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Dinner Etiquette

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How are your manners?

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Good Table Manners

  • The host will tell you where to sit or you can ask before sitting down. Wait for others to start eating before attacking your food.
  •  In a Family style meal, food is passed to the right.  When food is passed to, you say 'Thank-you'.
  • Try a little of everything. Do not take big helpings of  all the food.
  •  If you do not want something, just pass it down.
  •  Keep the table and table-cloth as clean as possible.

 

  • Do not put bones or anything on the table. Things that are not eaten should be kept on the plate.
  • Do not spit anything out. If there are bones or seeds that should not be eaten, quietly put it in your paper napkin.
  • Do not talk with food in your mouth. Wait till you have swallowed everything and then start talking.
  • Don't burp, even if you have had a sumptuous meal. It is considered to be very rude.
  • Don't slurp while drinking soup or eating noodles, Eat quietly.
  • When you want a second helping of some food which is not in front of you, say 'Please pass the ......'
  • Do not reach across the table or in front of someone to get something. Ask them to pass it to you.
  • If you need to leave the table for something, say 'Please excuse me for a moment.'
  • Meals are  to be slow, pleasant and leisurely. Enjoy your food but talk too.
  • Watch how fast others are eating. Try not to be too slow or too fast.
  •  Wait for everyone to finish before leaving the    table.

 

  • Refrain from touching your hair, nose or teeth at the table.
  • It is best to clean your teeth with a toothpick in the bathroom. Don't clean it on the table.
  •  After the meal is over say 'Thank-you.'

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EATiQuette "Tip-of-the-Month"

How do I indicate that
I'm finished eating?

 

  • The most widely-used signal to indicate that you're finished eating is to place your utensils, with the handles together, on the right rim of your plate (illustration 1).

 

  • In some places, though, it's traditional to place the utensils at the "six o'clock" position of the plate, with the handles facing away from you (illustration 2).

 

  • Either way is perfectly acceptable. The key is that, when you put the handles of your utensils together, you're telling the service staff that you're finished. So, when you place your utensils apart from each other anywhere on the plate (with fork tines up or down), you're signaling that you're still eating. Some people will also cross their knife and fork to show they're still "working on" their meal.

 

  • Even if you do indicate by the placement of utensils that you're through with your meal, the service staff should always ask before removing your plate.
     
     

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Table SetUp

Table Setup

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