remove the fins, and put the cut head and tail fins on one side of the plate before eating fish.
4. To take out the fishbone, use a knife and fork instead of hands. If there are fishbones or other bone spurs in your mouth, you can take them out of your closed lips by hand and put them on a plate.
5. Don't turn over after eating the upper fish. Remove the keel with a knife and fork before eating the lower fish.
6. The attached lemon slices should be squeezed with a knife and fork.
When eating shrimps and crabs, everyone will bring a bowl of hand washing water when they are ready.