Saturday, November 15, 2008
fine dining
ytd CG we had a session on fine dining. our teacher 4 the day was patricia^^
anyway i had alwayx wanna learn bout fine dining, to me itx an art to master^^ i mean there will b a time in our life when we will b invited to go 4 fine dining, or prob we, ourselves wanna have a try on fine dining. so i had alwayx been thinking tt itx impt to know @ least the basic of fine dining, so u will nt embarrass urself next time.
e arrangement 4 fine dining
e art of fine dining is a long list to learn. first letx start with sitting? guyx do take note, let the galx sit 1st b4 u sit. n if the galx stand up to leave, guyx have to stand up too unless itx a business setting.
nw to napkin, napkin shld b folded 1/3 facing upward toward u. if u r leaving 4 a short phonecall or washroom during the dinner, place ur napkin to ur right on the table (do not place it on ur chair). u do not have to fold it neatly, jus place it there. but if u r leaving bcox u had finished ur dinner, place the napkin to ur left on the table.
nw to hand positioning on the table. only half of ur palm shld b against the table side, resting.
utensils r usually placed such tt u start using the utensils frm the outer most to the inner most. dessert utensils r sometime placed north of ur plate, or inner most of ur utensils by the side, both ways r alright.
when passing food, pass to ur right (clockwise direction). n when asking 4 pepper/ salt, rmb to use "may I" and "please". "may I have the salt, please." n if asked only 4 the salt, pls pass both pepper n salt, nt jus the salt so u dun have to keep looking 4 the other 1 if u nd it ltr.
on a setting whereby u have a big grp eating together n the utensils get too complicated tt ur nt sure which is urx, which r otherx, alwayx rmb u eat to ur left, drink to ur right. any food to ur left is urx n any drink to ur right is urx.
placment of the glasses frm in to out is normal glass, red wine glass then white wine glass at the most outer. differences btw red wine glass n white wine glass is tt red wine glass r rounder n wider.
when drinking soup, move ur spoon frm in to out. place only ard 1/3 of the spoon into ur mouth n sip the soup.
when eating steak n stuffx, therex 2 ways, european n american style. u can (european style) cut a piece at a time n chew it or (american style) cut the steak into small pieces, thereafter put down ur knife, change ur fork to another hand n enjoy ur food. 4 small food like peas, using ur fork, push the peas to ur knife, then eat it.
when u r nt done with ur food, place ur fork/ knife on the plate making a cross.
when ur done with ur food, place ur fork/ knife parallel with eachother with the knife blade facing inward, resting the handles of ur fork/ knife at 5 o'clock.
i had covered only the basic, if ur interested 2 noe more, probably u'll like to research abt it^^
Labels: etiquette, fine dining, table manner
Ms. Fangal ended @ 3:12 PM
