We Chinese are really particular about what we eat; meanwhile we are also concerned with how we eat. Along with the growing popularity of the manners in the workplace, The following are some Chinese table manners. Hope it would help you to get an idea on how to handle the table manners with high proficiency.
At the beginning of Chinese dinner, the first wet towel served by the waiter is for the hands, not the face. Along with lobster, chicken and fruits would come a small basin in it some lemon slices or rose petals are floating on the water,When washing your hands, you should wet your fingers in turn and wash them quietly, then dry your hands with wet towel.
You can introduce the features of Chinese food to foreign guests. and they can choose dishes as they like. Some people like to recommend food or even picking up dishes for the guests, but you have to know the foreign guests are not used to this; they may grow tired of your repeated advice.
You have to pay attention to the manner when picking up food, only do so when the dishes come in front of you; do not pick up before your neighbors; the dishes should not be picked up too much at one time and you should chew your food slowly, It is a greedy performance to wolf down the food.
For example, avoid touching the neighbor, be careful not to make the dishes out of the plate or spill the soup. Please do not make food noise when drinking the soup or chewing the dishes. Do not chat with others when eating. Do not spit the bones or the fish bone directly to the desk, you had better cover your mouth and pick it out on the plate with your chopsticks.
A. Dining manner should be gentle
B. Do not repeatedly urge the guests to eat
C. which is for hand-washing not for drinking
D. table manners are also demanding more attention
E. At last, you should learn how to become a gentleman
F. we should know how to be polite in some public places
G. which is not only good for digestion but also a part of table manners
