Table manners in different country
Fanyu Wei
In the modern social life, with the improvement of people’s living
standard and different countries promotion of friendship, people from all over
the world have more and more opportunity to communicate and contact with other
country’s people. You know the common majority of communication forms are having
the meal with each other, through the dinner time, you can talk or do something
you want. Knowing the table manner is becoming a crucial point if you take the
food with the foreigner people. If you do not pay attention to the etiquette of
dinner, it is easily for you to offend others accidentally. I am going to tell
some table manners in different countries, like which kind of things you need
to do or something you must not to do. I hope it is useful for you.
Firstly, I want to analyze Japanese table manners in different ways.
In Japan, if you attend the dinner which you need to have a drink, you need
drink in a toast to wait a minute before drinking. Also, there will be a person
help you to pour, and some people will say a few word to take the lead, and
then toast and said “cheers”; Maybe you have already experienced that, if you
go to a Japanese restaurant, the waiter or waitress will give you a piece of
moist wet tissue, before you eat, it is better for you to use this tissue to
clean your hand, and fold it on the table side carefully. You are not allowed
to use this tissue as napkins to wash your mouse, and also, you cannot use it
to wipe your face. The last point is my favorite point in Japan, because it is
interesting, that is if you make noise, like “tut” when you are eating noodles
or drink the soup, it is an expression to tell the chef or the people who make
the noodles you eat very fragrant, it tastes very good, the louder the better.
Slurping shows your appreciation of the food to the chef! I remembered, last
year I went to Japan and ordered a ramen in the restaurant, the ramen tastes
very good and I really enjoy the meal, so I eat the food loudly, the chef looks
very happy.
Secondly, I am going to talk about the table manners in China. If
you are in a dinner party, like the family party or company party. It is not
allowed and rude for young people to move the chopsticks to eat before the older
people. You need wait until the older people eat first. This means it is a kind of respect to them. At
the same time, when you toast with the old people or the leadership, the toast
position requirements for you is stand up and make a bow, also, at the same
time, you need use both of your hand to toast, and your own wine glass must
under(lower) the leader or the older people’s wine glass. It is a traditional
in China. Next point it is rude if you do not eat all of the food what you are
given by the owners, because if you do not eat all of that, the owner will
think you are not satisfied with the meal, it is a way of unrespect. Last point
of Chinese table manner is the most important manner, that is do not stab your
chopsticks into your bowl of rice!!! If you do that, some traditional people
will get mad and crazy about of it. What will you image if you put the chopsticks
in the rice? Do you think put the
chopsticks in the rice looks like burn joss sticks to the death people? It is
really impolite, don’t do that!!!!!Not only for China, but also includes many
Asian countries.
Thirdly, I am going to talk the manners about France, For the first
point in France, do not split the bill, if you do that the people will think
you are stingy and will get confused of you. It is better for you to pay all of
the bill or if you do not want to pay, others will offer to pay the bill.
Please remember do not split the bill.
Another point is if you need delay the date with others, it can be
forgiven to let others wait for you for 15 minutes. It is impolite if you let
others wait for you for more than 15 minutes long. Second point is that not
like America and China, you can eat the bread directly by hand, in France, you
must use the folk or knives. Bread it not the appetizer in France, bread is the
tool that helps you get the food onto the folk. Also, bread can only be put on
the table cloth, most of the people will not put the bread on the dish.
In conclusion, in the daily life, table manners are existing in
anywhere, in addition to the daily life, it also happens in the business
etiquette and working position, it is usually that the people always sign the
contract during the dinner time. As far as I am concerned, eating is not only
the physiological needs, it is also important in the social experiences.
Understand the different country’s table manners can help you to prevent to
offend others, this is definitely a necessary to study. Learning how to do as
the Romans do, this is important for you to learn. The reason why I choose
table dinner to talk about is because for me, if I want to date with someone,
the first choice for me is to have the meal. I think communication occasions is
to have the meal, not see the movie or so on.
