导语：餐桌礼仪，顾名思义，就是指在吃饭用餐时在餐桌上的礼仪常识，餐饮礼仪问题可谓源远流长。以下是小编带来的西方国家餐桌礼仪，供各位参阅。
1)As soon as the hostess picks up her napkin (餐巾), pick yours up and lay it on your lap.
2)The Soup Course
Dinner usually begins with soup. The largest spoon at your place is the soup spoon. It will be beside your plate at the right-hand side.
3) The Fish Course
If there is a fish course, it will probably follow the soup. There may be a special fork for the fish, or it may be similar to the meat fork. Often it is smaller.
4) The Meat Course
The main course is usually served by the host himself, especially if it is a fowl (鸡禽) or a roast which needs to be carved. He will often ask each guest what piece he prefers, and it is quite proper to state your preference as to lean or fat, dark (红肉) or light (白肉).
5) Using Knife and Fork
The English keep the fork in the left hand, point curved downward, and bring the food to the mouth either by sticking the points onto it or in the case of soft vegetables, by placing it firmly on the fork in this position with the knife. Americans carve the meat in the same position, then lay down the knife and taking the fork in the right hand with the point turned up, push it under a small piece of food without the help of the knife and bring it to the mouth right-side-up.
6) Helping Yourself and Refusing
If a servant passes food around, he will pass the dish at your left hand so that you can conveniently serve yourself with your right hand. Never serve yourself while the dish is on your right; it is then the turn of your neighbor on the right. It is polite to take some of everything that is passed to you. But if there is something you may not like, you may quietly say: "No, thank you."
7) The Salad Course
A salad is eaten with a fork. There is usually a special one for the salad, a little smaller than the meat fork.
8) Bread and Butter
Bread is taken in the fingers and laid on the side plate or the edge of the large plate; it is never taken with a fork. Butter is taken from the butter dish with the butter knife and placed on the side plate, not on one's bread.
9) Other Things on the Table
When there are things on the middle of the table, such as bread, butter, jelly, pickles, nits, candies, you should not take any until the hostess has suggested that they be passed.
10) Leaving the Table
It is impolite for a guest to leave the table during a meal, or before the hostess gives the signal at the end. When the hostess indicates that the dinner is over, she will start to rise from her seat and all the guests rise from theirs at the same time.
