Dining Etiquette

Have you ever aware that people observing you on the way we eat and sometimes the food that you eat.

Sometimes before you are ready to order for your dishes in a restaurant, did you look around you to check out what are the nice food other people are having? Or maybe when you walking towards your table reserve, you will look at the foods served on other diner's table. This is very common by this you get a chance to look at the food before ordering it and have the idea of the tastiness of certain dishes. But well sometimes people do it too obviously. I went to eat in a restaurant and I order for a dish. So i began to eat. Suddenly I overheard a girl from next table talking to her friend. "Hey you look, that girl (her eyes are looking at my plate) having a nice dish. I guess I am going to order the dish that she is having." Well I guess, you don't need to tell me that my plate of dish is nice and you going to order it. hahaha...

Sometimes when we get our food, we will start to consume it. But then again... people are watching. :) Especially the following things that people observe.

1. When you chew something with your mouth close or open?
2. When you drink soup do you slurp?
3. When you take out bones from your mouth with hand, cutlery or just spit them out?
4. Do you talk with your mouth full?
5. Drinking water with any sounds?
6. Chewing your food loudly.

So becareful when you eat your food.

Here are some table manners for *you*

Table manners
· Don't slouch against the back of the chair or use your elbows to prop yourself up at the table.
· Wait for the host or hostess to begin eating before you start. It's usually a good idea to wait until everyone at the table has been served before digging in, although the host or hostess may encourage those who have their food to begin if it is a large group and the food may get cold.
· Don't slurp your soup.
· When passing salt, butter or any other requested item, don't pause to use it yourself as you send it on its way. Place it within easy reach of the person next to you rather than passing it along hand to hand.
· If it's necessary to remove inedible items from your mouth, do so politely with your fork or spoon. If that isn't going to work, surreptitiously spit the offending bone or piece of fat into your napkin.

By now you should be wondering, why having a meal have to be so tough. But this tiny minny things leaves a big impressions to someone...