Introduction to the use of western-style napkins

Napkins also play an important role in western food. Compared with Chinese napkins, there are more strict and special places that need more attention. Let's take a look at the usage of western napkins with me. Let's have a look.

The etiquette of using western-style napkins is the placement of napkins. Western napkins are usually stacked in diners' cups according to a certain pattern. Sometimes they are laid flat on the diners' right table or on the saucer in front of them. There are rectangles and squares.

Napkins should be laid flat on your lap. If it is a square napkin, it should be folded into an isosceles triangle with the right angle facing the knee. If it's a rectangular napkin, it should be folded in half and spread out on the leg. The opening and folding of napkins should be done quietly under the table so as not to affect others.

The second is the use of napkins. Napkins have a cleaning effect on clothes, preventing dishes and juice from falling off and soiling clothes; It can also be used to wipe your mouth, usually with its inside, but it can't be used to wipe your face, sweat and tableware; It can also be used to cover your mouth. When you have to pick your teeth or spit out your mouth, you can cover it with a napkin to avoid losing your manners.

Third, napkins have a suggestive effect. The hostess is the first host of western food. When the hostess spreads out the napkin, it means the meal begins, and when the hostess puts the napkin on the table, it means the meal is over. If the diner leaves halfway and comes back later to continue eating, he can put the napkin on the chair where he is sitting; If you put it on the table, it means: I won't eat it, I can take it away.

Matters needing attention when using napkin cloth 1 Don't open the napkin cloth in a hurry after taking a seat.

2. Pick up the napkin from the dining table, fold it in half first, and then spread the crease on your leg. Never shake off your napkin, wrap it around your neck like a bib, or stuff it in the neckline. It is also wrong to put a corner of a napkin into your eyes or belt. If the clothes are slippery and the napkin slips easily, you should put a corner of the napkin into your belt, or put the left and right ends under your thighs in a less conspicuous way. In addition to wiping your mouth when necessary, your napkin cloth must be placed flat on your legs during the whole meal at the table.

During the meal, before drinking, you need to wipe the oil stains on your mouth with a napkin cloth.

When you leave the table for a while, you must let the napkin hang from the corner of the table.

It's best to avoid leaving in the middle of the party. When leaving the table temporarily, many people will fold the napkins and put them on the chairs. There is nothing wrong with this treatment, because the napkin placed on the table is easily misunderstood and has left the table. In fact, the most ideal method is to press the corner of the napkin with a plate or knife and let it hang down from the edge of the table. Of course, the dirty side is elegant when it faces inward.

Napkin cloth, also called mouth cloth, is used to wipe your mouth.

6. After eating, take your napkin cloth out of the middle and put it on the table, the specific position is on the left side of your plate. Just put it away casually, don't fold it deliberately, but be careful not to wrinkle the napkin cloth.

7. Napkin cloth is usually folded and placed on the decorative plate in the middle of the seat, which is a common napkin arrangement at formal dinners. Besides, napkins will also be placed on the edge of the plate.

8. If you don't want to dirty napkins, they may get dirty. Take out your handkerchief or tissue and use it. This is against table manners.

9. When you spit out the seeds of fishbone or fruit, you can cover your mouth with a napkin, spit directly in the napkin, and then analyze the napkin inward.

10. The first person to open the napkin cloth should be the host. This action announced the official start of the dinner.

1 1. If the napkin cloth is not placed in the middle of the plate, it will be placed on your left, and the napkin cloth on the right belongs to the guest sitting on your right. Be careful not to take another napkin cloth by mistake.

12. Sometimes the napkin cloth is put in the cup, and your napkin cloth is in the cup on the right.

13. If you are not a child or a person who is inconvenient to eat, it is best not to hang a napkin cloth on your chest.

14. Napkin cloth is used to wipe your mouth, not your face or tableware. If you need to wipe your sweat, you can use a paper towel.

15. It is unsightly to leave lipstick on the tableware, but when it is necessary to wipe off lipstick marks, use paper towels instead of napkin cloth.

16. Avoid excessive action when wiping your mouth with a napkin cloth. The correct and elegant way to use it is to gently wipe it.

17. To stand up after eating, first pick up the napkin on your leg, fold it at will, then put it on the left side of the dining table, and then get up and leave your seat. It is impolite to shake or fold a napkin after standing up. Napkins don't have to be folded too neatly after use, but you can't just rub them into a ball. If guests or elders are present, they must wait until they pick up napkins and fold them before they can follow suit. At the end of the meal, the action of putting the napkin cloth back on the table is also completed by the hostess first, indicating the end of the dinner.

Napkins are folded according to the color and size of standard napkins. Napkins should go with tablecloths. Breakfast can be in the same plaid color as ordinary handkerchiefs, mostly 3.25 to 45 cm. It can be simply folded or folded into a tent. Lunch and dinner napkins are mainly white or other colors, and the material should be 60 cm hard linen. If it is too soft or too small, it will not fold. Here are some ways to fold napkins:

Tent type

Napkins are suitable for breakfast or fast food, because they are the simplest way to fold. You can use 3.25 cm napkins. The folding method is to fold the napkins with one hand and push the napkins with the other. First put the overlapping angle in the upper left corner, then fold the angle A and the angle B in half to form a triangle; The second action is to press the thumb of the right hand on the upper end of the center of the triangular salt bottom and fold it into a tent napkin. Point the opening or tail end of the tent towards the tourists.

Crimping cap type

The curled hat type is also a napkin suitable for simple meals. The folding method is simple. Fold the rectangular napkin first, and then overlap the right third to the left. Roll C down into a conical hat, and then fold E and F up.

Pointed hat type

The pointed hat type is also a napkin suitable for simple meals. The folding method is simple: ① First, the square napkin is folded diagonally into a triangle; (2) then fold the left and right 3/4 parts into a sharp shape; 3 fold the corner in front of you again; (4) The back is folded back and flattened.

Monk hat type

This is a common napkin folding method in restaurants, with generous style and convenient folding: ① Fold square napkins into rectangles; (2) second step, folding into a diamond shape; (3) thirdly, cross-folding the diamonds into a mountain shape; Fourthly, folding the lower left corner below the upper right corner; ⑤ Turn it over and fold the lower right corner under the upper left corner; ⑥ Distribute evenly at the lower opening, that is, form a monk's hat shape.

Bishop hat type