Table Manners

In class, we have learned about food cultures of other religious and life style of vegetarian.

The reason why we study about that is to know other food cultures could help building good relationship with people from other countries. We are also going to have a lot of chances to have dinner with forign people in the future, and the knowlege will be abole to be used as a first step to know each other.

Also, table manners could be a part of food culture that we should know about, and I will share some.

1. Noodle

Noodle foods, for example, soba, udon, or ramen, are very familiar with us.

When eating noodle, we usually make slurping sounds, and it is said that the noise is kind of appreciation of food served.

However, it is often considered that it is very rude to make a noise when eating, so if you have a chance to eat noodle with other country's people, you should remind that it could make them unconfortable.

2. Holding up plate

When Japanese people eat a bowl of rice, we holding up the plate. However, it is very rare table manner in the world. In korea, they also often eat a bowl of rice, they don't hold it up when eating. The way of eating seems bad for us, but it is common way in other country.

3. In Korea

Recently, many Japanese people prefer Korean Food, and there are some interesting table manner. First, you should have a soup not rice, or Kimchi. When you eating rice, use a spoon not chopsticks like Japanese.

It can be useful knowrege for our life:)