【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s rule is also used in dinner you need invite the guests to eat first and do not hurry to take the dish. Each time get less dish and take less dish far away from your. No matter what particular food you eat, don’t make any voice.It is acceptable to take food to people who are having difficulty in picking up the food far away from himself. Also it is a sign of respect to pass food to the elderly first before the dinner starts .Traditionally, it is polite for the youngest members of the table to talk each and everyone of the elderly members of the table before a meal starts and tell them to eat rice, which means go ahead and start the meal, to show respect. The host should always make sure the guests drinks are sufficiently full. You should not pour for yourself first, but should offer to pour for a neighbor. When your drink is being poured, you should not say thank you but may tap your fingers on the table to show appreciation. When people wish to put drinks together in the form of a cheer, it is important to observe that younger members should put the edge of their drink below the edge of an elder to show respect. the order of dishes in chinese foodAccording to traditional manners ,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. And then the soup will be served,to be followed by dumplings or noodles or food should be served on the left of honored guste’s manners are as follows: If the dish include the pattern of peacocks, phoenix ,it should be served on front of the first honored guest and the masters .It will convinient for them to first hot food should be placed on front of the owner and honored guest . The dish not finishde is moved towards the side of deputy masteras well as the followed dish. Do not put the Beheaded ,duck tail, fish ridge face to honored guest however you should put the Beheaded and duck head towards to the right place of the honored guest . Due to Fishbellied little thorn and delicious so you should put the Fishbellied towards to the honored guest rather than Fish Ridge Dining manners in western Refrain from coughing, sneezing or blowing nose at he table and not make worse noises while eating. When chewing food, close your mouth and only talk when you have swallowed not talk at loud volume. Swallow all food before eating more or having a drink. The food should be brought to your mouth on the fork。 you should sit straight and not lean towards your plate. Do not stare at anyone while he or she is eating and not blame someone who has shown poor table ask the host or hostess to be excused before leaving the table during dinner. Do not eat food with your fingers unless you are eating foods customarily eaten with fingers, such as bread, french fries, chicken wings, pizza, etc. Do not ask to take some of your uneaten food away from the meal after it ends, especially when having a formal dinner. Keep your napkin on your lap. At more formal occasions all gusters will wait to place their napkins on their laps until the host or hostess places his or her napkin on his or her lap . At more formal occasions all dinners must wait to begin until the hostess or host lifts a fork or spoon. When serving, serve from the left and pick up the dish from the right. Beverages are both served and removed from the right. Eat soup quitely and with the side of the spoon. If you’re eating a dessert, your fork should be held in the left hand and the spoon in the eating bread rolls, break off a piece before buttering. Use your knife only to butter the bread, not to cut it.Tea or coffee should never be poured into the saucer to cool but should be sipped from the cup. And ice may be used to cool either. Drinks should always be to the right of your plate with the bread roll to the left. It is considered rude to answer the telephone at the table. If you need to take an urgent call, excuse yourself and go outside. Always ask for permission from the host and excuse yourself if you need to leave the table. You should place your napkin on your seat until you return. If you must leave the table or are resting,and your fork should be at eight o’clock and your knife at four o’clock .Never lean across somebody else’s plate. If you need something to be passed, ask the person closest to it. If you have to pass something, only pass it if you are closest to it and pass it directly to them if you can. Salt and pepper should be passed together. Also do not take food from a neighbour’s plate and don’t ask to do so.If pouring a drink for yourself, offer to pour a drink for your neighbours before serving yourself. If extra food is on the table, ask others first if they would like it before taking it yourself. Never pick food out of your teeth with your fingernails. You must not put your elbows on the table. Always remember “regular” manners. Remember to say please and thank you. Try to eat all the food you are served.When you’re finished, place your knife and fork together at six o’clock with your fork on the left and knife on the right, with the knife blade facing in. This signals that you are finished. the order of dish in western countriesthe order of dish are following: The first dish of western is the first plate and also called appetizer,it generally include cold appetizers and hot appetizers . Also it has distinctive flavor and it’s taste based on salt and acid .What’s more , the appetizer are of high quality. There is great different that western second course was soup. The kinds of soup is less but of high nutritional. In general ,Fish dishes as the third western dishes is also called the Deputy dishes. Because fish dishes is easier to digest so it’s served on the front of the meat dish. Meat, poultry dishes as the fourth western dishes is also called the main course. Raw materials of meat dishes from cattle, sheep and pigs and the m