Traditional Eating Etiquette Korean People

Parents, respected, and guests should be treated with respect and have the right to eat the food first. For them, generally provided the best dishes. Korean people do not lift their bowls of rice and soup from the table. Etiquette requires that the bowl remains on the table and the spoon / chopsticks are used to bribe the food into his mouth. Lifting the bowl by hand is considered impolite, except in some circumstances a fairly loose, it is still acceptable. In ancient times, the nobility (yangban) sumptuous dining with a table while the reverse, the farmers enjoy a meal in the middle of the field.

Disrespectful behavior at mealtime:

•      Exhale from the nose to the table.
•      Preceding the meal before one of the oldest.
•      Establishing chopsticks or spoons to the top, because it symbolizes the incense that burned at   funerals.
•      Plugging in the food with chopsticks and take food by hand (there are foods that should be taken with the fingers, but banchan not allowed),
•      Using chopsticks and spoons at the same time (only allowed with one hand),
•      Using chopsticks or a spoon with his left hand,
•      Make noise when chewing food or hitting a bowl with cutlery,
•      Stirring rice or soup with a spoon / chopsticks,
•      Poking around on the side dishes with a spoon / chopsticks,
•      Finish eating too fast or too slow,
•      Drink overlooking the parent (It's not very polite, a person must rotate the other direction / side)
•      Accepting drinks from their parents and respected by both hands, left hand should be put into the chest and right hand holding a drink / cup as a drink is poured.
•      In informal situations, these rules are less important. In the event a family meal, children are taught by parents on how and traditional eating etiquette.
• Talking while chewing food is not nothing, while the mouth is not opened. It is impolite to eat while talking with his mouth open. However, if talking while eating, the Koreans are accustomed to answer by simply nodding his head or say "mm" as the word "yes" and did not open his mouth. Eating / sipping soup with a hissing sound is highly recommended. Korean people will make comments to the guests a very quiet when you eat (if he does not speak), so he was not kept pace eat if he stopped eating to talk.

Another rule to remember is that old people or respected does not necessarily have to follow the-way, but others are required. This is because the most important thing in eating is to show respect and courtesy to those who are above us. This does not apply when eating alone or with friends.

The dinner portions are not required to spend all the side dishes are provided, but the individual must be spent on rice. Eating too fast will make the host thinks that the food provided is not sufficient. Besides leaving the dishes in large quantities is disrespectful because it is considered a waste of food.

At the restaurant, a Korean tend to pay all the food everyone in a group. Usually a paid will pay as your next meal. Banchan the usual variety of ordered and served in small portions and will be provided again if it runs out. It's okay to ask for extra toppings.