How to hold the knife and fork when eating Western food? Etiquette for eating Western food

Nowadays, Western food is popular in many occasions, but the tableware used in Western food is very different from that in Chinese food. When eating Western food, the tableware is mainly knives and forks, and there are many rules for the use and holding of knives and forks. This is the etiquette that must be mastered when eating Western food. So how should you hold the knife and fork when eating Western food? What are the standards for dining in Western food? Next, I will introduce you to this knowledge.

How to hold a knife and fork when eating Western food

1. When cutting meat with Western food, you should hold the knife with your right hand and the fork with your left hand. When eating, the top of the knife handle should be placed directly in the palm of your hand. Instead, just press on the handle with your thumb on the inside of the handle, and the other three fingers should bend and hold the handle.

2. When eating Western food, you should hold the end of the fork as much as possible with your left hand, and never hold the lower part of the fork handle. The fork handle should be on the middle finger, and the ring finger and little finger should be under the middle finger for support. When eating steak with a knife and fork, you should first fix the steak with the fork, then cut the steak into long strips with the knife, and then fix the long strips with the fork, cut it into pieces that can be put into your mouth at once, and finally pick up the steak with the fork and put it directly into your mouth to eat.

Etiquette for eating Western food

1. There are many etiquettes to learn when dining at Western restaurants, not only the use of knives and forks, but also when drinking coffee. The family puts the sugar cubes on the coffee saucer, then uses a spoon to put sugar cubes into the cup, then uses the spoon to mix the coffee and sugar in the cup, and then takes the spoon out and puts it on the saucer, never leaving it in the coffee cup.

2. There are many things to pay attention to when eating bread in Western cuisine, because Westerners like to spread butter on bread. When spreading butter, you should spit out as much as you eat. You must not spread butter on a large piece of bread and then eat it.

3. When eating Western food, there are also rules for sitting posture. The back must be straight and the elbows cannot be raised. However, at the table and in the process of eating Western food, the knife and fork cannot make obvious collision sounds with the tableware, and loud noises cannot be made while eating Western food. These are all basic etiquette when eating Western food and are knowledge that people must master when dining in Western restaurants.