职场是人生必修课 行者必修课:各国餐桌礼仪大盘点

行者必修课:各国餐桌礼仪大盘点  

Table manners are how to behave when you eat a meal. They include how to handle cutlery and how to eat in a civilized manner. The world's largest travel and digital publisher
Lonely Pla has assembled etiquette tips. It warns of blunders you should avoid at table. "It celebrates the fun of travel. Sometimes they are funny and sometimes they are informative
" said US editor Robert Reid
whose team pulled together tidbits from various cross-cultural books.
Eating
Japan
日本
Lonely Pla: It is "perfectly" okay to slurp when you eat noodles.
Tradition: Unlike making big noises
slurping mildly is not rude but is a pliment to the chef. Japanese also say it tastes better if you slurp.
What else to watch: It's important to say traditional phrases of thanks before and after a meal.
Eat sushi whole. Dip the fish part rather than the rice into soy sauce.
Russia
Lonely Pla: Your wrists should be placed on the edge of the table while eating
fork in left hand
knife in the right.
Tradition: Keep your hands in sight. It is not good manners to rest them on your lap. Keep your elbows off the table.
What else to watch: Leave some food on your plate to show that the host has given you enough to eat. Or the host will ask if you'd like to have a second helping. It's polite to mop up excess sauce or gravy with bread.
Portugal
Lonely Pla: don't ask for salt and pepper if it is not on the table. "Asking for any kind of seasoning or condiment" will offend the cook.
Tradition: Cooks are highly respected in Portugal.
What else to watch: Place your napkin on your lap
and don't eat with your fingers. Don't switch cutlery beeen hands.
France
Lonely Pla: never discuss money or religion over dinner. Going Dutch is considered "the height of unsophistication".
Tradition: In France
a meal is like a ceremony. People relish it and make it's a special occasion.
What else to watch: In contrast to the etiquette in Russia
it's considered good manners to finish everything on your plate.
People often cut bread directly on a table cloth rather than on a plate. Tear your bread into bite-sized pieces before eating. Taking a bite from the whole piece is very impolite.
Mexico
Lonely Pla: Whenever you catch the eye of someone who's eating
even a stranger
it's good manners to say "provecho"
which means enjoy.
Tradition: In Mexico
dining is more than a meal. It's a social occasion - lunches are rarely quick and suppers can last for hours.
What else to watch: Where you sit matters in the country. Before you get seated
look for place cards
or wait until the host seats you.
And you must say "enjoy your meal" before you leave the table.
Drinking
Lonely Pla has offered helpful drinking tips.
America
If you empty a bottle into someone's glass
it obliges that person to buy the next bottle. It's polite to put the last drops into your own glass.
Australia
In a pub it's customary to buy a round of drinks for everyone in your group. When it's your turn say "It's my round". They'll make it up to you when it's their round. Don't leave before you've bought a round.
Japan
Don't fill your own glass of alcohol
instead
you should pour for others and wait for them to reciprocate.
Russia
Adhere to the vodka rituals. Vodka is for toasting
not sipping. Men
but not women
are expected to down shots in one gulp. Never mix vodka with another beverage or dilute it. And don't place an empty bottle on the table - it must be placed on the floor.
Sweden
It's considered impolite to clink glasses unless you say "cheers".