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Table Manners
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Eastern table manners
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Eastern tableware plate tea–pot table cloth soup spoon chopsticks bowl
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In China Make the elders have a seat first.
Wash you hands before each meal. Don’t speak too loudly. You’d better not eat too fast or too much. Don't speak with your mouth full of food.
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In China Lay … on… Put up the bowl
Don't stick the chopsticks upright in the bowl.
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Sometimes, the Chinese host (主人) use their chopsticks to put food in others bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness(有礼貌、客气).
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Sushi 寿司 Japanese food
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In Japan, at the beginning of the meal people will be very piously say itadakimasu (我要开始用餐了), after eating they say gochisosama (承蒙款待了). The Japanese used to pour wine for each other, not helped himself.
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In Japan Make noise It shows that you like the food.
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Point at someone with the chopsticks is impolite
In Japan Point at someone with the chopsticks is impolite
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In Japan Eat or drink while walking down the street is impolite
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Korean food
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In korea people have meals are generally sitting around a piece of short legs square table around. Sat cross-legged fixed(盘腿席地而坐).
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In Korea Even the youngest person isn’t supposed to start eating first.
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When eating your mouth cannot emit too loud noise.
Elders first. When eating your mouth cannot emit too loud noise. when finished you need put table chopsticks neatly on the desktop. Do not touch your feet , unbend(伸直双腿) or apart your legs when you sit cross-legged fixed(盘腿席地而坐). .
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Western table manners
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Western tableware
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Serving order starter soup main course dessert drinks
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starters
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soup
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main course
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dessert
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drinks
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USA India In the USA, you are not supposed to eat with your hands. But in India you can.
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Wash you hands before each meal.
Knife and spoon are placed to the right of the plate. The fork is on the left.
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3. Open the napkin and put it on your lap before eating.
4. You should use the fork with your left hand and the knife with your right hand.
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5. Don’t drink too much! 6. Talk to the people beside you, but don’t speak too loudly.
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7. You can use your hand to eat chicken.
8. You eat only from your plate.
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9. Just have one bowl of soup.
10. Finish all the food on your plate.
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