Chinese Dining Etiquette by Wong Yee Lee

Chinese Dining Etiquette

At Chinese meal times, Chinese people use a round or square table. Person of the most importance would usually take the seat the farthest away from the door whilst the youngest or the person of the least importance would take the seat closest to the door.

However, if you are the host, usually you would take the seat which is closest to the walkway since it allows the most convenient movement by the host.

Unlike the western style, Chinese people do not use forks and knives. We use a pair of chopsticks and spoons. Unlike Japanese chopsticks, Chinese chopsticks have both ends of the same size whilst Japanese ones have one end sharper than the other.

There are several things to remember when you use chopsticks.

- Don't dig in the food on a plate but just get the piece which you want to get

- Don't pick one piece then drop it back in the plate and change to another piece

- Don't let your chopsticks be covered with food juice or residue

- Don't use chopsticks to beat any utensils to make any noise

- Don't wave your chopsticks

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