View Video Tours

sutra46 (December 31st, 2008 @ 3:04 pm)

Table manners for each cuisine have developed over centuries as a part of a culture. Knife and fork is used in the West because it is required to cut chunks of meat & eating noodles with hands just wont feel right. I love eating Indian food with my right hand because thats the way its meant to be eaten. One shows respect to the culture and the cuisine by learning the traditional way to eat that particular type of food. The vid was great just plain explanation of how things are done.

Skitberg (December 22nd, 2008 @ 8:43 pm)

just eat the food..........

ladymaggic (December 21st, 2008 @ 10:19 pm)

Excellent video..well presented and very clear. Thank you

MikeOfKorea (December 7th, 2008 @ 12:04 am)

I'll make a video about it today or tomorrow. I keep going over the character count on this text thing.

Moionfire (December 6th, 2008 @ 10:37 pm)

what is stupid about it...???

m222m2010 (November 29th, 2008 @ 7:12 pm)

Thank u very much..that was very helpful !

BlackProteus (November 27th, 2008 @ 7:22 am)

Yeah, here's a reason: blind conformity.

ozric73 (November 26th, 2008 @ 5:23 pm)

It's tolerated! Not necessarily acceptable. At a crowded table you would be bashing elbows with the person next to you. There are reasons for these things.

ambarim (November 7th, 2008 @ 10:24 am)

We in India eat with our hands (usually one hand). What matters in our way of dinning is how clean hand stays, whether we spill food or not...etc. Thats our etiquettes. When I go out with friends to some 5* restuarant n m expected to use knife and fork i dont coz im not comfortable using those. i use my right hand and it works fine for all of us.

monkeygirl000 (October 22nd, 2008 @ 11:51 pm)

I agree, hildre2007. Wait staff doesn't seem to know these signals, as I use them all the time, to no avail. When dining alone, it is imperative to leave the utensils in the "break" position, if one has to temporarily leave the table for some reason. I've had my whole table cleared, even though I specifically leave my napkin on my seat, to further denote I will be returning. It can be embarrassing for everyone involved. Yet the whole point of etiquette is to avoid embarrassment.

baddiss74 (October 18th, 2008 @ 4:07 am)

very informative but a spoon would be soooooooooo much easier! lol!

BlackProteus (October 12th, 2008 @ 6:51 am)

It's acceptable anywhere to eat with the fork in your right hand and knife in the left. I do it. It's silly to have some universal method when people have different hand preferences in everything else: guitar, hockey, handwriting, and so on. Do what feels comfortable. Anyone who would think less of you for it is the one who has no manners.