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Must know when going out for Food and Drinks
The following practice must be observed when you are going out for Food and Drinks with Japanese colleagues or friends.
1. Do not point your chopsticks at anyone and never cross chopsticks on top of your plate or bowl.
2. Do not stick your chopsticks into your food specially not into rice. Usually, only at funerals are chopsticks stuck into the rice and placed onto the alter.
3. Do not use your chopsticks to pass food directly to another person's chopsticks or to serve food to another, you may use the opposite ends.
4. When drinking alcoholic beverages, it is a Japanese custom to serve each other, rather than pouring the beverage into one's own glass. You are supposed to check your friend's cups, and serve them more once their cups are getting empty. Likewise, if someone wants to serve you more, you should quickly empty your glass and empty it towards that person.
5. Usually, in restaurants it's customary to get a small, moist rolled-up towel (cold in summer; hot in winter) called an "Oshibori" to wipe your hands. When you are done using the towel carefully fold it and set it aside on the table.
6. When the food comes along, wait until the host offers something before serving yourself.
7. Eating noodle soup or Ramen is very popular in Japan. It's normal to make loud slurping sounds when you're eating noodles. Slurping hot food like ramen is polite as it shows that you are enjoying it.
8. When leaving the restaurant, making a comment to the chef on how good the food was will be most appreciated. You can say "Arigatou gozaimasu, Oishii deshita" or "Gochizosama deshita", it means that the food was delicious.
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Japan Culture
January 24, 2015 at 9:35 AM