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Instructions Step 1: Don’t rub Don’t rub your chopsticks together, unless they are disposable and you can see splinters. Doing this with quality chopsticks insults the host by indicating that you think the chopsticks are cheap. Step 2: Refrain from play Refrain from using your chopsticks for anything other than eating. Don’t roll them on …
Instructions Step 1: Start with the main plate Place a large plate, known as a charger, in the center of the place setting. This plate serves as the underplate for courses that precede the entree, and is taken away when the main dish arrives. Step 2: Lay the napkin Lay a folded napkin on top …
Instructions Step 1: Evaluate the error Make sure the problem is on their end, not yours. If your food is undercooked, overcooked, the wrong temperature, stale, has a foreign object in it, or is not what you ordered, send it back. If it doesn’t taste the way you thought it would, however, try to deal …
Instructions Step 1: Ask for a separate check Don’t be shy about asking for a separate check – especially if you’re fearful of getting stuck paying for everyone else’s extravagance. Just be sure to do it at the beginning of the evening. TIP: Allay the awkwardness by suggesting separate checks for everyone, unless you’re in …
Instructions Step 1: Know the basics As soon as you take your seat at the table, place your napkin in your lap and obey the basic rules: Sit up straight, keep your elbows off the table, don’t begin eating until everyone has been served, chew with your mouth closed, and silence your cell phone. Step …
Instructions Step 1: Space plates around table Space dinner plates around your table, leaving enough room in between to accommodate cutlery. Step 2: Place bowls or appetizer plates When applicable, place soup bowls or appetizer plates on top of the dinner plates. TIP: If you plan to plate individual food servings in the kitchen and …
Instructions Step 1: Position chopsticks In your right hand, traditionally used even by the left-handed, rest the thick end of one chopstick on the webbing between your thumb and forefinger so that about an inch of it sticks out beyond your hand, and rest the other end on your ring finger. Keep your fingers loosely …
