What is the difference between Western table manners and China?

Americans' eating habits.

Americans usually drink cocktails before eating lunch and dinner, but in California, people mostly drink wine. At the same time, before eating the main food, it is generally necessary to eat a plate of salad. Fried mushrooms and fried onion rings serve as appetizers, steak, pork chops, and chicken (legs) are staples, and lobster, shellfish, and a variety of fish, including even freshwater fish, are collectively referred to as seafood.

French fries are loved and have become almost a must-have. In addition, it is important to note that if there is any leftovers, be sure to take them home to avoid waste.

Americans use a combination of knives and forks when eating, and they are very particular about the way they eat. Therefore, when invited to eat with American friends, special attention should be paid to their dining habits. In general, there is a knife and two forks on the table, the outer fork is used for eating salad, the inner fork is used for eating main foods and other snack foods, and the knife is used to cut meat.

If you use both hands, hold the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right hand, and don't hold the knife for too long at a time. Americans' breakfast consists of scrambled or boiled eggs, sausages, potato chips, pancakes, jelly, toast, muffins, orange juice, and coffee.

If you're new to U.S. restaurants, here's what you should be aware of:

1. Choose the right restaurant (such as: family restaurant, specialty restaurant and buffet restaurant, etc.);

2. Restaurant opening hours (open at 11:30 a.m. until evening);

3. Generally, a table should be booked in advance

4. After arriving at the restaurant, you cannot go straight to the table and enter the table, unless the restaurant has a notice of "feel free to sit";

5. When paying, don't forget to leave a certain percentage of the tip for the waiter (usually 10% to 15% of the actual amount).

As the pace of life in the United States accelerated, fast food came into being. Its fast-food chain is located all over the world, and the most influential of them is the McDonald's fast-food chain. ** Fast food products are:

Hamburgers, roast beef, steaks, hams, sandwiches, Kentucky chicken, fried potato chips, pies, ice cream, and a variety of carbonated drinks.

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Western food is a separate meal system, but China is not.

1. Differences in attendance time.

Chinese are people with diverse concepts of time, and Westerners are people with a single concept of time. Generally speaking, Chinese with time diversification patterns tend to arrive half an hour late.

In Western countries, all kinds of changes start at the scheduled time, and it is rude to be late, and those who do not arrive on time for a formal banquet will be considered impolite and disrespectful to the host and other guests.

2. Differences in seating arrangements.

Facing the north, the traditional concept of the south respecting the north and inferiority has been formed, and the south is a symbol of supreme virtue in the minds of the Chinese, representing status and identity.

Westerners, on the other hand, give preference to women, respect the standard of women's banquet seats, and also serve as the standard for other behaviors at the banquet, when arranging the seats, the gender of the guests is listed first, and then the form and details of the seats are arranged accordingly.

Third, the difference of tableware.

The choice of cutlery is also different for the two different cultures, with Chinese using chopsticks and Westerners using knives and forks.

Fourth, the difference in dining etiquette.

The Chinese table is moving, and the Western table is quiet. In addition, when using a knife and fork to eat, the knife and fork should be taken from the outside to the inside, holding the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand, when cutting something, holding the food with the fork in the left hand, and cutting the food into small pieces with the knife with the right hand, and then using the fork to put it in the mouth. Don't sip when drinking soup at the western table, and keep your mouth shut and chew when eating.

Don't lick your lips or smack your lips to make a sound. These are the differences between Chinese and Western meals.

Chinese and Western table manners are similar:

First, they all need to be ranked, and the West also needs to be ranked, and the right side is higher than the left, and the middle is higher than the two sides, and the reasonable arrangement of seats can maximize the network resources.

Second, let the dishes not be sandwiched.

3. Reasonable topics make the atmosphere not cold, as the host needs to take into account the emotions of most guests.

Fourth, after the guests arrive, they need to be introduced in a timely manner, so as to avoid the guests not being able to talk about each other's weaknesses and quickly explaining each other's weaknesses, causing misunderstandings among the guests.

Differences between Chinese and Western Chinese and Western table manners:

1. Seat arrangement etiquette: In Chinese banquet activities, round tables are often used. Not only are there differences between the different positions of the round tables, but there are also differences between the different seats on each round table.

In Western cuisine, long tables are generally used, and the level of the table at a formal banquet is determined by the distance from the main table, the more noble the table is on the right, and the closer to the host is at the same table.

2. In Western food, tea (or coffee) is usually arranged as the last dish, which is a sign of the end of the meal. Chinese tea and wine are seated together, and tea instead of wine will not appear in formal Western food. For guests who are not comfortable drinking alcohol, water, juice or non-alcoholic beverages will be prepared instead of tea.

3. Attendance time: Chinese are Changhui people with diversified time concepts, and Westerners are people with a single time concept. The requirement to stick to a strict schedule in everything you do and do whatever you need to do is a difference that is more prominent when attending a banquet.