The basis of the rules of conduct in a restaurant at the table is expediency and convenience, compliance with certain ethical standards. Etiquette rules provide for the proper use of cutlery. So how to eat dishes in a restaurant in order not to look like a black sheep?
Instruction manual
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Before you start your meal, take a napkin that is designed for individual use, unfold and lay it on your lap. So you protect the dress or pants from accidental drops, crumbs or splashes. After eating with this napkin, you can wipe your fingers, for lips it is better to use your own handkerchief.
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Typically, food is taken from a plate with a fork, spoon, tongs, or spatula. But there are also a number of products that should be taken exclusively by hand (cookies, bread, fruits, cakes, citrus fruits and sugar). It is wrong to bite off a piece of bread, it will correctly break off small pieces with your fingers. In some restaurants, bread is cut into small pieces. When serving red or black caviar, put a special spatula on your plate, and then spread on small slices of bread. In the same way they eat butter and paste, using a special spreading knife.
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Olives are eaten with a special coffee spoon or a special fork. Grab the bones with a spoon and place on a plate. Ordered oysters are served uncovered. Take the sink in your left hand and with a fork, separate the clam, sprinkle with lemon juice and suck. Warm snacks (such as stuffed eggs) are eaten without a knife, pricked with a fork and sent to the mouth.
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Together with spiny lobsters, crayfish, crab and shrimp, special cutlery is served - a sharp knife with a hole (with its help claws are broken) and a two-tooth fork. Open the crab shell with a knife and remove the meat with a fork. A cup of acidified water for rinsing hands is also served on the table; it is placed to the left of the main plate.
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Large, hot and multi-layered sandwiches are eaten with a fork and knife. If there is a way that is familiar to you (that is, holding it in your hands), then you will stain your hands and you can drop the top layer on clothes or a tablecloth. Eat casseroles, puddings and other vegetable snacks with a fork without using a knife. Spaghetti screw on a fork and quickly put in your mouth.
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Surely you are used to eating poultry dishes with your hands, but this is absolutely unacceptable in a restaurant. Divide the served portion in the joints with a knife and fork, it will be much easier to handle individual pieces. Trim the meat from the outside to the bone. Some restaurants serve grilled chicken wrapped in foil. In this case, it is assumed that the client will eat meat with his hands. A cup of water is certainly served, where you can rinse your hands after a meal.
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For fish dishes there is a special fork and knife, shaped like a small narrow shoulder blade. Holding the fork in your left hand and the knife in your right, separate the skin, and then the meat from the bones. Caught the bones do not spit out on the plate, put them with a fork in the plate, standing on the side of the main one.
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Eat the ordered soup, scooping a spoon from yourself, otherwise you may accidentally sprinkle a suit. Scoop as much liquid as you can bring to your mouth without spilling. Bring the spoon to your mouth with the wide left edge. It is not supposed to cool the soup by stirring, it is better to wait until it cools down on its own. Eat silently, do not blow in a spoon. Separate the meatballs and dumplings in the soup using a spoon.
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