Hi there,<\/p>\n
Okay, now you have scored that special date with that someone special, or dinner with your parents in law, or even something more serious, having a business meeting over at a restaurant.<\/p>\n
So just how you carry yourself at the dining table translate quite a bit about you. I know, life is unfair, just because you do not know the 101 on dining etiquette doesn\u2019t mean you fail in other parts of your life, right?<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n But how about I ask you this question?<\/p>\n If you were to dine with person A who keep talking with his mouth open with food in his mouth and worst still, couldn\u2019t keep his food \u201cin his mouth\u201d all the way when he talk. Or Person B, someone who can engage a great conversation with you, but will know when to pass you the pepper at the table with the soup is here.\u00a0 You can try convincing me that Person A can be better, may be he can hold a great conversation, but throughout the meal, I will probably be so preoccupied with him not hitting the jackpot of flying a piece into my salmon or soup rather than what he wanted to tell me.<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Down to the Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n I won\u2019t talk about the fine dining part (God knows how many rules there are!), let\u2019s just pull out a few that is useful to our daily lives, and most common, so that we will know at least the basics.<\/p>\n I have my fair share of awful dates and also great delightful ones. The worst one that I have sat through was over at a Vietnamese restaurant, that horrifying image of my dining companion opening his mouth with Vietnamese pho in his mouth. Yapping non stop about our uni projects, and complaining everything under the sun. Sipping soda and \u201caccidentally\u201d let out a burb or two during the whole meal. The image still vividly haunt me until now, because seriously his pho did fly onto my grilled pork rice, and I have to make up a reason why I couldn\u2019t finish my meal.<\/p>\n So dining etiquette is indeed really important. You don\u2019t need a PHD for dining etiquette, but at least learn a few things so that people won\u2019t look you differently, better still, impress them with your new found skill, who knows? You might really give a very good impression that good things does come your way.<\/p>\n This year, I attended a dining etiquette workshop and learnt something that surprised me, so I would like to share what I have learnt from this workshop.<\/p>\n Drink or Bread, Left or Right<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you sometimes feel confused as to which drink or bread plate you should be taking when you were seated on a nicely setup table? All the while, I thought whatever things that placed on your right, that belongs to you, well you are half way there.<\/p>\n Actually your drink should always be placed on your right, while your bread plate should be placed on your left. Hard to remember? Just remember this, put your finger into 2 okay sign, which forms a letter \u201cb\u201d on your left & letter \u201cd\u201d on your right. There you go, b=bread which is on your left & d=drink which is always on your right. So next time, you won\u2019t be pondering which side you should take. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n