西餐桌餐具礼仪如何写？( 五 )

The order of dishes in China（待定） The meal usually begins with a set of at least four cold dishes, to be followed by the main courses of hot meat and vegetable dishes.Soup then will be served to be followed by staple food ranging from rice, noodles to dumplings.If you wish to have your rice to go with other dishes, you should say so in good time, for most of the Chinese choose to have the staple food at last or have none of them at all.
The order of dishes in the West
Dinner start with a small dish, which is often called an a starter .After the starter you will get a bowl of soup.Then ,fish course.The next dish is the main course,it usually is a beef steak .A vegetable salad will be served.Then a delicious deert will appear at the table .At last is a cup of tea or coffee.
Manners in the West1)When leaving the table during the course of your meal, put your napkin on your chair, not the table.No one wants to see your stained napkin.And at the completion of the meal, place it on the left of your plate, or if your plate has been cleared, in the center.
2) When in a situation where you have to pa food or condiments to others at the table, pa it to your right, or counter clockwise.Never do a “boarding house reach” acro the table.
3) While cutting meat, the correct way is to cut a piece and then switch your fork to your right hand to pick it up.This method is considered the “American” way.Not switching your fork and using your left is called the “Continental” way, and is done most often in European countries.This way is gaining acceptance and I wouldn’t be surprised if one day soon it’s considered acceptable in fine dining.Also, cut meat a piece at a time.Cutting the entire meat up into pieces or cutting more than one at a time is tacky 4) When you’re done with your meal, the proper placement of the silverware is to lay them parallel to each other and acro the plate with the handles facing the right.To clarify, the ends would be facing 10 o’clock and four.Note: Not all waiters will know this and they still may ask you if it’s okay to clear your plate.At least you appear clay.Manners in China(待定) 1) Spitting Out the Bones
In China it is also common practice to spit things out on the table or the floor.Often food has small pieces of bone or other inedible parts that need to be removed from the mouth.Using chopsticks, a hand or a tiue is a polite way around the problem.2)Touching Tables Though in the West it is sometimes considered rude to put one’s elbows on the dining table, this is quite acceptable in China, particularly when eating noodles.You however may want to avoid this in some restaurants where the table is only wiped with an old cloth and there may be some unseen residue from the previous patrons’ meals.3)Deert
Eating something sweet for deert is not a Chinese custom.Sweet things can be found hidden among everything else on a Chinese menu.Fruit salads and caramel covered apple are Chinese sweet dishes that are popular with Westerners.4)Drinking