Should Chinese learn etiquette from westerners?

slimpanda

exportedkiwi Post time: 2013-2-5 14:05
Yes, I too think it's ridiculous.

Chopsticks and a knife won't do much good at our typical meals. ...

what is the standard?
your steak dinner standard or chinese food standard or korean or japanese?

so the standard is not a standard...its just the rules or ways to eat your food~
and manners is up to each cultures~
malays eat with hands...manners?

Revolutionar

GryffindorBoy Post time: 2013-2-5 12:28
That's the stupidest thing I have ever seen in my life...using a knife and fork to peel a BANANA.. H ...

But these are lucky girls that can afford the price.

lionstar

the latest phone at the table will ever be more imortant to them then using fork and knife properly...but finally they will use the  dinner-ware instead of ash-tray for the cigarette

Revolutionar

lionstar Post time: 2013-2-5 18:46
the latest phone at the table will ever be more imortant to them then using fork and knife properly. ...

Yes, the girls should remember its iPhone not HuaWei........

TheHermit

exportedkiwi Post time: 2013-2-5 13:52
WRT American table manners, from what I can tell, they've degenerated, not improved.....more's the ...

No.......... in the cities most Americans can use a knife and fork these days..... but different communities have different manners.

mus_ne

slimpanda Post time: 2013-2-5 16:55
what is the standard?
your steak dinner standard or chinese food standard or korean or japanese?

I would rather eat nasi goreng with my hands than eat a banana with a knife and fork while pretending/trying to be an upper class western scum.

exportedkiwi

slimpanda Post time: 2013-2-5 16:55
what is the standard?
your steak dinner standard or chinese food standard or korean or japanese?

Of course, my standard isn't Asian. I know different cultures have different standards, very few of which are up to ours. They're simply different!