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Dining Etiquette In Japanese cuisine, whether the table manners are proper not only means whether you respect each other and are polite, but also your personal cultural accomplishment and level. Do you know the dining etiquette in Japanese cuisine? The following is the dining etiquette of Japanese cuisine prepared for everyone, I hope it will help you! Use of Dining Etiquette Tableware in Japanese Cuisine If you go to a restaurant, the tableware is often already set, so don't worry too much about the placement. But if you are invited to a Japanese home, you should pay attention. Japanese tableware mainly includes chopsticks, teacups, rice bowls and soup bowls. The placing method is to put a rice bowl on the left and a soup bowl on the right, and the chopsticks should be placed horizontally on the chopsticks seat. Then why do chopsticks in China and South Korea stand vertically, while those in Japan stand horizontally? There is no definite answer to this question, but there is a saying that when chopsticks were introduced to Japan, ancient China chopsticks were placed horizontally. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't like to put chopsticks horizontally, so China gradually put chopsticks vertically, but the Japanese didn't change it, because they thought it was disrespectful to people to put chopsticks vertically. This is also an answer to the question of chopsticks placement. Teacups and flagons need to pay attention to teacups. In Japan, men and women use different cups. The teacups used by men are taller, while those used by women are shorter. So is the hip flask. A rice bowl and a soup bowl. So how do you distinguish a rice bowl from a soup bowl? The mouth of the rice bowl is wider, while the soup bowl is deeper and obviously sunken. Among them, the rice bowl used by men is bigger than that used by women, while the soup bowl is higher than that used by women. Both the rice bowl and the soup bowl have lids. Open the lid when eating. Put the left one on the left and the right one on the right. Put the lid on after eating. Although the Japanese also use chopsticks, they are still very different from us, and the way of use is the most important thing to pay attention to. In Japan, chopsticks are called Hashi, which is pointed chopsticks, not flat-headed chopsticks that we use in China. How to use chopsticks correctly is the basis of Japanese table manners. Let's take a closer look at our new product. First, pick up chopsticks with your right hand. If there is a chopstick cover, take it off and put it on the left side of the food or next to the mat. Next, put your left hand under the chopsticks. Then, the right hand slides under the chopsticks. Put chopsticks in your right hand and chopsticks in your left hand. Slide your right hand and grasp the upper side of chopsticks. Quietly put chopsticks horizontally on the chopstick rack. Chopsticks must be placed horizontally and put back in the chopsticks pillow when eating. Also put it horizontally, and don't point your chopsticks at others. If chopsticks are stained with leftovers, you can clean them with a napkin, not lick them with your mouth. This is very unsightly. If you don't have a chopstick pillow, gently tie a knot in the chopstick sleeve and use it as a chopstick pillow. Although both hands can hold chopsticks, if you want to look exquisite, hold chopsticks with your right hand, hold the upper end of chopsticks with your thumb and forefinger, and hold chopsticks with the other three fingers naturally bent, and both ends must be aligned. In addition, we should pay attention to the use of sanitary chopsticks. Generally, sanitary chopsticks are often used when entertaining guests. The more formal restaurants use high-quality products with clear wood grain such as Chinese fir chopsticks. After holding the chopsticks according to the above steps, put the sanitary chopsticks flat and pull one casually like a fan, which is more elegant than standing up and breaking. Also, in addition to extremely simple chopsticks, it is also a rather bad habit to wipe the tips of chopsticks after opening them. Then, knowing all kinds of habits, how to use chopsticks when holding a bowl in your hand? When eating Japanese food, most people eat with bowls. If you already have chopsticks in your hand, it's not against etiquette to hold the bowl or put it down with the same hand, but it doesn't look elegant. The elegant way is to put down the chopsticks in your hand and then straighten all your fingers to get the bowl. If you hold a bowl in your hand, the way to hold chopsticks is different. When you hold the left end of chopsticks between the middle finger and the ring finger of your left hand (or between the ring finger and the little finger), then hold it upside down with your right hand. If you feel very troublesome, you must put down your chopsticks first every time you want to take a bowl. It should be noted that after eating, you must put all the used tableware back to the place where you started eating. You should also cover the bowl and put the chopsticks back in the chopsticks box, chopsticks rack or paper bag. In addition, there are ten taboos in using chopsticks, which must be remembered, otherwise it will be considered as low personal accomplishment: licking chopsticks with your tongue. Use chopsticks as toothpicks. Chopsticks are not allowed to be swallowed upside down in your mouth. Put chopsticks in food or eat them as forks. Pick up and choose food with chopsticks. Swinging around the food with chopsticks, indecisive. Chopsticks are not allowed to straddle plates and bowls. Don't suck chopsticks like candy. Use chopsticks to point to people and things. Don't use chopsticks as knives In addition to the above items, paper is also very important in Japanese cuisine, but paper is not prepared by restaurants, but brought by guests themselves. Fold the pocket paper and put it in the kimono. The 20 origami in the pocket is used for changing dishes after drinking tea or wiping the seal of a tea bowl. At present, some restaurants will prepare paper for customers. The main uses of paper are as follows: 1. Can replace napkins. Can be used to wipe the corners of the mouth, can also be used to wipe the stains on the table. 2. It can replace small dishes. When eating food with crumbs such as dry snacks, or when eating food with juice, you can put a pregnant paper in your left hand. 3. When eating grilled fish. Wrap the fish head in paper and remove the fishbone. You can also cover the leftover fishbone with paper, which looks beautiful. If you want to express your knowledge and accomplishment, then proper use of pregnant paper is a good way to express it. Dining etiquette should express two feelings loudly before and after eating, and say "Itadakimasu" before eating (I'm going to start eating); Say "go-chiso-samadeshita" after dinner to express gratitude to the host for preparing this delicious meal. A Japanese meal usually includes a bowl of rice, a bowl of miso soup and two or three dishes. The more side dishes, the more formal and decent. Looking at a table of delicious food, where to start tasting? The correct order of eating is: sip the hot soup first, and then start to taste the dishes in the order of serving. But if there are many dishes, or they are served together, there is no requirement for the order of eating, but don't concentrate on eating only one dish. Each dish has a cyclic tasting order, so that the proportion of each dish is equal, so that all dishes can be eaten at the same time. In addition, in the process of eating, you need to pay attention to these items: 1. Don't talk about the bathroom when eating. Don't talk with food in your mouth. Don't spit out what you eat. 4. Try to avoid coughing, sneezing and burping when eating. When eating fish, don't put the bones and bones on the table, but on the plate. 6. Don't worry. 8. Pay attention to the people around you at the dinner table, especially the ladies or the elderly. 9. Don't eat the food before you finish it. For many friends, when eating food with soup, they always put their hands under it when sending food to their mouths, for fear of soup dripping. This is very impolite in Japanese cuisine. If you are worried about dripping soup, it won't be impolite to use pregnant paper instead of plates. For women, don't wear too much perfume when going to eat, and it's best not to wear a big ring on your hand, because sometimes Japanese utensils are expensive, and if you wear a ring on them, it will not be worth the candle. If it is a dinner party, the host will usually arrange the guests' seats. The host or guest couple will sit facing the host and wife. When you come to a restaurant, the oldest person usually sits first. Go first if you have guests. At a formal banquet, the younger generation will arrive before the older generation. After entering the box, the owner or boss should sit farthest from the door, and the person with the lowest position should sit near the door, which is convenient for passing food or closing the door. At private parties, buyers sit by the door. Sitting posture when eating, if the restaurant provides our usual tables and chairs, then it is enough to maintain a normal and decent sitting posture. What needs our attention is the "tatami" sitting posture that is not common in life. You must take off your hat, gloves and shoes when entering the tatami room, but you can wear socks. When sitting on tatami, the Japanese will sit on the mat (the Japanese call it Zabuton). The correct way is called the front seat, and the Japanese name is Seiza. You need to kneel with your knees together and your hips pressed against your roots. This sitting posture is very formal. The simpler methods are sitting cross-legged (called Agura in Japanese) and sitting horizontally (called Yoko suwari in Japanese). Men are generally cross-legged, that is, their feet cross in front and their hips land. The woman is a horizontal seat, that is, her legs are slightly sideways and her body does not press her feet. Above, we talked about the seating, sitting posture, matters needing attention when eating, the use and placement of tableware in Japanese dining etiquette. Then, what table manners should be paid attention to when tasting different foods? Next, let's take a look. In Japan, you will find that you don't need a spoon to drink soup. So you can lift the bowl, smell the fragrance first, and then drink slowly. If there are edible ingredients in the soup, you can eat them with chopsticks. You can take a sip first, and then take a bite. If there are shellfish such as clams in the soup, you can press the shell with chopsticks and taste it. Sashimi is sashimi, usually accompanied by white fish, shellfish, tuna, white radish, perilla, wasabi and so on. When eating, you should start with white meat sashimi with less fat, and then eat red meat sashimi with more fat or heavy taste. When eating low-end Japanese food, such as sushi, people often dissolve mustard in soy sauce and dip it in, but if eating high-end Japanese food, it must be noted that mustard cannot be dissolved in soy sauce! The correct way is to dip a small amount of mustard in sashimi, then dip the other third in soy sauce, not too much or too little, and eat the original flavor of the sashimi with a small amount of seasoning. When you eat different sashimi in succession, you can use radish puree to clear the taste buds. Eat big leaves at the same time. It's easier to eat them wrapped in big leaves. Stir-fry is a Chinese dish with stir-fry as its cooking method. Guandong cooking is generally cooked until the soup is dry and heavy; Kansai cooking will keep more soup and taste lighter. Foods that are difficult to hold with chopsticks, such as taro, must not be eaten with chopsticks! Remember, it is absolutely forbidden to tie a knot with chopsticks when using chopsticks. You can't transfer some food from a big plate to your own small plate by hand. If the vegetables are big, you need to hide your face and eat them. It's barbecue food, usually grilled fish. When eating grilled fish, you can break the fish tail, poke the fish belly with chopsticks, hold the fish head down with chopsticks, and remove the fish skin with chopsticks (because the fish skin is grilled with carbon, removing the fish skin is a healthy and elegant way to eat), and eat from the left. Don't turn over when eating grilled fish. Pick out the fish head, fish tail and fish bone with chopsticks and put them on the plate, then continue to eat the other side. Eating white radish at the same time has the effect of removing fishy smell. After eating, you need to cover up the food residue with the decoration industry. Yang is fried food, tempura is the most famous Yang in Japanese food, among which shrimp is the crown. The thinner the tempura paste, the better, the hotter and more fragrant it is. It is best to fry and eat now. A good tempura is crispy outside and fresh inside, and the lining is soft, smooth and sweet. When eating tempura, you should chew slowly. Don't eat it all at once. It is better to eat bit by bit. When we eat food, in what order should we taste it? Generally speaking, things are arranged according to taste, usually in the order of fried shrimp, fried fish and stir-fried dishes. Steamed vegetables are mainly steamed vegetables, and sometimes they appear as substitutes for boiled vegetables and cooked vegetables. When eating a steamed tea bowl, hold the cup firmly in one hand, draw the diameter with the spoon in the other hand, and draw a circle along the inside of the cup wall to perfectly separate the egg from the cup. After that, feed the person with a spoon. A side dish is a cold dish mixed with vinegar, and can't be used as the main course. Western-style salad has become an important member of the cold salad series after Japanese improvement. It is best to eat cold dishes in two or three times, and it is not advisable to eat them all at once. Royal rice, juice and fragrant things are staple foods such as rice and miso soup. Miso soup can be divided into clear soup and miso soup, which also means that the whole set of dishes has been finished. Rice can only be served for seven or eight minutes, and a full rice bowl means farewell. When you eat, you must eat with a bowl. Don't just hold rice with chopsticks. You can't eat kimchi until you are halfway through, and you must eat one piece at a time. Don't just take a bite and put it on the rice temporarily. Soup miso is very famous in Japan. When drinking soup, hold the bowl in your left hand and chopsticks in your right hand, hold the bowl to your mouth and stir it with chopsticks while drinking. When the bowl is served, the thumb buckles the mouth of the bowl, and the index finger, middle finger and ring finger buckle the bottom of the bowl. It's better to make a noise when drinking soup, and don't feel impolite. Making a sound shows that the soup is delicious, which is a respect for the chef. Many friends know that when eating noodles in Japan, you must make a sound, which shows that noodles are delicious. Yes, but you can't eat it immediately after serving it to your face. Appreciate the "appearance" first, then smell it, and then take a bite. Japanese usually suck noodles directly from the soup bowl, and can't add seasoning before eating noodles, which shows that they don't trust the noodles cooked by the chef, but they can add the seasoning they want after eating a few mouthfuls. When drinking soup, the Japanese usually drink with a bowl, but they can also scoop it with a spoon. The rice here refers to white rice (enlightened rice). When eating, lift the bowl to your chest with your left hand, buckle the mouth of the bowl with your thumb, and buckle the bottom of the bowl with your index finger, middle finger and ring finger, and don't get too close to your mouth. Then take chopsticks with your right hand. Don't gobble, you'd better finish your food and take a bite. Be careful not to put the rice on the rice. Eat first and then eat. Drinking etiquette in Japan, you can't drink before you are 20 years old. The way a man holds a glass: Gently press the edge of the glass with his thumb and forefinger, and the other fingers naturally bend inward. The way women hold the glass: the right hand holds the glass, the left hand takes the middle finger as the center, and the fingertips hold the bottom of the glass. When someone pours you wine for the first time, you must take a sip out of courtesy. If you are too heavy to drink, you can say it again. Japan has no habit of persuading wine. In Japan, you don't pour wine for yourself, but two people pour wine for each other, which is the same as in China. When pouring wine, look at the mouth of the glass. Don't pour wine from your own bottle when you leave your seat. Be sure to pour the wine from the bottle on the other table. When pouring wine, be careful not to let the cup touch the hip flask. If the hip flask or wine bottle is heavy, you can hold it in your right hand and gently in your left hand. Pay attention to drinking. When the other person pours wine, he should put the glass on the table instead of holding it in his hand. Tea etiquette Japanese love tea, and different kinds of tea are served at different times in the same meal. Generally speaking, drink green tea before meals, and drink fried tea during and after meals. Tea drinking etiquette is divided into men and women. The correct way for a woman to drink tea is to hold the teacup in her right hand and hold the teacup with her fingers in her left hand. A man can hold a cup with one hand or two hands. Sushi etiquette is the most exquisite, and there are too many contents, so it is said separately at the end. Sushi is my traditional food. I should wipe my hands with a warm towel before ordering, and then order. If you don't know anything, you can ask the chef for advice. In Japan, it is very polite to ask the chef for advice. Don't eat sushi with chopsticks, use your hands. Don't dip too much seasoning in sushi, it will affect the umami flavor. Sushi is best put directly into your mouth and eaten in one bite. In the process of eating, don't let the chef take away drinks, chopsticks, bills and other items, which is rude to others. For the Japanese, eating sushi is a ceremony, and they are quite particular about the sense of ceremony. △ Sushi rice cannot be dipped in soy sauce. There are no strict restrictions on the tools for eating sushi. You can use your hands or chopsticks. But it should be noted that sushi rice must not be dipped in soy sauce, which is against etiquette, and soy sauce will also affect the taste of sushi province. △ Recommend two ways to eat warship coils correctly. One is to eat soy sauce after dripping, and the other is to ask the sushi chef to smear soy sauce with a brush. The wrong way is to apply soy sauce with vinegar ginger instead of brush. This is not correct etiquette. △ Where is the table seat when eating sushi? Basically, the highest seat in a sushi restaurant is directly opposite the owner, because it is convenient to communicate with the owner or sushi chef, so if you take a VIP to eat sushi, you'd better give this seat to the other party. △ The order of ordering sushi is also very particular. In principle, the order of ordering sushi is roughly as follows: 1. Light white meat and rich shellfish II. Strong and shiny fish and tuna. Sweeter eels and omelets. Of course, the above order is only a rule in principle, not absolute, but there is a kind of sushi that must be placed at the last point, and that is "rolled sushi", which is a hard and fast rule. In addition to the above rules and etiquette, there are some other details that need attention, such as "Don't order your favorite sushi casually", "Sushi chefs should not leave it for a long time, but eat it immediately", "It's best not to wear too much perfume before entering the sushi restaurant" and "It's best not to take pictures at will in the store" and so on. The basic point of sushi is 1. Traditional diners eat sushi with their hands instead of chopsticks. 2. Most sushi chefs don't need to dip in horseradish, and some tasty sushi chefs have already brushed the sauce, even without dipping in soy sauce. 3, sushi should be eaten in one bite, and two stutters will destroy the density of sushi rice balls and affect the taste. Ginger is eaten between two different kinds of sushi, not a side dish or kimchi. Eating ginger between different kinds of sushi is to clean the mouth, so that the tastes of two kinds of fish will not be mixed together, commonly known as no cross-flavor. If you order it yourself, the taste should be from light to heavy, so that you can appreciate the umami taste of each sushi. Sweet sushi, such as egg sushi and bean skin sushi, is usually eaten last. 6. Miso soup is the last drink, not the beginning. 7. Roll sushi is usually eaten last, because the traditional roll sushi is very simple, that is, spit fish or cucumber, which is for people who are not full and fill their stomachs like rice. 8. When eating sushi, eat a plate and take a plate, so that the sushi will not get cold (because the master's hand, freshly squeezed sushi will have the temperature of the palm). 9. Very, very traditional diners don't drink rice wine when eating sushi, because rice and rice wine taste similar, so it is meaningless to eat together. Tip 1, traditional sushi (wrapped in seaweed) should also be eaten immediately before seaweed gets wet. If the host serves a whole plate of sushi, he should eat rolled sushi with seaweed and rice first, and then eat sushi. 2. The etiquette of eating sashimi is a little different. You must eat sashimi with chopsticks. It is impolite to rub before using chopsticks. It is an insult to the host to imagine that there may be thorns in chopsticks. Master put a small piece of mustard beside the sashimi. Guests should directly put a little horseradish on the fish fillet with chopsticks, and then dip the other end of the fish fillet without horseradish in soy sauce to avoid the horseradish mixing with liquid and losing its spicy taste and flavor. The decorative side dishes with sashimi are generally a green perilla leaf and some shredded radish, which are edible and helpful for digestion. ;