盤點全球各國千奇百怪的餐桌禮儀

在國外吃飯，宛如躡手躡腳地游走在一堆不熟悉的規則中間。餐桌禮儀是對主人展現尊敬（有時反而顯現不敬）的最好方式。現在就來學學如何吃飯吧。

01

Slurp your food.

吃東西時咂吧嘴。

In Japan, most commonly when eating noodles and soups, slurping shows your appreciation of the food to the chef. The louder the better! You may also drink directly from the soup bowl—spoons are uncommon. Furthermore, never cross your chopsticks, lick your chopsticks, or stick your chopsticks vertically into a bowl of rice. Its considered very rude in Japan and many other Asian countries, including China.

在日本，吃面喝湯極其尋常，發出嘖嘖聲是對廚師食物的肯定。越大聲越好！你還可以直接端起湯碗來喝湯——調羹反而用得不多。此外，千萬別把筷子交叉、舔筷子或是把筷子垂直插在米飯中間。這在日本以及其他許多亞洲國家，包括中國，都是極其粗魯的表現。

02

Eat only with your right hand.

只用右手吃飯。

Sorry lefties—in India, the Middle East, and some parts of Africa, it is considered unclean to eat with your left hand。

左撇子對不住啦——在印度、中東以及非洲某些地區，用左手吃飯是不潔的表現。

03

Bread is a utensil.

面包只是食具。

In France, you are supposed to use two hands to eat—either fork and knife or fork and bread. Bread isnt meant to be an appetizer—instead it serves to assist the food to the fork. When you eat the bread, tear off a piece of it to eat instead of biting directly into the bread. When not in use, the bread belongs on the table or tablecloth instead of the plate.

在法國，你應該用兩只手吃飯——用刀叉或者是叉子加面包來吃。面包在這里并不是開胃菜——而是幫助把食物弄到叉子上的工具。吃面包的時候，慢慢地撕下，千萬別直接對著面包咬。不用的時候，面包放在桌子上或是桌布上，而不在盤子里。

Dont offer to split the bill.

別想著AA制。

In France, splitting the bill is considered the height of unsophistication. Offer to pay the bill in its entirety or someone else will。

在法國，AA制被看成不懂人情世故。要么就請客，不然就等別人買單吧。

04Eat with your hands.

用手吃飯。

In Mexico, it is considered an almost snobby practice to use a fork and knife。

在墨西哥，用刀叉吃飯是十分勢利的表現。

Dont ask for salt or pepper.

別去要鹽或胡椒粉。

In Portugal, if salt and pepper arent already on the table, dont ask for them. Its considered an offense to the chefs seasoning skills.

在葡萄牙，如果桌子上沒有鹽和胡椒粉，千萬別去要。這會被看成是對廚師調味技巧的挑釁。

Dont ask for cheese.

別去要芝士。

In Italy, never ask for cheese if its not explicitly offered to you. Its considered a sin to put extra cheese on top of your pizza—and its even worse to put it on seafood.

在意大利，如果沒有明確給你提供芝士，千萬別去要。在披薩上放入多余的芝士會被看成是一項罪過——如果放在海鮮上就更糟了。

Dont put food in your mouth with a fork.

不要用叉子把食物放入嘴里。

In Thailand, forks are used to push food into a spoon. Also, its unusual to use chopsticks—theyre considered tacky.

在泰國，叉子是用來把食物推入調羹里的。并且，用筷子是很不尋常的——會被看成沒有教養。

Dont bring yellow flowers to dinner.

不要帶著黃花去吃飯。

In Bulgaria, yellow flowers symbolize hatred. Not the message (we hope) youre trying to send.

在保加利亞，黃花意味著仇恨。(我們希望)應該不是你想傳達的信息。

Dont use an individual plate.

不要自己用個盤子。

In Ethiopia, individual plates are considered wasteful. Food is always shared from a single plate without the use of cutlery—just hands.

在埃塞俄比亞，每人單獨用個盤子被認為很浪費。通常食物都是放在一個盤子里供大家分享，無需刀叉——手就夠了。

Never rest your hands in your lap while dining.

吃飯的時候別把手放在膝蓋上。

In Russia, it is considered polite to rest your wrists on the edge of the table—not on your lap. Also, keep your fork in your left hand and knife in your right.

在俄羅斯，把手放在桌子邊搭著是禮貌的行為——但千萬別放在膝蓋上。另外，叉子要在左手，刀要在右手。

Dont touch any part of your meal with your hands.

不要用手碰到任何食物。

In Chile, touching food with your hands is considered ill-mannered. Yep, even fries! In Brazil, too, pizza and burgers are normally eaten with a fork and knife.

在智利，用手碰食物是非常不禮貌的表現。是的，甚至是薯條！而在巴西亦是如此，披薩和漢堡通常都是用刀叉來吃。