西方餐桌礼仪起源于法国梅罗文加王朝，当时因着拜占庭文化启发，制定了一系列细致的礼仪。欧洲的餐桌礼仪由骑士精神演变而来。以下是小编收集整理的一些关于西方餐桌礼仪的素材，希望可以帮到你。
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Difference of table etiquette between eastern and western cultures
There are differences and similarities between the etiquette at table between the eastern and western cultures.
To raise a few examples, we could talk about the differences of both cultures.
Westerners would use silverware such as forks, knives and soup spoons, which are made of stainless steel.
Easterners would use chopsticks and soup spoons.
In certain part of Southern Asia, people eat with their hands.
Dinner table and table seating arrangements are different between the two customs.
The dinner table for the west is mostly rectangle while the east is round.
In addition, there are differences in the ways foods are served between the two cultures, the westerners serve dinner by courses and one course, or plate, is served after another.
Each person has his own choice or portion of his foods served separately.
However, the eastern culture, or the Chinese culture, has the foods served very much at the same time and they are not served separately to each individually.
Therefore, in a Chinese meal, the foods are shared among the people at the table.
It is considered bad manner for a person to use his chopsticks turning foods in a plate upside down to pick what he likes.
As for the similarities, both cultures would consider impolite for a person to put his elbows on the table or to talk with foods in his mouth.
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Doohickey of Preengage.
The more slap-up the restaurant is, the more necessary to preengage.
When making a preengage, you have to tell the exact number of person and the time, but also show clearly if you want to a non-smoking or well viewing place.
If it is for the birthday or any other special days, you can make them know the purpose and budget.
It is bacical politeness that you should arrive in time.
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you shouldn't wear the casual clothes in the restaurant even it may be a very expensive one.
It is the common sense that one should wear properly when having dinner.
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Eating habits
As a nation we are becoming more aware of the food we and our children are eating.
The recent campaign to improve school dinners by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has helped raise awareness of our fast food lifestyles.
Healthy eaters or just trendy?
Are there certain things that you do and don’t eat and why? With so many food programmes and books telling you what you should and shouldn’t eat to be healthy it’s hard to keep track.
Some people are vegetarians for moral reasons, some don’t like the taste of meat and there are one or two people who do it because it’s trendy.
Likewise, it can be trendy to follow the latest celebrity diet because it’s what the famous are doing.
Eating out
People are eating out more frequently now, not just on special occasions as in the past.
The choice of restaurants has also diversified over the last few decades.
Italian, Chinese and Indian restaurants have been around for years but have now been joined by Mongolian, Japanese, Mexican and Turkish amongst others.
Bars and pubs are still popular for food and often promote English cuisine made with local produce.
For the Queen’s recent 80th birthday celebrations, top UK chefs battled it out to create the Great British Menu to serve at a birthday banquet.
‘We enjoy eating out a couple times and month whether with friends or just as a couple.
We like trying new things so go to different restaurants.’
Craig, 25, County Durham.
Eating on the go
From chocolate bars to sandwiches and wraps more people are eating on the go - on the street, in cars or on buses and trains.
While our parents and grandparents may frown at this behaviour, considering it to be bad manners, people eat on the go because they are rushing from one place to another.
And in the home the number of people sitting down at a dining table for their evening meal is on the decrease as meal times become more informal.
‘If I’m running late for work I don’t think twice about eating toast in the car or on the bus but I know my mum wouldn’t approve.’
Stacey, 24, Leeds.
Whilst we may be trying to eat more healthily it seems we still have some bad habits.