EATING OUT

• Draw up a table in your books. In the first column write “Australian Food Manners”.

• In the second column write: “Japanese Food Manners”

• Discuss what the Australian ‘rules’ are for eating food. Eg. Mouth closed when chewing.

In Australia we have certain rules/manners we should use when eating.

Your table should look like this: AUSTRALIAN FOOD MANNERS JAPANESE FOOD MANNERS

Let’s discuss what the Australian manners are when eating out….

Let’s discuss what the Australian manners are when eating out….

Just like Australia, Japan has its own rules when it comes to

eating:

FACT: In Japan it is perfectly acceptable to slurp your noodles making slurping noises. In fact, the chef would take it as a sign that it is

delicious.

FACT: In Japan it is perfectly acceptable to slurp your noodles making slurping noises. In fact, the chef would take it as a sign that it is

delicious.

Chopstick Manners • Do not use chopsticks to pull a dish or anything towards

you. • Do not pick up a dish or a glass with a hand in which you

are holding chopsticks • Do not use chopsticks to stab food and pick up like using

a fork. • Do not stand chopsticks up in rice or other food. Because

this is how rice is given to the dead. • Do not pass food from your chopsticks to another

person’s chopsticks or vice versa.

Other rules to remember:

Before eating, the Japanese say “ i ta da ki ma su ” meaning ‘thank you for this food’. いただ き ま す After eating, they say their thanks again: “ go chi so u sa ma de shi ta” 　 ご ち そ う さ ま で し た。

In Japanese culture, it is impolite to pour yourself a drink. You should always wait

for an offer from someone near you.

In Japanese culture, it is impolite to pour yourself a drink. You should always wait

for an offer from someone near you.

SOME USEFUL WORDS TO USE WHEN EATING OUT:

o i shii ne おいしいね = Delicious isn’t it? ari gatou gozaimasuありがとうございます = Thank you very much eeto chotto ええと、　ちょっと = No thank you

Korewa nandesukaこれはなんですか = What is this?