Sarvajanik Education Society

S.R.Luthra Institute Of Management

FOUNDATION COURSE

Semester I (805)

Class A/2

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Report on
Foundation course assignment
DINING

ETIQUETTES OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

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Beena Thankachan
Krupal Dixit
Jiten Gheeya
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Subject: Foundation Course

Submitted to:
Mr. Paresh Dave

S.R.Luthra Institute Of Management-805

Dining Etiquettes of different countries

What is etiquettes?

Etiquette related to a code of behaviour among people within an organisation, group or society.
Table manners are the ultimate way to show respect (or some accidental disrespect) to your gracious
host.. This dining etiquette reference is divided into six sections:1. Table manners
2. Table settings
3. Restaurant etiquettes
4. Business dining etiquettes
5. International dining etiquettes

SOUTH AFRICA

Mealtime and typical food

The typical diet is a combination of local ethnic group cuisine, Western foods, and Asian foods: much
is available in South Africa. All groups enjoy barbecues, for example. Local food is rich in rice, yams
and cassava (a root vegetable), plus breads, fresh vegetables and fruits. Meats are enjoyed when
available, and fish along the coast and rivers, each ethnic group has its own specialties and
preferences, and remember. Muslims will not eat pork or drink alcohol (although it is available). A
typical dish is mealy meal (the South African version of the ubiquitous African porridge), served in
any number of different ways.
Breakfast is served from about 6 to 9 a.m... Lunch from 12 to 2 p.m., and dinner from 8 to 10 p.m.

The main meal of the day for most all groups is dinner.

Urban South Africans will dine the Western way: Rural South Africans will often dine in the
more conservative African way, with a wooden spoon.a communal bowl, or no utensils (using
the right hand).

In such cases, traditionally children, women, and men dine separately, and men are offered the
best parts first, women next, and children typically last.

Avoid drinking tap water anywhere in the region (this means you should brush your teeth with
bottled water and not take ice in any of your drinks: drink only bottled water, or brewed tea or
coffee or soft drinks. and avoid getting water from the morning shower into your mouth: never
eat fresh fruits or vegetables that cannot be peeled first. and ideally cooked later before eating).

This is a serious matter: there are some very nasty-and sometimes deadly-bugs going around in
developing countries. In addition, avoid all dairy products except in the finest hotels as the
required refrigeration may be questionable. Do not swim in freshwater lakes ponds, or rivers
due to the possibility of serious parasitic infection.

TABLE MANNERS

Modern urban South Africa has been significantly westernized, as many of the Western modes of
dining are understood and accepted many South Africans. However, understanding the traditional
South African modes of dining behaviour will be quite helpful as they are apparent and respected in
most places. They vary group to group, but the following basic suggestions should be considered.
Before meals, you must wash your hands, and wash them again when the meal is over. Traditionally,
one eats with one's right hand from their plate. Never use your left hand unless you are clearly eating
something that requires two hands; occasionally you may be offered a spoon or fork, which also must
be held in the right hand, unless you also have a knife, in which case the knife is held in the right and
the spoon or fork in the left.
Keep your left hand off any bowls or serving items. If there is one communal bowl offered, eat only
from that part of the communal plates or bowls that is directly in front of you. You may be seated at a
table, on the floor, or on low stools. Do not smoke in the same area where the food is being served and
wait to smoke until after the meal is finished.

SEATING ETIQUETTE

The most honoured position is next to the host. Most social entertaining is done in people's homes
(although in the cities there is business dining in restaurants).
The home, the market, or a local cafe is where local people typically meet, socialize, and get things
done, including business (although business is not easily done in the market), outside of the major
urban centres.

Usually the one who does the inviting pays the bill. If invited to a home or if you are hosted in any
way, thanks and compliments may be denied; nevertheless, it is important to state humble thanks,and
to accept thanks graciously.

PAYING THE BILL

CHINA

Most Popular Articles on Eating in China

As a guest at a meal, one should be particular about ones appearance and determine whether to
bring small gifts or good wine, according the degree of relationship with the master of the
banquet. It is important to attend and be punctual.

Seating
On arrival one should first introduce oneself, or let the master of the banquet do the
introduction if unknown to others, and then take a seat in accordance with the master of the
banquets arrangement.
The seating arrangement is probably the most important part of Chinese dining etiquette.
If the guest of honour or most senior member is not seated, other people are not allowed to be
seated. If he hasnt eaten, others should not begin to eat.

Eating
When eating a meal in China, people are expected to behave in a civilized manner, pay
attention to table manners and practice good dining habits. In order to avoid offense diners
should pay attention to the following points:
Let older people eat first, or if you hear an elder say "let's eat", you can start to eat. You
should not steal a march on the elders.
You should pick up your bowl with your thumb on the mouth of the bowl, first finger, middle
finger the third finger supporting the bottom of the bowl and palm empty. If you dont pick up
your bowl, bend over the table, and eat facing your bowl, it will be regarded as bad table
manners.

Table Manners
Chinese manners don't consist of slurping food down as quickly as possible and shouting
loudly!
When helping yourself to the dishes, you should take food first from the plates in front of you
rather than those in the middle of the table or in front of others. Its bad manners to use your
chopsticks to burrow through the food and "dig for treasure" and keep your eyes glued to the
plates.
When finding your favourite dish, you should not gobble it up as quickly as possible or put
the plate in front of yourself and proceed to eat like a horse. You should consider others at the
table. If there is not much left on a plate and you want to finish it, you should consult others. If
they say they dont want any more, then you can eat proceed.
Concentrate on the meal and your companions. Watching television, using your phone, or
carrying on some other activity while having a meal is considered a bad habit.

Elegance
It is not good manners to pick up too much food at a time. You should behave elegantly. When
taking food, dont nudge or push against your neighbour. Dont let the food splash or let soup
or sauce drip onto the table.
When eating, you should close your mouth to chew food well before you swallow it, which is
not only a requirement of etiquette, but also better for digestion. You should by no means open
your mouth wide, fill it with large pieces of food and eat up greedily. Dont put too much food
into your mouth at a time to avoid leaving a gluttonous impression. Neither should you stretch
your neck, open your mouth wide and extend your tongue to catch food you are lifting to your
mouth.
If there is food around your mouth, use a tissue or a napkin to wipe it, instead of licking it
with your tongue. When chewing food, dont make noises.
If you want to cough or sneeze, use your hand or a handkerchief to cover your mouth and turn
away. If you find something unpleasant in your mouth when chewing or phlegm in the throat,
you should leave the dinner table to spit it out.

Rules and Conventions Relating to Chopsticks:

Do not stick chopsticks vertically into your food when not using them, especially not into rice, as
this will make Chinese people think of funerals. At funerals joss sticks (sticks of incense) are stuck
into the rice that is put onto the ancestor altar.
Do not wave your chopsticks around in the air too much or play with them.
Do not stab or skewer food with your chopsticks.
Pick food up by exerting sufficient inward pressure on the chopsticks to grasp the food securely and
move it smoothly to your mouth or bowl. It is consider bad form to drop food, so ensure it is gripped
securely before carrying it. Holding ones bowl close to the dish when serving oneself or close to the
mouth when eating helps.
To separate a piece of food into two pieces, exert controlled pressure on the chopsticks while moving
them apart from each other. This needs much practice.
Some consider it unhygienic to use the chopsticks that have been near (or in) ones mouth to pick food
from the central dishes. Serving spoons or chopsticks can be provided, and in this case you will
need remember to alternate between using the serving chopsticks to move food to your bowl and your
personal chopsticks for transferring the food to your mouth.
Some restaurants in China have forks available and all will have spoons. If you are not used to
chopsticks, you can ask the restaurant staff to provide you with a fork or spoon.

INDIA

Dining etiquette for dining with Muslims and Hindus

Islam prohibits the use of pork, and Hindus do not eat beef.
When dining with Hindus, do not touch directly any food that is being served to others and this
is especially the case between men and women: this makes it impure.
When dining with devout Muslims, it is especially important for women not to touch directly
any food that is being served to men: this also makes it impure.

Dining etiquette for eating with your hands.

Wash your hands before you sit down to eat. You will also need to wash your hands again at the
end of the meal.
Use your right hand when picking up and eating food, never your left hand. Keep your left
hand at your side. Do not place your left hand on the table, and do not pass food with your left
hand.
Banana-leaf food is eaten with your hands. These are vegetarian or meat curries, served with
rice and sauce on a large banana leaf.
Reach into the rice, take some with your fingers, gently roll it between your index and middle
fingers and thumb (not in your palms!) into a kind of self-sticking ball, dip it into the sauce on
the banana leaf, mix it with a vegetable or a piece of chicken, then pop the whole thing in your
mouth. Most of these hands-on banana-leaf restaurants are Muslim or vegan (Hindu).

Dining etiquette for seating

The host sits at the head of the table, with the honoured guest seated next to the host. (Spouses
are usually not invited to business meals in restaurants. Do not ask if your spouse can join you:
it will embarrass your Indian colleague into doing something that is uncomfortable for him;
however, your spouse might be invited to a meal at your colleague's home, especially if the
spouse of the host will be there, which will probably be the case.)
In addition, the honoured guest sits on the side of the table farthest from the door. (In business
meetings, the key people sit in the middle, flanked on either side in descending order by their
aides, with the least important people sitting at the ends of the table farthest from the middle,
and closest to the door; the arrangement is mirrored on the other side) Men and women eating
at someone's home may dine in separate areas (and spend the entire evening separated) or at
separate times, with the men dining first.