The complete set of meals includes metal utensils, ceramic tableware, tea utensils, wine utensils, glassware, paper utensils, plastic utensils, and various container tools (such as bowls, saucers, cups, pots, etc.) and hand-held utensils ( Such as chopsticks, knives, forks, spoons, straws, sticks, etc.) and other utensils.
Tableware can be divided into Chinese tableware and Western tableware according to the country.
Custom Western tableware
Western tableware in a broad sense includes knives, forks, spoons, plates, cups, napkins, etc. Among them, there are dishes, pudding, milk, butter, etc. The wine glasses are even more exquisite. Almost every type of wine served at a formal banquet must be replaced with a special glass wine glass.
In a narrow sense, tableware refers specifically to three pieces of knife, fork, and spoon.
Knives are divided into edible knives, fish knives, meat knives (with serrations on the blade, used to cut steaks, pork chops, etc.), butter knives and fruit knives. Forks are divided into edible forks, harpoon forks, meat forks and shrimp forks. There are spoons, sweet spoons, and teaspoons for spoons. The specifications of public knives, forks, and spoons are significantly larger than those of table knives and forks.
Custom complete Chinese tableware
Chopsticks, spoons, bowls, plates, soup cups, water cups, toothpicks, napkins.
Chopsticks:
Chopsticks are the most important tableware for Chinese food, and chopsticks must be used in pairs.
Spoon:
The main function of the spoon is to scoop dishes and food, but try not to use the spoon alone to fetch the dishes. You can use chopsticks as an auxiliary.
Bowl:
The bowl can be used to hold rice and soup. When eating, you can hold the rice bowl to eat. When holding the bowl, use the four fingers of your left hand to support the bottom of the bowl and place your thumb on the end of the bowl. When eating, the height of the rice bowl is roughly the same as the chin.
Plate:
A smaller plate is called a plate, which is mainly used to hold food, and its usage is roughly the same as that of a bowl. When dining, the plates are generally required to remain in place on the table and not piled together.
