Germans usually do sit down in Restaurants where they want, as soon as they come in. When I was in France for vacation and I accidentally did this, the waiter spoke to me in German without hesitation. When I asked, how he knew I was German he said: “well you came in and sat down immediately “ 😂
@@putinisaterrorist2047 maybe it’s a regional thing, i’m from germany aswell and here you usually get seated unless it’s a fast food restaurant. it would be considered rude to sit down by yourself since the table might be reserved etc. While you don’t get told off, the waiter will probably take longer to serve you.
yeah as a German I think it depends on the restaurant? like for some u can just go and sit and if the table is reserved there will be like a card or something saying that but like for fancier restaurants u can't just sit anywhere
Reminds me of my time in a student dorm in Japan. I (German) was cooking a piece of meat in a fry pan and a fellow Asian student looked at me buffled: "Why don't you cut it? Are you going to eat it like that?" I was puzzled by his question, then I realized he cut his piece of meat before cooking. I explained I'd cut it while eating. It makes sense to not cut it when you eat with fork and knife anyway, however it makes totally sense to cut it when you eat with chopsticks. Next day I saw a fellow Chinese student cook their salad. I tried it, too. It was actually good. It's great to learn from each other. :)
Huh, I never noticed but indeed in Chinese restaurants or when my mom is cooking all the meat is cut up already. But of course you have plates where the dishes are on and everyone can take whatever they want so makes sense not to have big pieces and of course using chopsticks is a lot easier if you don’t want to bite off meat everytime and put it back on your plate.
Oh yes, when I (German here as well haha) was in Japan im used to cook my salad as well. I loved it with Udon and karaage the most! But It's also really tasty with 'normal' noodles with chicken :)
In Germany we have to Look the Person in the eye we toast with. If we don't do that we have 7 years of Bad Sex. Hard rule if you are a shy guy like me.
@@Uns46 Same as touching. In the US, people touch each other a lot, like when showing sympathy, or hugging. I also notice Americans people would put hands around the person next to them when taking photographs. Whereas in Asia people don't touch as much and people have more personal space even with friends and family. Many people think it's because of the hot weather people don't tend to stay close or like the warmth of each other. Younger Asian generations are starting to hug each other more but still not as much touching. I actually like it when a friend rubs my shoulder or leg to show sympathy. I hope we adopt more of that.
It's so funny to hear the comparison with Indonesia. They talk about cutlery and then the Indonesian girl is like "We eat with our bare hands" and then talking about how to properly sit while eating the Indonesian girl is like "Actually we dont have tables we sit on the floor when eating". It's so funny :'D
Well, since a long time ago, having dining table means you're from "wealthy" family. Most of the families in indonesia doesnt have it, even though we have it, we dont usually use it as its function 😂😂 we just use it to put the meals, and we just eat on the floor, gathering with the whole family like a picnic, as she explained
I also really like sitting on the floor when eating. Even though at my house there is a luxurious dining table, but I prefer to eat while sitting on the floor and watching tv Its normal for Some Indonesians
Fun fact about eating noisily: that used to be also the polite way of eating in Germany some centuries ago (I believe it was the French sun king Louis XIV that reformed and defined our modern western European dining habits and etiquette). There is a famous quote of Martin Luther asking his guests "Warum furzet und rülpset Ihr nicht? Hat es Euch nicht geschmecket?" - "Why aren't you farting and burping? Wasn't the food to your liking?"
If in my country indonesian, make noise when we eat is not polite. Especialy if it in front of older people or parents. But between young generation we dont take it serious. But if the noise we make is very loud when we eat, people will get take attention and think that the person is impolite and disturb appetite of people around her/him.
we do not prohibit it outright. but most will talk about the bad habits of the person behind his back. that the person is like a dog that we call a "ceplak" person.
There is a big difference between Germans and Americans when it comes to food. While right-handed people cut meat with their right hand in both Germany and the U.S., Americans then put down the knife, take a fork and use it to eat the meat with their right hand. In Germany, however, you keep the fork in your left hand and eat the meat with it.
For me, US, I do what Germans do since I'm left handed it's easier. I use a knife with my non dominant hand. I didn't know it was a German thing to do that but it's easier that way
My sister and my father are left handed but use their knives with their right hand. As for me, I'm right handed but I use a knife with my left hand and my mother who's also right handed does the same.
missed opportunity: In France we have rules about how cheese has to be cut. Most people are actually not even aware of it because everyone do it the same way. But if someone starts to cut cheese a different way, be ready to get some scolding or to be frowned upon :)
Indeed, you cut cheese wheels (like camembert) in triangles; if it's a brick shaped cheese you cut it along the width and not the length, and if it's already a portion of a bigger cheese wheel (like morbier or quite often tome) you cut it also along the width but starting from the thinner side towards the larger side. It's more of an unspoken rule and as you said, people will tell you you're doing it wrongly if you try cutting it another way.
And knifes too ! There's different types depending on which kind of cheese you want to cut. I think for most cheeses it's usually common sense (at least for French people), but there's definitely a few cheeses where someone educated about cheese cutting (like me :D ) would tell you you're using the wrong knife.
So, nobody talked about the toilet differences in SEA and any other places in the world huh? Let me talk about it. South East Asian country (like Indonesia) don't use toilet paper. We commonly use a hand held bidet (spray nozzle) after we're done with our business. It's cost effective, and much cleaner that using toilet paper. Another way that is used, is we put a bucket, fill it with water, and use a dipper to clean ourselves. Granted, it's not as clean as using a bidet, but we still use it nonetheless. This is why, as an Indonesian, we're baffled with Europeans and Americans when the pandemic happened and had to horde all of the toilet papers that are in stock. Toilet bowl differences. Some houses/ restaurant in South East Asia still has this thing called 'Squatting toilet bowl', where you literally have to squat to do your business in the toilet. But we also have the normal toilet bowl with flush.
I thought it just an Indian thing. We also use “spray nozzle” but we call it “Jet Spray” or “faucet” But in most of our homes, it fits inside the toilet seat or commode. When we Indians travel outside, we also carry jet spray with us or buy it there.
@@veedee8939 Hmm We use toilet paper for that. To dry our ass. But many people just wear trouser over wet ass . It's not that wet though. Try it sometimes If you also want that experience and wanna know how it's work..
I have experienced different types. The typical US, the trough in the pubs, the floor model in Iraq, one at a training base in Kitzigen, Germany where it had a high "shelf" you hoped it didn't get too high. No bidet, though.
Example: deodorants are really hard to find in Korea. Also, the clothing/shoes size can be a struggle for foreigners. I've heard all the socks sold in Korea are extremely tight and cut out the blood circulation if you have bigger calves than the average Korean. Hair products for people with kinky hair could be hard to find too.
At first I was confused about why they were talking about putting toilet paper on the table but I realised it was actually a thing in Asian Country and I'm shooked xD As a French like Soly it's unthinkable to do that 😂
So, this is what actually happened in Asian countries, especially in Indonesia. You know, we Indonesian don't use toilet paper at all. We use water and soap to clean ourself after the "ritual". But, the strange thing is every supermarket or minimarket seems to have toilet papers in their display rack, they are selling it. Like, to whom? There's nobody using it, but they still sell it. And, the paper company also keep producing toilet papers, labled it as "toilet paper" for domestic market, even though there's literally no one using it as toilet paper. Every person in Indonesia who buy it (especially the restaurant owners) only use it as normal paper towel that they placed on their dining table.
the "look at me when i'm talking to you" always fascinated me coz if i'm looking at a person im definitely not listening to them coz i'm wondering where they want me to look and when can i finally let my eyes relax and actually just listen to them. my eyes naturally focus further away so i tend to look past people just coz it's comfortable, and it feels like i can focus and think about what's being said when my eyes are looking at nothing in particular, coz people's faces have lots of stuff to look at and again i won't be listening coz i'll be thinking about their face.. being socially awkward and bullied means looking directly at people when they demand that is also uncomfortable and terrifying. and then, somehow, i dunno if it's polish customs or just my mum's childhood, but continuous eye contact was something mum always said is only something that "couples in love or cruel people trying to intimidate someone" do. so... i don't ever recall my parents demanding i look at them when i was getting told off.. teachers did it a lot though. and i didn't know the custom was so different... so that didn't go well coz i got angry at the teachers for trying to scare tiny little me.
In Indonesia if you look back to the elder who talk to you especially when they scoolding you It mean you challenge them literally If both of them is hot temper person it'll end up to be a fist fight
omg this happened at my school too but the other way around. my classmate was getting scolded by the teacher. my teacher was then angry as to why my classmate looked like he was challenging him by looking the teacher straight in the eye but my classmate was just confused bc at home, he was taught that you should always look at the person talking to you in the eye to show respect
So I have an anxiety disorder and adhd and I either don't look you in the eyes when you're talking to me and be able to listen to what you're saying or I stare into your soul and cannot listen to you. Choose one
@@justawholedumb611 this term is not appreciated by many circles of medicine and people with autism and even more specifically Jewish Autistics. "Asperger" was a label Nazi soldiers used to separate the "higher functioning" Autistics from those deemed to be burdens and disabled. The more widely excepted and appreciated word is Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD, Autistic Person, or Person with Autism. Please take this information kindly from a Person with Autism, who is me. The seperation is very dehumanizing. /genuine
I‘ve lived in northern Germany for 15 years and unless we‘re on a big group (more than 5-6) we always have just sat down at a table. Now with Corona it’s a little more common to be seated, but there‘s a sign at the front that says to wait for someone to seat you.
I'm here for it! 😍 When learning other languages one of the most important aspects I believe that should be taught/learned alongside speaking is etiquette in general. As seen in this video It can be a gateway to helping understand the each others cultures better. Similarities can help feel more comfortable and differences can give you more perspective to how the culture you are learning is structured. That and If I ever go to visit any of these places, being complimented on learning the language is great but the feeling of respect you get when you learn proper etiquette would be out of this world. Id feel like a puppy being praised. lol Thanks for the series!
Indonesian here. Toilet paper served the same purpose of other tissues (it’s the cheapest) so yeah don’t be surprised if you see it on dinner tables in cheaper restaurant. We don’t take out toilet paper in the toilet outside okay… we just put them everywhere.
I don’t often experienced someone guiding me to my table in Germany. I’d say restaurants that do that are pretty fancy. Usually u just sit down anywhere where it’s empty or if you are in a big group (4+) you’d as for a table of that size and sometimes they’d have to reorganize some stuff
in my experience they often have signs on the tables to indicate if there already has been a reservation for that table, so that's not really a problem either
Me too and yes, I experienced the same In Germany, usually we look for free tables by our own. The little signs "reserviert" (booked, reservation) on the table helps you to recognize, if this table can be chosen or not. A bigger group you asked the employee, if they can help you. And often they adress you first and attend you to a free table. I often met the waiter half the way to the table we like to choose, asking us what we like to drink. 😁
It depends on where you are in Germany. In Bonn you sometimes can get a warning for that from the restaurants, because here the majority reserve tables and sometimes there is no sign inside, but outside, saying enter only with reservations. It is rude to go there without it in there. But I agree with you that the fancier the restaurants are the more strict they get.
I think it depends...now in corona times it's more common to guide you to a table. And before that I think it depends how many people are in the restaurant :)
Another few German oddities that weren't mentioned: You have to make and keep eye contact while toasting with drinks, you shouldn't cut potatoes with your knife (dates back to when people had silver cutlery as the potatoe starch would turn them black), the cook/ hostess declares the meal to be open by wishing everyone a good appetite and you have to wait for it, the host defines the garderobe (both more for fancy occasions), so you mustn't take of your Jacket or loosen your tie untill he does. You should eat your plate clean and put your knife and fork together diagonally across your plate when you are finished or lay them on your plate from left and right to indicate that you aren't done yet/ want some more. Oh and black ties are reserved here for funerals, so better don't wear one for any other occasion as it can come across as an ironic insult to wear mourning on a cheerful event (unless of course you are currently yourself in mourning). Oh and you are responsible for the glass of filling the glass of the person left to you. And if you ever find yourself in a German Kneipe (pub) or brewery you will keep getting new beers without ordering once yours is empty untill you put your beer mat on top of it (little square or round carton piece put under your beerglass to keep the table clean where the waiters will also mark the drinks you have had on by drawing lines on the edge, when you want to leave you hand it to the waiter/ barman and pay your "Deckel"
It’s very similar in Spain we don’t do that with the beer but European countries have a lot of things in common such as the way of using the knife and the fork
8:45: No. In Germany, you can sit where you want as long as there is no reservation sign on the table. And if you have reserved, the reservation sign has your name on it, so it is easy to find your table. And when you all sit down, the waiter will eventually come to your table, give you the menu and ask you for drinks. That there is a waiter waiting for you at the entrance and bringing you to your table, you will in very expensive restaurants only.
Are you perhaps living in a smaller city? Here in crowded downtown restaurants in the evening there's definitively someone waiting at the door and will assign you a table. It would even be a bit difficult to find the rare empty table in the large two-floor restaurant yourself. This doesn't apply only for expensive restaurants.
@@icerepublic I have lived in many place in the country, north, south, west, east, and everywhere it was like I described. So no, I am not generalizing but you are making the exception to the rule. If you go into a crowded restaurant and can't find a free table, you move on to the next place. And no, I am not living in a small town.
It depends on where you live. In Bonn, Cologne, Berlin, Offenburg and Hamburg you can’t do that. I come from Bonn, but traveled a lot through Germany and I have been to a lot of restaurants. In the most regions in Germany there are different kinds of restaurants, the fancier they are the more strict they get. Here in Bonn most people reserve tables. Thus, most restaurants have a sign outside saying: enter only with reservations and if you go inside without it you get thrown out or get a warning.
Re elbows on the table, as a child I was taught "elbows off" and (in jest) "all joints on the table will be carved". I agree, in Western society this rule is now very relaxed in informal situations, but in formal situations it still matters and signifies good manners and education.
10:07 That's quite funny about the right hand left hand thing : I'm french and that's actually something I came up with out of nowhere when I moved to a city for the first time where I figured there would be lots of germs everywhere, like when I take the metro I'll hold the bar using the left hand.
Keeping your friend's drink filled, as I understand it, it also true in Korea... A good addition to the sitting where you want would be to ask about tipping in the different countries...
meanwhile in kyoto japan; refilling the guest's tea is code for "please leave already" (pretty sure it was kyoto maybe im wrong lol im polish though so i just keep topping up people's tea coz i... that's what we do to guests i think. we water them ? .. with tea. and vodka. i guess.. hm.. )
Great conversation ladies! I would love to see someone from a Hispanic and African background’s cultures too for next video. I’m must say I’m very impressed with the American representative. Most of the time when someone is picked to represent the U.S.A. they are an airhead or plastic surgery infused/Kardashian wannabe, but this young lady was very articulate and well spoken.
as an Indonesian, these table manners are soooo confusing because we eat freely (using right hand ofc). the cutlery we use just spoon (always) and fork (often)....
yep, i agree, we rarely use knife on the table, only fork and spoon because we cut our food to a small piece before hand, and if its bigger size food like fried chicken drum stick, we didn't cut it just use our hand and take a bite.. :D or we just cut it with our hand by pinching the meat that we called suwir.. xD
@@Verbalaesthet yea it's a fun fact 😂😂 actually i was waiting for the indonesian sis in the video to explain this thing, but yeah i explain it here. As I know, Some of south east asian countries use water to clean up after taking your time in toilet. And maybe toilet tissue (paper) is more affordable, so the resto owner use it (?)
@@Verbalaesthet You know what's funnier? Even though literally there's nobody using the toilet paper in Indonesia, but the paper companies keep producing it and then supermarkets keep selling it to the local. I mean, those paper companies can just labled it as "paper towel", stop labled it as toilet paper.
I am an Indian and we also don't use toilet paper instead of toilet paper we use water to wash and we also use our left hand for dirty thing and right hand for good things..... India and Indonesia is very similar wow......
7:51 depends on what type of pizza though, thin crust slices can be hard to eat by hands especially with certain bigger toppings like avocado or cherry tomatoes, they'll roll off. then again you could fold the whole thing and eat it like a calzone
@@NotMykl not everything, but some religious rules are deeply rooted. 🤷🏼♀️🙂 By the way, this rule is for hygienic reason. Left hand is used on the toilet to clean yourself. You dont eat with it at the table, right? Especially, when you normally eat with your hands. Religious or not, I think this is very smart. 😊
The topic of "Don't cut the steak into pieces beforehand" implies that someone has seen proper American table manners -- and misunderstood them. This isn't something done for the convenience of children, though if you're European, it may appear that way. To eat a steak using proper US manners, cut a _a few_ pieces from the steak with the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left hand. Then, set the knife down on the upper right edge of the plate, and eat with the fork in your right hand. It is true that many Americans are no longer taught this.
My parents taught me it depends on context. When you're with close friends or family, it's okay to make a little noise, it shows you enjoy the food and they will appreciate it. But in formal or public settings it's very rude
I’m Chinese too and one time I was eating with my mouth open with chewing noise (not being aware). Next thing I know I got smacked in the face… never again I ate with my mouth open 😶 I was always told its bad etiquette. We’re Cantonese btw, I know different part of China have different etiquettes.
I'm from Mexico and my mom also did that. I think maybe it's a rule for most of the people because some are just grossed out by the noises, when I made noises while eating soup being a child my mom would always scold me. I've just seen old people do it without an adult repercussions, maybe it's a new thing?
I grew up in Sweden and when I was in 3rd grade my school literally had a whole week dedicated to how to sit when you eat and so on. This is because of the Nobel Price, which originated in Sweden. So around that time my school would have this week dedicated to "vett och etikett" (Common Sense and etiquette) - ways of acting during feasts and meals. And after that week our teachers would look at us in the dining hall real closely and scold us for not listening in class forever after 🤣🤣🤣
other countries when the elders are scolding the youngsters : "look at me" Indonesia when the elders are scolding and the youngsters made an eyecontact with them : "why are you looking at me? oh, you're brave now huh?" im an Indonesian and i can really tell this happens alot😭
I was taught that table manners go back a long way in time. In England. It was considered barbaric to "hold a knife" while eating after the invention of the fork. So hence they cut the meat first. Put the knife down.. And eat only with a fork. This spread over to America. Here in Northern Europe. You always hold the knife in the hand. This has to do with germanic custom that every person used to carry their own knife with them for eating. And if you entered company you would always show where your knife was in plain sight. In Germanic custom it is considered childish to cut food into bits before eating. In China and countries where you eat with chop sticks. The pieces are usually cut into pieces that are easily managable to eat with chop sticks. What bothers me most (a pet peeve of mine) is people walking indoors with their outdoor shoes on. It is coinsidered a sin in Northern Europe and mostly throughout all of Eurasia. Dirty and gross. And it isn't good for your feet either.
Same, I am German and when people walk in with the shoes they used outside we tell them to take them off and put them to the other shoes that we use. My family was always really strict with etiquette, because we often went to restaurants in France, Spain, Italy and Germany, which had stars or were highly seen and popular for their great menus. (My father always meets his medicine colleges in restaurants and that’s why we should show our best behaviors.)
As a person from England, I would say that it would be considered bad manners to put your knife down to eat. Though people may do this in their own homes, if they choose, it's not the norm. From my experience anyway. I find it odd to see people to eat that way as a Brit.
In Spain it’s a normal thing to keep your shoes on while you are in your friend’s house because it will smell but if you are in your house you usually wear flip flops 🩴 or comfortable shoes, but as I said if you go to your friend’s house the normal thing is to keep them unless you lay on the bed or something.
The Indonesian girl has such an unusual way to speak. I've spent a few years there and never heard anyone speaking like her (the prosody is completely different). Wondering which part of the country she's from.
I'm surprised that the Chinese girl didn't mention this, but in China, you are expected to pick up the rice bowl with one hand and scoop up the rice with the other. It's also allowed for soups. Other than drinks, picking up any dishes or bowls in any Western culture is frowned upon as far as I know. You may tilt your soup bowl, but never pick it up.
Well in any Western/ European country you'd probably spill your food onto your lap or the table if you tried to pick the plate up. It's not seen as rude, just strange & dangerous. The plates & bowls aren't designed to be handled with one hand, but two. For example, if you take your plate/bowl to the pot to get some food, you'll need both hands to hold it.
I almost fainted seeing my Eastern Caribbean relatives eating roti with a knife and fork. Some foods are just meant to be eaten without cutlery. Like pizza!
@@hicetnuncmonamour I strongly disagree, not tipping the waiter is generally considered rude in France, even if I agree that it shouldn't be since the waiters are already paid.
I love this video! I've only watched one other and as of earlier today I'm happy to say that I am a new subscriber! I really like that your channel is so informative. You seem to have so many different people and cultures represented here. You all also seem to be having such a genuine fun with each other while getting to know everybody's culture while you talk. With all the division going on in the world right now, I find your channel to be such a happy and relaxing place to watch videos and enjoy myself! Thank you so much for putting out this positive content. Believe me the world needs so much more of the things like you ladies are doing here!💖 #NewYorkGenXBikerLady
I’m China born Chinese, and I’ve never heard that “drinking soup loudly” kind of thing is considered as a good thing to be mentioned... basically, people around me they all hate the noise when someone eats voraciously while visiting others... the stereotypes on the Chinese subject on this channel sometimes are really bizarre and misleading... 😂 come on, do some real study next time please...
Maybe it's a different generation thing or region- but it's not a stereotype if its a woman from china saying that's the manners she was taught in China.
@@rrrrrrrr7860 nope, the noise type is really wrong in China, eating food with other is a ritual thing in China, especially with workmate neighbor and others. Which means you need to be like a educated person. At the present, it just less noticed.
@@rrrrrrrr7860 Well personally I think she sometimes misrepresented Chinese culture a little bit,I can tell that some of her depictions of China is quite wrong… in some way, she’s got too Korean instead of Chinese… lol
Being German, I have to add some things: For many it is rude if you play with your smartphone while others eat at table, because it could signal like ignoring others or find them boring. We have something like "Servietten" in Restaurant, it is thicker type of paper and more expensive. Sometimes Servietten are also made of cotton and not paper, especially at better restaurants. We also have rules for knife and fork, but not all go by this: If you put knifes and fork in opposide direction on plate, it means you want more, if you put them besides on same direction it means you are done with food. Also some people put Serviette folded under Knife and Fork, so it does not fall off, if the waiter takes it away. But it is not common rules, just people with good manners do.
LOL In the U.S., if you have served time in a prison, you often learn to keep your arms on the table, surronding your food tray, to prevent items being taken by other inmates.
I don't understand Korean, but if the English translation is accurate, the Chinese girl is explaining almost everything wrong. 1. The chopstick in the rice thing is because it resembles burning incense when you pay respect to your dead ancestors. Practically, it is very likely to fall and leave food on the table. 2. Well educated people in China don't eat with loud sound. It is frowned upon if you make loud chewing or slurping noises. 3. The elbow on the table thing is partly true for the kids. But traditionally, kids and women eat at a different table to men, particularly in northern China probably up till the 1970s. Well mannered adult will always hold their bowl when eating and leave the bowl on the table when not eating. You would never place your weight on the table with your elbow or arm.
I was not expecting the one representing Chinese culture to introduce herself in Mandarin and then switch to speaking in Korean. I know some of both languages, but for a moment I couldn't figure out which language I was hearing lol. It was like drinking from a cup expecting water but it was milk. 😂
Fork-and-knife for pizza depends on the type of pizza. A deep dish pie will fall apart if you try to hold it, so fork and knife are necessary. Some Neopolitan style pies have a very thin, not-crisp, crust; they also require a fork and knife. Your average New York-style street-corner pizza, you hold and fold. Sicilian pies are also hand-held. One "breaks bread" with one's hands, but if serving bread (from a whole loaf), it's often cut with a knife (seems more sanitary)...
I think what they meant by toilet paper on the table, I think toilet paper on the sink and not put on its spindle. So it’s rude if you don’t replace it in its proper spot.
Don't be too surprised because in Korea, we use the toilet paper on the table ^^ Basically, they are all made of 100% natural pulp, free from fluorescence & formaldehyde. Large-capacity toilet paper used in toilets is a separate and inexpensive product.
So your paper towels for the table are the same size as the toilet paper rolls? Paper towel rolls in the US are about twelve inches long, toilet paper rolls are six inches or so long.
In France there something to not do (like sticking the spoon in the rice in China), it's putting the bread upside down because in the middle age the Hangman (or Executionor ?) weren't really liked by the people since their work was related to death and on the day of an execution it was a custom for the baker to reserve a bread for him and he would put the bread upside down so the Hangman could know which one was his People start to associate it with the devil and bring bad omen so they don't touch it and don't put their own bread upside down (I read that's people of religion would drawn a cross on the bottom of the bread before sharing it to cancelled it but I don't if this part is true)
I am and Indian🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 and we eat food from our hands or spoon 🥄🍛🍛🍛 but some food like take chapti we can't it is with spoon na but we eat curry using the spoon 🥄 and we don't use knife 🔪 for eating....... And we also use left hand for dirty thing and right hand for good things..... Indonesia and india is very similar in culture......I don't know the language but in the culture if someone know both languages so please tell please........
Ancient India had significant influence on ancient Indonesia. So there's some similarities. The language is different but there's some few words that's similar. I can't speak Indian at all but when I watched Indian TH-cam videos, I spot some similar words like asli(real), samudra(ocean) and some few other words.
@@MASTERMAHANGURUJEE Actually, there is so many similiar word. I don't know india languages, but i watch Bollywood (im a big fan of Aamir khan), so the words they pronounced and the translation sometimes same
@@brontosaurusworld3091 please read my third comment in this also... We also love mix we use British English but sometimes we say some words which is used in US English 🤣🤣🤣🤣... And after mixing both we add masala (spices) with some word is neither us english nor British English (uk english) and then the Indian english is made.....
The Chinese and Indonesian girls spoke Korean. The French and German girl spoke English. I suppose the American girl had no reason to speak anything other then English, but it felt like she was the only one that didn’t know a second language. I could be wrong.
I been in China for 2 years. I can say that girl is one of creme dela creme in China. Her english is extremely good for chinese , she also speaks good korean. Most chinese ppl dont speak english well , let alone korean language...
me as a Chinese, my dad always:“hold your bowl with your left hand” or “put your left hand on the table” or “dont move your bowl using the chopsticks”... i agree with but i am still lazy and like to keep my left hand down
Really?? As a Chinese, I felt that it was too hard to eat without my left hand haha Like, where do you put your left hand if you aren't using it lol? Why not bring the food to your mouth so you don't drip on the table? Those are my thoughts at least lol
@@matanadragonlin agree. Because bear hand can control and can be rack (attention) by ourself. Its clean or not we can know, because hand is part of our body. If its dirty, we just clean it with water before eat. And we almost do it before eat (clean hand by water). Meanwhile if it use tools, is subtance from unnatural and unsafe chemical. We also dont know that maybe the bacterial or virus can sticking in the chemical tools we use. I dont know, in my subjective perspectife eat by hand is more safe and clean. Its only my subjective opinion. Dont reply me because i know you guys have different opinion with me. I only want to share my opini.. Also in my mind: hand is natural material, meanwhile tools is chemical and unnatural who cant guarantee if its dont have a bacterial sticking or not (because we dont know. We dont stare at tools all the time. Meanwhile if its hand, we can know because we can see it all the time). Pls dont judge me🤗 its only my opinion when i was child until now... i still believe in this way.
@@justawholedumb611 I agree. Although I live in a culture which uses knifes and forks. If I use my hands I am more clean than usually. And of course we wash our cutlery very thoroughly.
In Italy if you eat pizza at restourant you use knife and fork (only young children are "allowed" to use hands). An adult who uses his hands is seen as not very polite. But it's perfectly okay to use hands if you are eating a slice of pizza "on the street" as a snack. I personally prefer using cutlery, it gives me more satisfaction, if I use hands it gives me more the impression of having a snack rather than a meal. About the others things, we have the same etiquette of the Western countries. Other things that come to my mind: you do not switch the hand with which you hold the fork if you are also using the knife and NEVER use fork and spoon eating spaghetti or pasta in general, (you would be seen as someone who wants to behave elegantly, but gives the totally opposite impression)
@J When it comes to pasta the spoon is just a utensil for children to make the spooling process easier for them. In Italy an adult will get laughed at, when using a spoon for this purpose.
Indonesia is very different with other country if its about looking in the eye. When parents or husband angry to their child or his wife, we must sit a head into down. Also we have right hand for eating, greeting (shake hand), give a tip or money. And the other hand (left hand) is use to clean after poop or peeing and it always use soap and water. If theres no toilet paper for dry it, usually we do wiggle our asses to splash the water before we put our pants back on. We also use spoon if the food is kind of soup, WE NEVER USE HAND FOR SOUP FOOD.
China: no not impale your food with chopsticks. Usually happens with eggs and meatballs that are hard to pick up for some people/kids that are not yet accustomed to chopsticks. Although only kids get scolded lol.
The chopstick thing, it's not only in China, also apply in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. There are large Chinese ethnic group in Singapore and Malaysia.
I found myself giving/receiving my card and receiving food at fast food drive thru restaurants with my right hand here in the US sometimes out of habit growing up in Indonesia... It's definitely an inefficient way since I'm sitting on the left, but it made me think of another reason Indonesians drive in the right.
The tips thing is interesting. We don't tip as a rule in New Zealand, although I have done it and seen it done, but only for that service that is over and above the usual e.g. extraordinary kindness from your server. In some restaurants the server will refuse the tip. I'm not sure why this is!
Solly, tu aurais du parler de l'apéro. Il est assez impensable en France d'inviter quelqu'un à manger sans prendre l'apéro en premier. Je pense que c'est très spécifique à la France.
You have nothing to worry about you'll be surprise how tolerant and friendly indonesian can be especially if you smile a lot at us, no one's going to throw you weird look even if there's just smile and you'll get a friendly smile back indonesian are that simple.
@@nokiyohiyoh9719 that's nice to hear :) I'm a friendly and always smiling person so that's a plus! I'm just unable to eat with my right hand so Indonisians please forgive me!😆❣
There's nothing to be sorry about, nowadays people aren't that ignorant about the excistence of left-handed people anymore, we know there's but indonesian are super curious folk so we just stare a lot at 'unique being'/ foreigner lol but i can assure you it's just pure curiosity in our part we're simple minded and friendly by nature at least most of us are. Just remember to smile a lot, everyone here love to be greet by smile. 😊
It won't affect you that much actually, especially if it's a thing you do for your own self like eating, operating/opening something etc. It's a more respectful gestures to use right hand if you're doing a thing with other people as paying (money / card), handling over things to other ppl. But if you can't use right hands (i.e you hold lots of things with your right hand) and you still want to be more respectful, you can say something like "pardon me" "I'm sorry" or "excuse me (for using left hand)". Still, you won't be judged that much if you don't do that esp if you're a foreigners.
I don't really agree with the Chinese girl's explanation on the chopstick-in-rice thing. It is true that the senior generation in China tend to dislike the behavior of sticking the chopsticks into the rice VERTICALLY. But as what I heard, it was not for it's resemblence to tombstone, but for a Chinese custom. When someone goes to a tombyard and memory the died one, in the past, he would bring food for the died one, like, a bowl of rice. And the pair of chopsticks would be stuck into the rice vertically so that the died one could use them conveniently. (only in this case that chopsticks being vertically stuck into rice is allowed) And in daily lives, people aviod sticking chopsticks into rice, in case of, like, cursing the others (or himself) to have died, sort of things, which is considered impolite and a taboo.
Yea, me too. I think they misunderstood with the spoon rice one too, because it’s vertically placing ur utensils in rice bowls as it signifies that it is food for the passed on, not that u can’t eat rice? With spoon? I was so confused when they were talking about that too
It is not the resemblance to the tombstone but rather to incense sticks that are used to memorialize the dead. Some people have memorials for their passed family in their homes and they will offer incense sticks which are stuck upright in a bowl for their dead, which resembles sticking chopsticks and other utensils vertically in rice. This is a no-no in Japanese and Korean culture as well. I believe this was what she was trying to explain but as Korean is likely her second language and it was translated on top of that, it may not have come across that way. She probably also thinks eating rice with a spoon or fork is fine as long as you dont stuck your utensils straight up in a bowl.
I think a big etiquette in Britain is to never eat with your hands at a restaurant or a cafe or a formal dinner or anything. It’s fine with casual dining at like a fast food restaurant or at home but not when it’s a bit more formal. If I just make a sandwich at home, I would use my hands but if I was having a sandwich at a cafe it would feel rude to use my hands so I would use a knife and fork. I remember being a kid and my parents would tell me off for eating fries with my hands. As I got older my parents got less strict though and we would all just use our hands for fries at restaurants lol.
In Indonesia, people are using left hand for washing a** after sh***ing. that's why left hand is not be used for social things. but it's used when eat, for example, spoon on right hand and fork on left hand. however, when people eat by their own barehand, left hand should not be used.
That's mostly in Asia actually except in Korea/Japan. I know that in China, people still used their left hand after cleaning with water. Maybe not you, but most of my Korean friends still used (left mostly) hand tho after flashing with water. They used tissue just to dry it
gratuity isn't included in the restaurant prices in Germany? my German in-laws visiting us here 1998 in The States weren't used to tipping the service staff.
I dont want to be picky but try next time swaping seats just Like in the title, America, China, Germany, France & Indonesia. Love this channel and content! everything is so polite and respectfull. Goverment no longer represents the people its the people itself who defines the country.
What? I do not get this comment. The title is just listing everyone alphabetically and I believe they are grouped like that in the vid because US, France, and Germany are more closer culturally so have similar answers same as China and Indonesia. And it’s not confusing who is from what country. Don’t know what your comment on gov’t has to do with anything. The flags?
PLEASE READ IF YOU'RE GOING TO GERMANY!!!!! OR YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE GERMAN CULTURE/GERMAN MANNERS!!! in Germany you hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand. you learn it in the kindergarten and then in the elementary school (if you're signed in to eat there) and at home of course. even if you're right handed and using the fork with the left would be more comfortable, you have to hold it with the left hand/ will be/get (idk) taughted like this/so (idk). You can drink from a bowle (soup), if you're allowed to (if your parents/eating-compains have nothing against it) or if you're with your close friends/older siblings, but you shouldn't do it at your friends home, when their parents are around or in school (Cafeteria etc.) or at the restaurant. if you're eating with your close friends or your siblings/parents its up to them, if its okay fork them/ if they care about it. At a family meeting, where you all sit on/at (idk) the table and eat, you should definetly hold the fork in the left and the knife in the right hand. It shows that you have good manners. Table/Eating Manners (I dont know, if I can translate that word-for-word "Ess-/Tischmanieren): • don't put your elbows on/at (idk) the table ( a no-go) • hands on/at (idk) the table • when you're done eating, you have to wait and sit there, until you are allowed to stand up and leave (for example when you're all eating dinner together. it depents on with whom you are eating (friends...) but you shouldn't just stand up and leave!) • EATING ONLY WITH THE FORK☠☠☠☠ A NO-GO!!! except if you're eating alone, with your close friends, older siblings, your parents (if they dont complain about it) or spaghetti. You can eat like this: fork+knife fork+spoon spoon fork+knife+spoon AND if you're eating with a knife and a fork and you have already cut the food, so that it is easy to just pick it up with the fork, you should however/nevertheless (idk) keep the knife in the hand. • Knife, spoon, fork and chopsticks (everything in your hands) should never be hold vertical, but diagonal or horizontal. • don't make sounds with your mouth while/during (idk) eating. Keep your mouth closed while chewing. • dont talk, if food is in your mouth. IN A RESTAURANT or at a foreign house(hold) you should remember these rules/manners. EXCEPTIONS (The hands): if you're right handed and its very uncomfortabel to it like this, it depents on your parents, they care (much) about it, if you change the order, BUT you have to/ will learn to use the fork with the left hand and the knife with the right hand. For example: in school, at work, official Meetings etc. people will think you weren't taughted (good) manners - one eat normal salad just with the fork ALSO: In casual situations People wouldnt put attention to your hands, BUT TO YOUR MOUTH, what means, that in casual situations you can eat like you want, but you aren't welcome if you make noisy sounds with your mouth/lips/the food in your mouth😂😂. It's called "das Schmatzen (noun)" or "schmatzen (verb)". If a persons, you're close with, yells "SCHMATZ/SCHLÜRF NICHT!" or "HÖR (SOFORT) AUF ZU SCHMATZEN/SCHLÜRFEN" at you, you should stop making any sounds betonte their food will end up in your face!! I'm being serious. 😂fr. For me idc as long as you don't schmatzen. :)
My cooperating teacher recently told me that in her culture, you never hand someone a sharp object but instead set it down in front of them. If you directly hand someone scissors or a knife, it symbolizes handing them a weapon, and the fear is that it will instigate a fight.
AFAIK, in China it's not that you are suppose to drink soup or stuff loudly but rather that nobody will bat an eye if you do. So don't go out of your way to purposefully be loud but you can if you want (not making a ruckus).
Cheek kisses are preferred here in the Philippines surprisingly by older adults in my area. They feel like the mano gesture makes them look old, so they prefer the cheek touching with kissing sounds too.
@@-_ShayraAnastasyaShafwani no its not, cheek kisses is only for family or acquintance, someone who you know or close with you not with stranger and also girl are the one who mostly did it not the boys. and also what unique in indonesia is the younger one usually kiss (or you can say putting the older one hand into his/her face) the older one hand. but because pandemic we told that we can't do it anymore .....
In China the toilet paper issue depends on the places. it is still possible to see toilet paper (paper roll) used in small restaurants or street stalls but in bigger restaurants this is not gonna happen anymore.
But in China is good to do that. To be honest, as a mexican-european I feel very uncomfortable when a chinese is eating near me because they are sooo noisy!
@@wouldiwas8520 what are you talking about? Japanese would never make any noise. Just compare Chinese and Japanese airoports. Chinese voices are louder and that's totaply true that they're chewing to make the chef understand that they liked the dish. Come on, there're exceptions, but you can't deny the rules and culture of these countries
@@nefelibata5643 firstly, we are not talking about making noise in other situations, but specifically when you drink soup. I am not Japanese myself, so I can’t be 100% sure, but I heard this from my Japanese friend, or perhaps he was talking bs to me. And please don’t doubt my understanding of Chinese culture, because I am Chinese myself. I understand that some people are noisy, but don’t generalise.
@@wouldiwas8520 girl in the video is chinese too. Maybe, these are different regions as well as language differs in different regions, but I do know really lots of chinese who make noise when they it soup. And I know lots of japanese, who really value silence and don't want to bother other people when they're eating. The example of airoports was provided by me because it's the same vector and idea, I wanted to say that generally japanese creat less noise
![Things You Should Never Do In Other Countries! [UK, FRANCE]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/4CwT3jzqgSo/mqdefault.jpg)
Germans usually do sit down in Restaurants where they want, as soon as they come in. When I was in France for vacation and I accidentally did this, the waiter spoke to me in German without hesitation. When I asked, how he knew I was German he said: “well you came in and sat down immediately “ 😂
The French are onto us
Depends, in posh restaurants you also don't do that in Germany.
I'm from Germany and i never saw or heard anything about that... You can't just sit where you want in any German Restaurant as soon you come in.
@@putinisaterrorist2047 maybe it’s a regional thing, i’m from germany aswell and here you usually get seated unless it’s a fast food restaurant. it would be considered rude to sit down by yourself since the table might be reserved etc. While you don’t get told off, the waiter will probably take longer to serve you.
yeah as a German I think it depends on the restaurant? like for some u can just go and sit and if the table is reserved there will be like a card or something saying that but like for fancier restaurants u can't just sit anywhere
Reminds me of my time in a student dorm in Japan. I (German) was cooking a piece of meat in a fry pan and a fellow Asian student looked at me buffled: "Why don't you cut it? Are you going to eat it like that?" I was puzzled by his question, then I realized he cut his piece of meat before cooking. I explained I'd cut it while eating. It makes sense to not cut it when you eat with fork and knife anyway, however it makes totally sense to cut it when you eat with chopsticks.
Next day I saw a fellow Chinese student cook their salad. I tried it, too. It was actually good. It's great to learn from each other. :)
That’s so interesting!! I never thought about cooked salad before I can’t even comprehend how that would work but it’s still a really cool thought!
Huh, I never noticed but indeed in Chinese restaurants or when my mom is cooking all the meat is cut up already. But of course you have plates where the dishes are on and everyone can take whatever they want so makes sense not to have big pieces and of course using chopsticks is a lot easier if you don’t want to bite off meat everytime and put it back on your plate.
Oh yes, when I (German here as well haha) was in Japan im used to cook my salad as well. I loved it with Udon and karaage the most! But It's also really tasty with 'normal' noodles with chicken :)
It is always interesting learning about different mannerisms and norms in different countries! Hope you enjoyed the video ☺❤ -Christina 🇺🇸
In Germany we have to Look the Person in the eye we toast with. If we don't do that we have 7 years of Bad Sex. Hard rule if you are a shy guy like me.
- Always a pleasure to see you!
In Asian culture, looking into someone’s eyes is a sign of challenge or defiance. It’s very different from the western culture
@@Uns46 For us 🇬🇧🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇪🇦. Look into the eyes, it's a sign that you're not scared
@@Uns46 Same as touching. In the US, people touch each other a lot, like when showing sympathy, or hugging. I also notice Americans people would put hands around the person next to them when taking photographs. Whereas in Asia people don't touch as much and people have more personal space even with friends and family. Many people think it's because of the hot weather people don't tend to stay close or like the warmth of each other. Younger Asian generations are starting to hug each other more but still not as much touching. I actually like it when a friend rubs my shoulder or leg to show sympathy. I hope we adopt more of that.
It's so funny to hear the comparison with Indonesia. They talk about cutlery and then the Indonesian girl is like "We eat with our bare hands" and then talking about how to properly sit while eating the Indonesian girl is like "Actually we dont have tables we sit on the floor when eating". It's so funny :'D
Well, since a long time ago, having dining table means you're from "wealthy" family. Most of the families in indonesia doesnt have it, even though we have it, we dont usually use it as its function 😂😂 we just use it to put the meals, and we just eat on the floor, gathering with the whole family like a picnic, as she explained
@@dorklover5940
My family have two big dining tables (with the capacity of 8 people for each table), yet we still eats on the floor in front of TV🤣🤣🤣
I also really like sitting on the floor when eating. Even though at my house there is a luxurious dining table, but I prefer to eat while sitting on the floor and watching tv
Its normal for Some Indonesians
@@fabianicoles yeah, the coldness of the floor tile, makes me comfort 🤣
@@paduka23 Are you Indonesian?
Fun fact about eating noisily: that used to be also the polite way of eating in Germany some centuries ago (I believe it was the French sun king Louis XIV that reformed and defined our modern western European dining habits and etiquette).
There is a famous quote of Martin Luther asking his guests "Warum furzet und rülpset Ihr nicht? Hat es Euch nicht geschmecket?" - "Why aren't you farting and burping? Wasn't the food to your liking?"
If in my country indonesian, make noise when we eat is not polite. Especialy if it in front of older people or parents. But between young generation we dont take it serious. But if the noise we make is very loud when we eat, people will get take attention and think that the person is impolite and disturb appetite of people around her/him.
we do not explicitly prohibit it. but people will be disturbed by the noise, because it spoils their appetite
we do not prohibit it outright. but most will talk about the bad habits of the person behind his back. that the person is like a dog that we call a "ceplak" person.
but nowadays it's not really that obvious anymore. mostly just distracted, not until talking about the person behind his back.
Interesting to know! I'm glad most of people find burping and farting rude and disgusting as they are.
I love the way the Chinese girl hold herself, her posture, her gestures were spot on. Plus she's is very beautiful
There is a big difference between Germans and Americans when it comes to food. While right-handed people cut meat with their right hand in both Germany and the U.S., Americans then put down the knife, take a fork and use it to eat the meat with their right hand. In Germany, however, you keep the fork in your left hand and eat the meat with it.
It's the same in the UK.
I mean when i‘m done cutting up my food I switch the fork into my right hand as well and I‘m German 🤷♀️ it's just faster and more convenient.
For me, US, I do what Germans do since I'm left handed it's easier. I use a knife with my non dominant hand. I didn't know it was a German thing to do that but it's easier that way
It's the same in the Netherlands, but only in restaurants. At home you just eat and cut with your right hand (if you're right handed:) )
My sister and my father are left handed but use their knives with their right hand. As for me, I'm right handed but I use a knife with my left hand and my mother who's also right handed does the same.
missed opportunity: In France we have rules about how cheese has to be cut. Most people are actually not even aware of it because everyone do it the same way. But if someone starts to cut cheese a different way, be ready to get some scolding or to be frowned upon :)
Don't cut the cheese in public? :)
Indeed, you cut cheese wheels (like camembert) in triangles; if it's a brick shaped cheese you cut it along the width and not the length, and if it's already a portion of a bigger cheese wheel (like morbier or quite often tome) you cut it also along the width but starting from the thinner side towards the larger side.
It's more of an unspoken rule and as you said, people will tell you you're doing it wrongly if you try cutting it another way.
And knifes too ! There's different types depending on which kind of cheese you want to cut. I think for most cheeses it's usually common sense (at least for French people), but there's definitely a few cheeses where someone educated about cheese cutting (like me :D ) would tell you you're using the wrong knife.
Don't cut the "nose" off of a cheese slice -- because it's the best bit and you are being selfish.
So, nobody talked about the toilet differences in SEA and any other places in the world huh? Let me talk about it.
South East Asian country (like Indonesia) don't use toilet paper. We commonly use a hand held bidet (spray nozzle) after we're done with our business. It's cost effective, and much cleaner that using toilet paper. Another way that is used, is we put a bucket, fill it with water, and use a dipper to clean ourselves. Granted, it's not as clean as using a bidet, but we still use it nonetheless. This is why, as an Indonesian, we're baffled with Europeans and Americans when the pandemic happened and had to horde all of the toilet papers that are in stock.
Toilet bowl differences.
Some houses/ restaurant in South East Asia still has this thing called 'Squatting toilet bowl', where you literally have to squat to do your business in the toilet. But we also have the normal toilet bowl with flush.
Same in India
I thought it just an Indian thing.
We also use “spray nozzle” but we call it “Jet Spray” or “faucet” But in most of our homes, it fits inside the toilet seat or commode.
When we Indians travel outside, we also carry jet spray with us or buy it there.
Out of curiosity, how do you dry before putting your pants back on?
@@veedee8939 Hmm We use toilet paper for that. To dry our ass.
But many people just wear trouser over wet ass . It's not that wet though.
Try it sometimes If you also want that experience and wanna know how it's work..
I have experienced different types. The typical US, the trough in the pubs, the floor model in Iraq, one at a training base in Kitzigen, Germany where it had a high "shelf" you hoped it didn't get too high. No bidet, though.
Video idea: how shopping works in different countries and products foreigners struggle with/can't find in Korea.
Example: deodorants are really hard to find in Korea. Also, the clothing/shoes size can be a struggle for foreigners. I've heard all the socks sold in Korea are extremely tight and cut out the blood circulation if you have bigger calves than the average Korean. Hair products for people with kinky hair could be hard to find too.
The channel gets better and better. I like, that you included people from Asia, but now we need some Africans as well.
At first I was confused about why they were talking about putting toilet paper on the table but I realised it was actually a thing in Asian Country and I'm shooked xD
As a French like Soly it's unthinkable to do that 😂
@@Allyy_06 That's amazing how the different culture are so different from each other
I find it odd 😂
So, this is what actually happened in Asian countries, especially in Indonesia. You know, we Indonesian don't use toilet paper at all. We use water and soap to clean ourself after the "ritual". But, the strange thing is every supermarket or minimarket seems to have toilet papers in their display rack, they are selling it. Like, to whom?
There's nobody using it, but they still sell it. And, the paper company also keep producing toilet papers, labled it as "toilet paper" for domestic market, even though there's literally no one using it as toilet paper. Every person in Indonesia who buy it (especially the restaurant owners) only use it as normal paper towel that they placed on their dining table.
@@thanosal-titan That's so funny 😂😂
Maybe for the tourist?
Actually, I'm curious. Are the toilet are like this : 🚽 or is it different?
Well, I use toilet paper to wipe my nose. It's clean, nothing to worry about.
@@Seevile in India , we used two different kind of toilet 🚽this and another one, but we use water in both, toilet paper are not used at all.
the "look at me when i'm talking to you" always fascinated me coz if i'm looking at a person im definitely not listening to them coz i'm wondering where they want me to look and when can i finally let my eyes relax and actually just listen to them. my eyes naturally focus further away so i tend to look past people just coz it's comfortable, and it feels like i can focus and think about what's being said when my eyes are looking at nothing in particular, coz people's faces have lots of stuff to look at and again i won't be listening coz i'll be thinking about their face.. being socially awkward and bullied means looking directly at people when they demand that is also uncomfortable and terrifying.
and then, somehow, i dunno if it's polish customs or just my mum's childhood, but continuous eye contact was something mum always said is only something that "couples in love or cruel people trying to intimidate someone" do. so... i don't ever recall my parents demanding i look at them when i was getting told off.. teachers did it a lot though. and i didn't know the custom was so different... so that didn't go well coz i got angry at the teachers for trying to scare tiny little me.
In Indonesia if you look back to the elder who talk to you especially when they scoolding you
It mean you challenge them literally
If both of them is hot temper person it'll end up to be a fist fight
omg this happened at my school too but the other way around. my classmate was getting scolded by the teacher. my teacher was then angry as to why my classmate looked like he was challenging him by looking the teacher straight in the eye but my classmate was just confused bc at home, he was taught that you should always look at the person talking to you in the eye to show respect
So I have an anxiety disorder and adhd and I either don't look you in the eyes when you're talking to me and be able to listen to what you're saying or I stare into your soul and cannot listen to you. Choose one
Nezumi are you asperger?
@@justawholedumb611 this term is not appreciated by many circles of medicine and people with autism and even more specifically Jewish Autistics. "Asperger" was a label Nazi soldiers used to separate the "higher functioning" Autistics from those deemed to be burdens and disabled. The more widely excepted and appreciated word is Autism Spectrum Disorder, ASD, Autistic Person, or Person with Autism. Please take this information kindly from a Person with Autism, who is me. The seperation is very dehumanizing.
/genuine
I‘ve lived in northern Germany for 15 years and unless we‘re on a big group (more than 5-6) we always have just sat down at a table. Now with Corona it’s a little more common to be seated, but there‘s a sign at the front that says to wait for someone to seat you.
I love hearing and learning about all of these differing traditions of etiquette from so many places around the world. Great video, again.
I'm here for it! 😍
When learning other languages one of the most important aspects I believe that should be taught/learned alongside speaking is etiquette in general. As seen in this video It can be a gateway to helping understand the each others cultures better. Similarities can help feel more comfortable and differences can give you more perspective to how the culture you are learning is structured.
That and If I ever go to visit any of these places, being complimented on learning the language is great but the feeling of respect you get when you learn proper etiquette would be out of this world. Id feel like a puppy being praised. lol
Thanks for the series!
Indonesian here. Toilet paper served the same purpose of other tissues (it’s the cheapest) so yeah don’t be surprised if you see it on dinner tables in cheaper restaurant. We don’t take out toilet paper in the toilet outside okay… we just put them everywhere.
I don’t often experienced someone guiding me to my table in Germany. I’d say restaurants that do that are pretty fancy. Usually u just sit down anywhere where it’s empty or if you are in a big group (4+) you’d as for a table of that size and sometimes they’d have to reorganize some stuff
in my experience they often have signs on the tables to indicate if there already has been a reservation for that table, so that's not really a problem either
Me too and yes, I experienced the same
In Germany, usually we look for free tables by our own.
The little signs "reserviert" (booked, reservation) on the table helps you to recognize, if this table can be chosen or not.
A bigger group you asked the employee, if they can help you.
And often they adress you first and attend you to a free table.
I often met the waiter half the way to the table we like to choose, asking us what we like to drink. 😁
It depends on where you are in Germany. In Bonn you sometimes can get a warning for that from the restaurants, because here the majority reserve tables and sometimes there is no sign inside, but outside, saying enter only with reservations. It is rude to go there without it in there.
But I agree with you that the fancier the restaurants are the more strict they get.
I think it depends...now in corona times it's more common to guide you to a table.
And before that I think it depends how many people are in the restaurant :)
Another few German oddities that weren't mentioned:
You have to make and keep eye contact while toasting with drinks, you shouldn't cut potatoes with your knife (dates back to when people had silver cutlery as the potatoe starch would turn them black), the cook/ hostess declares the meal to be open by wishing everyone a good appetite and you have to wait for it, the host defines the garderobe (both more for fancy occasions), so you mustn't take of your Jacket or loosen your tie untill he does.
You should eat your plate clean and put your knife and fork together diagonally across your plate when you are finished or lay them on your plate from left and right to indicate that you aren't done yet/ want some more.
Oh and black ties are reserved here for funerals, so better don't wear one for any other occasion as it can come across as an ironic insult to wear mourning on a cheerful event (unless of course you are currently yourself in mourning).
Oh and you are responsible for the glass of filling the glass of the person left to you.
And if you ever find yourself in a German Kneipe (pub) or brewery you will keep getting new beers without ordering once yours is empty untill you put your beer mat on top of it (little square or round carton piece put under your beerglass to keep the table clean where the waiters will also mark the drinks you have had on by drawing lines on the edge, when you want to leave you hand it to the waiter/ barman and pay your "Deckel"
Wow that's a lot
1
q
It’s very similar in Spain we don’t do that with the beer but European countries have a lot of things in common such as the way of using the knife and the fork
The beer etiquette does not sound very elegant... But with respect to the culture though
8:45: No. In Germany, you can sit where you want as long as there is no reservation sign on the table. And if you have reserved, the reservation sign has your name on it, so it is easy to find your table. And when you all sit down, the waiter will eventually come to your table, give you the menu and ask you for drinks. That there is a waiter waiting for you at the entrance and bringing you to your table, you will in very expensive restaurants only.
Are you perhaps living in a smaller city? Here in crowded downtown restaurants in the evening there's definitively someone waiting at the door and will assign you a table. It would even be a bit difficult to find the rare empty table in the large two-floor restaurant yourself. This doesn't apply only for expensive restaurants.
@@icerepublic No, I am living in Germany. And there it is like I described.
@@Nikioko I'm also living in Germany and, no it isn't. You are generalizing & making assumptions.
@@icerepublic I have lived in many place in the country, north, south, west, east, and everywhere it was like I described. So no, I am not generalizing but you are making the exception to the rule.
If you go into a crowded restaurant and can't find a free table, you move on to the next place. And no, I am not living in a small town.
It depends on where you live. In Bonn, Cologne, Berlin, Offenburg and Hamburg you can’t do that. I come from Bonn, but traveled a lot through Germany and I have been to a lot of restaurants. In the most regions in Germany there are different kinds of restaurants, the fancier they are the more strict they get. Here in Bonn most people reserve tables. Thus, most restaurants have a sign outside saying: enter only with reservations and if you go inside without it you get thrown out or get a warning.
"NO LEFT HAND IN MY HOUSE" - Indonesian Mom
Re elbows on the table, as a child I was taught "elbows off" and (in jest) "all joints on the table will be carved".
I agree, in Western society this rule is now very relaxed in informal situations, but in formal situations it still matters and signifies good manners and education.
As a person living in India, I can relate myself with the Indonesian etiquette.
Since we have a lil bit same culture so Indian/Malaysian(maybe?) can relate:v
@@Kiiro27102 ya fellow south Asian countries so yeah , we have similarities to an extent.
@@Kiiro27102 So are you Indonesian?
@@rezasuryaananda9262 yep I am.
Indonesia is part of the Indosphere
10:07 That's quite funny about the right hand left hand thing : I'm french and that's actually something I came up with out of nowhere when I moved to a city for the first time where I figured there would be lots of germs everywhere, like when I take the metro I'll hold the bar using the left hand.
Keeping your friend's drink filled, as I understand it, it also true in Korea...
A good addition to the sitting where you want would be to ask about tipping in the different countries...
meanwhile in kyoto japan; refilling the guest's tea is code for "please leave already"
(pretty sure it was kyoto maybe im wrong lol im polish though so i just keep topping up people's tea coz i... that's what we do to guests i think. we water them ? .. with tea. and vodka. i guess.. hm.. )
same in Afghanistan
Great conversation ladies! I would love to see someone from a Hispanic and African background’s cultures too for next video. I’m must say I’m very impressed with the American representative. Most of the time when someone is picked to represent the U.S.A. they are an airhead or plastic surgery infused/Kardashian wannabe, but this young lady was very articulate and well spoken.
In Indonesia if u'r being scold by someone older/senior, looking in the eyes could translate into offensive and unpolite gesture
as an Indonesian, these table manners are soooo confusing because we eat freely (using right hand ofc). the cutlery we use just spoon (always) and fork (often)....
yep, i agree, we rarely use knife on the table, only fork and spoon because we cut our food to a small piece before hand, and if its bigger size food like fried chicken drum stick, we didn't cut it just use our hand and take a bite.. :D or we just cut it with our hand by pinching the meat that we called suwir.. xD
Yg bikin kesel di pizza hut gaada tempat buat cuci tangan, kan ribet harus dipotong dulu enakan pake tangan
@@rifansafani6694 hah??? Semua pizza hut ku ke datangin semuanya ada tpt cuci tangannya kok, gk mungkin gk ada, kamu ngak tau letaknya maybe? Wkkw
IN INDONESIA WE USE TOILET PAPER IN STREET RESTAURANT (?) 😂😂😂 SINCE WE DONT USE TOILET PAPER IN TOILET 😂😂😂
So funny :D
@@Verbalaesthet yea it's a fun fact 😂😂 actually i was waiting for the indonesian sis in the video to explain this thing, but yeah i explain it here. As I know, Some of south east asian countries use water to clean up after taking your time in toilet. And maybe toilet tissue (paper) is more affordable, so the resto owner use it (?)
"Same function" hahaha🤣
@@Verbalaesthet
You know what's funnier?
Even though literally there's nobody using the toilet paper in Indonesia, but the paper companies keep producing it and then supermarkets keep selling it to the local.
I mean, those paper companies can just labled it as "paper towel", stop labled it as toilet paper.
I am an Indian and we also don't use toilet paper instead of toilet paper we use water to wash and we also use our left hand for dirty thing and right hand for good things..... India and Indonesia is very similar wow......
7:51 depends on what type of pizza though, thin crust slices can be hard to eat by hands especially with certain bigger toppings like avocado or cherry tomatoes, they'll roll off. then again you could fold the whole thing and eat it like a calzone
Indonesians use their right hand, i think because they are influenced by the islamic culture and the prophet's teachings
Or because there are more right handers then left handers. Religion doesn't rule everything.
Actually it is . Thats why we believe right hand is good hand and left hand is bad hand for toilet
same in Germany.
'Good right hand, dirty left' they sometimes say. From a time where everybody was trimed to a be a right-handed 😣
@@NotMykl not everything, but some religious rules are deeply rooted. 🤷🏼♀️🙂
By the way, this rule is for hygienic reason. Left hand is used on the toilet to clean yourself. You dont eat with it at the table, right? Especially, when you normally eat with your hands.
Religious or not, I think this is very smart. 😊
happy lad ur right
The topic of "Don't cut the steak into pieces beforehand" implies that someone has seen proper American table manners -- and misunderstood them. This isn't something done for the convenience of children, though if you're European, it may appear that way.
To eat a steak using proper US manners, cut a _a few_ pieces from the steak with the knife in your right hand and the fork in your left hand. Then, set the knife down on the upper right edge of the plate, and eat with the fork in your right hand. It is true that many Americans are no longer taught this.
As an American, I cut my meat with my right hand and eat with my left as I am left-handed
As a Chinese, my mom told me when you eat food, please don’t make any sound from your mouth. That’s so crude.
My parents taught me it depends on context. When you're with close friends or family, it's okay to make a little noise, it shows you enjoy the food and they will appreciate it. But in formal or public settings it's very rude
me too.honestly i don't hear any one said that which on the video, just Japanese has that rule when eating noodles.
I’m Chinese too and one time I was eating with my mouth open with chewing noise (not being aware). Next thing I know I got smacked in the face… never again I ate with my mouth open 😶 I was always told its bad etiquette. We’re Cantonese btw, I know different part of China have different etiquettes.
It's Korea that does this they make noises when eating soup.
I'm from Mexico and my mom also did that.
I think maybe it's a rule for most of the people because some are just grossed out by the noises, when I made noises while eating soup being a child my mom would always scold me. I've just seen old people do it without an adult repercussions, maybe it's a new thing?
I grew up in Sweden and when I was in 3rd grade my school literally had a whole week dedicated to how to sit when you eat and so on. This is because of the Nobel Price, which originated in Sweden. So around that time my school would have this week dedicated to "vett och etikett" (Common Sense and etiquette) - ways of acting during feasts and meals.
And after that week our teachers would look at us in the dining hall real closely and scold us for not listening in class forever after 🤣🤣🤣
I remember I've learned that you have to look at people during a toast and found it strange but actually it's quite a natural moment 👁️👄👁️🍷
Kommer du från Asien?
@@nordscan9043 nej, hurså?
@@unoki99 De där tecknet du har med din bild. Jag trodde du var Kinesisk eller nånting.
other countries when the elders are scolding the youngsters : "look at me"
Indonesia when the elders are scolding and the youngsters made an eyecontact with them : "why are you looking at me? oh, you're brave now huh?"
im an Indonesian and i can really tell this happens alot😭
I was taught that table manners go back a long way in time. In England. It was considered barbaric to "hold a knife" while eating after the invention of the fork. So hence they cut the meat first. Put the knife down.. And eat only with a fork. This spread over to America. Here in Northern Europe. You always hold the knife in the hand. This has to do with germanic custom that every person used to carry their own knife with them for eating. And if you entered company you would always show where your knife was in plain sight. In Germanic custom it is considered childish to cut food into bits before eating. In China and countries where you eat with chop sticks. The pieces are usually cut into pieces that are easily managable to eat with chop sticks.
What bothers me most (a pet peeve of mine) is people walking indoors with their outdoor shoes on. It is coinsidered a sin in Northern Europe and mostly throughout all of Eurasia. Dirty and gross. And it isn't good for your feet either.
Same, I am German and when people walk in with the shoes they used outside we tell them to take them off and put them to the other shoes that we use. My family was always really strict with etiquette, because we often went to restaurants in France, Spain, Italy and Germany, which had stars or were highly seen and popular for their great menus. (My father always meets his medicine colleges in restaurants and that’s why we should show our best behaviors.)
I was actually surprised that there are people who walk with their outdoor shoes indoors. Greetings from Germany. 😂
In Indonesia only very very rich family who still using shoes inside their home
As a person from England, I would say that it would be considered bad manners to put your knife down to eat. Though people may do this in their own homes, if they choose, it's not the norm. From my experience anyway. I find it odd to see people to eat that way as a Brit.
In Spain it’s a normal thing to keep your shoes on while you are in your friend’s house because it will smell but if you are in your house you usually wear flip flops 🩴 or comfortable shoes, but as I said if you go to your friend’s house the normal thing is to keep them unless you lay on the bed or something.
The Indonesian girl has such an unusual way to speak. I've spent a few years there and never heard anyone speaking like her (the prosody is completely different). Wondering which part of the country she's from.
The french girl is so beautiful and adorable.
Saturday Prime Rib at any supper club in Wisconsin, all you need is a fork to cut your meat, and it's usually only around $20-25 for 12-16 oz. meal.
I'm surprised that the Chinese girl didn't mention this, but in China, you are expected to pick up the rice bowl with one hand and scoop up the rice with the other. It's also allowed for soups. Other than drinks, picking up any dishes or bowls in any Western culture is frowned upon as far as I know. You may tilt your soup bowl, but never pick it up.
Well in any Western/ European country you'd probably spill your food onto your lap or the table if you tried to pick the plate up. It's not seen as rude, just strange & dangerous. The plates & bowls aren't designed to be handled with one hand, but two. For example, if you take your plate/bowl to the pot to get some food, you'll need both hands to hold it.
Iam surprised by seeing a lot of similarities between Indonesia and my country India.
REALLY LOVE THEM. i need more episode of them.
You guys are doing good work here, showing the differences in cultures... unlike the current geopolitically events, what a shame.
France has heavily influenced the etiquette in the Western world. Indeed étiquette is a French word.
I almost fainted seeing my Eastern Caribbean relatives eating roti with a knife and fork. Some foods are just meant to be eaten without cutlery. Like pizza!
Fun fact: In Japan is considered to be rude to tip (at a restaurant). Never do that.
In France, no tip culture coz the price include tax and service fees. Furthermore what an employee earns doesn't not depend on tips.
@@hicetnuncmonamour I strongly disagree, not tipping the waiter is generally considered rude in France, even if I agree that it shouldn't be since the waiters are already paid.
I love this video! I've only watched one other and as of earlier today I'm happy to say that I am a new subscriber! I really like that your channel is so informative. You seem to have so many different people and cultures represented here. You all also seem to be having such a genuine fun with each other while getting to know everybody's culture while you talk. With all the division going on in the world right now, I find your channel to be such a happy and relaxing place to watch videos and enjoy myself! Thank you so much for putting out this positive content. Believe me the world needs so much more of the things like you ladies are doing here!💖 #NewYorkGenXBikerLady
I'm Indonesian, when I was trying to eat soup loudly like Kdrama, my mom pinched my hand with her eyes almost pop out 🙄🤦♀️
When Elena talks about younger people I feel old , she barely looks older then mid20 😂
They probably mean those things are more old fashioned
I’m China born Chinese, and I’ve never heard that “drinking soup loudly” kind of thing is considered as a good thing to be mentioned... basically, people around me they all hate the noise when someone eats voraciously while visiting others... the stereotypes on the Chinese subject on this channel sometimes are really bizarre and misleading... 😂 come on, do some real study next time please...
我听过类似的说法不过说是日本吃面的习惯_(:з」∠)在看了这个视频后对这个存疑了233
Yeah i think its Korean culture not Chinese
Maybe it's a different generation thing or region- but it's not a stereotype if its a woman from china saying that's the manners she was taught in China.
@@rrrrrrrr7860 nope, the noise type is really wrong in China, eating food with other is a ritual thing in China, especially with workmate neighbor and others. Which means you need to be like a educated person. At the present, it just less noticed.
@@rrrrrrrr7860 Well personally I think she sometimes misrepresented Chinese culture a little bit,I can tell that some of her depictions of China is quite wrong… in some way, she’s got too Korean instead of Chinese… lol
My friend from France always eats with cutlery - even when eating burgers! Also a lot of my relatives in (northern) Italy eat pizza with cutlery 🍴
Being German, I have to add some things: For many it is rude if you play with your smartphone while others eat at table, because it could signal like ignoring others or find them boring. We have something like "Servietten" in Restaurant, it is thicker type of paper and more expensive. Sometimes Servietten are also made of cotton and not paper, especially at better restaurants. We also have rules for knife and fork, but not all go by this: If you put knifes and fork in opposide direction on plate, it means you want more, if you put them besides on same direction it means you are done with food. Also some people put Serviette folded under Knife and Fork, so it does not fall off, if the waiter takes it away. But it is not common rules, just people with good manners do.
Thank you very much ladies 🔥🔥🔥
LOL In the U.S., if you have served time in a prison, you often learn to keep your arms on the table, surronding your food tray, to prevent items being taken by other inmates.
Make more videos with Elena she is so nice and friendly😃
Thanks for sharing
I don't understand Korean, but if the English translation is accurate, the Chinese girl is explaining almost everything wrong.
1. The chopstick in the rice thing is because it resembles burning incense when you pay respect to your dead ancestors. Practically, it is very likely to fall and leave food on the table.
2. Well educated people in China don't eat with loud sound. It is frowned upon if you make loud chewing or slurping noises.
3. The elbow on the table thing is partly true for the kids. But traditionally, kids and women eat at a different table to men, particularly in northern China probably up till the 1970s. Well mannered adult will always hold their bowl when eating and leave the bowl on the table when not eating. You would never place your weight on the table with your elbow or arm.
Yea she doesn't know what she talking about..
agreed with you
I was not expecting the one representing Chinese culture to introduce herself in Mandarin and then switch to speaking in Korean. I know some of both languages, but for a moment I couldn't figure out which language I was hearing lol. It was like drinking from a cup expecting water but it was milk. 😂
That’s a really good analogy.
Fork-and-knife for pizza depends on the type of pizza. A deep dish pie will fall apart if you try to hold it, so fork and knife are necessary. Some Neopolitan style pies have a very thin, not-crisp, crust; they also require a fork and knife. Your average New York-style street-corner pizza, you hold and fold. Sicilian pies are also hand-held. One "breaks bread" with one's hands, but if serving bread (from a whole loaf), it's often cut with a knife (seems more sanitary)...
I think what they meant by toilet paper on the table, I think toilet paper on the sink and not put on its spindle. So it’s rude if you don’t replace it in its proper spot.
Don't be too surprised because in Korea, we use the toilet paper on the table ^^
Basically, they are all made of 100% natural pulp, free from fluorescence & formaldehyde.
Large-capacity toilet paper used in toilets is a separate and inexpensive product.
So your paper towels for the table are the same size as the toilet paper rolls? Paper towel rolls in the US are about twelve inches long, toilet paper rolls are six inches or so long.
@@NotMykl i don't know how big is twelve inches, my country use metric system and rarely use imperial, i think korean also using metric system
Ok to eat with hands depending on menu. Clean Hands Clean Mind Clean Thoughts and good food.
In France there something to not do (like sticking the spoon in the rice in China), it's putting the bread upside down because in the middle age the Hangman (or Executionor ?) weren't really liked by the people since their work was related to death and on the day of an execution it was a custom for the baker to reserve a bread for him and he would put the bread upside down so the Hangman could know which one was his
People start to associate it with the devil and bring bad omen so they don't touch it and don't put their own bread upside down
(I read that's people of religion would drawn a cross on the bottom of the bread before sharing it to cancelled it but I don't if this part is true)
I am and Indian🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 and we eat food from our hands or spoon 🥄🍛🍛🍛 but some food like take chapti we can't it is with spoon na but we eat curry using the spoon 🥄 and we don't use knife 🔪 for eating.......
And we also use left hand for dirty thing and right hand for good things.....
Indonesia and india is very similar in culture......I don't know the language but in the culture if someone know both languages so please tell please........
Ancient India had significant influence on ancient Indonesia. So there's some similarities.
The language is different but there's some few words that's similar. I can't speak Indian at all but when I watched Indian TH-cam videos, I spot some similar words like asli(real), samudra(ocean) and some few other words.
@@wellsengrey4768 oh thank u so much for clearing my doubt..... And in reality asli means real and samundra mean ocean wow......
@@MASTERMAHANGURUJEE Actually, there is so many similiar word. I don't know india languages, but i watch Bollywood (im a big fan of Aamir khan), so the words they pronounced and the translation sometimes same
maybe as indonesian, we are a chinese but with indian culture. we love mix mix mix mix and mix 😋
@@brontosaurusworld3091 please read my third comment in this also... We also love mix we use British English but sometimes we say some words which is used in US English 🤣🤣🤣🤣... And after mixing both we add masala (spices) with some word is neither us english nor British English (uk english) and then the Indian english is made.....
The Chinese and Indonesian girls spoke Korean. The French and German girl spoke English. I suppose the American girl had no reason to speak anything other then English, but it felt like she was the only one that didn’t know a second language. I could be wrong.
2:14 - Did we lose six states and nobody told me? The 44-star US flag hasn’t been used since the late 1890s lol
OMG!
It is surprising they got the wrong flag and nobody is saying about it for a year.
It seems that the french girl comes from Reunion island 🏝 which is an out seas french area close to Mauritius 🇲🇺
I been in China for 2 years. I can say that girl is one of creme dela creme in China.
Her english is extremely good for chinese , she also speaks good korean.
Most chinese ppl dont speak english well , let alone korean language...
me as a Chinese, my dad always:“hold your bowl with your left hand” or “put your left hand on the table” or “dont move your bowl using the chopsticks”... i agree with but i am still lazy and like to keep my left hand down
Really??
As a Chinese, I felt that it was too hard to eat without my left hand haha
Like, where do you put your left hand if you aren't using it lol?
Why not bring the food to your mouth so you don't drip on the table?
Those are my thoughts at least lol
In my opinion every human eating with hands, the different is they hold tools or do it barehands
Right.
I guess, if you eat with hands normally, you are more hygienic with them 🤷🏼♀️
@@matanadragonlin agree. Because bear hand can control and can be rack (attention) by ourself. Its clean or not we can know, because hand is part of our body. If its dirty, we just clean it with water before eat. And we almost do it before eat (clean hand by water). Meanwhile if it use tools, is subtance from unnatural and unsafe chemical. We also dont know that maybe the bacterial or virus can sticking in the chemical tools we use. I dont know, in my subjective perspectife eat by hand is more safe and clean. Its only my subjective opinion. Dont reply me because i know you guys have different opinion with me. I only want to share my opini..
Also in my mind: hand is natural material, meanwhile tools is chemical and unnatural who cant guarantee if its dont have a bacterial sticking or not (because we dont know. We dont stare at tools all the time. Meanwhile if its hand, we can know because we can see it all the time). Pls dont judge me🤗 its only my opinion when i was child until now... i still believe in this way.
@@justawholedumb611 I agree.
Although I live in a culture which uses knifes and forks.
If I use my hands I am more clean than usually. And of course we wash our cutlery very thoroughly.
I really enjoyed the show.. and it would be over the top of the world if you ladies add one more British lady to the group.
In Italy if you eat pizza at restourant you use knife and fork (only young children are "allowed" to use hands). An adult who uses his hands is seen as not very polite. But it's perfectly okay to use hands if you are eating a slice of pizza "on the street" as a snack. I personally prefer using cutlery, it gives me more satisfaction, if I use hands it gives me more the impression of having a snack rather than a meal. About the others things, we have the same etiquette of the Western countries. Other things that come to my mind: you do not switch the hand with which you hold the fork if you are also using the knife and NEVER use fork and spoon eating spaghetti or pasta in general, (you would be seen as someone who wants to behave elegantly, but gives the totally opposite impression)
@J When it comes to pasta the spoon is just a utensil for children to make the spooling process easier for them.
In Italy an adult will get laughed at, when using a spoon for this purpose.
Christina looks like Ester Expósito, Carla in Elite
not quite
Indonesia is very different with other country if its about looking in the eye. When parents or husband angry to their child or his wife, we must sit a head into down. Also we have right hand for eating, greeting (shake hand), give a tip or money. And the other hand (left hand) is use to clean after poop or peeing and it always use soap and water. If theres no toilet paper for dry it, usually we do wiggle our asses to splash the water before we put our pants back on. We also use spoon if the food is kind of soup, WE NEVER USE HAND FOR SOUP FOOD.
"or his wife" ROFL, indeed very different!
In France when we eat pizza in a restaurant you need to use cuttelry, in your home you can use your hands.
C'est clair, manger la pizza au resto avec les mains ça fait vraiment mauvais genre!
China: no not impale your food with chopsticks. Usually happens with eggs and meatballs that are hard to pick up for some people/kids that are not yet accustomed to chopsticks. Although only kids get scolded lol.
Yay Christina is back!!!!
Germany girl is awesome. Very beautiful ❤️❤️❤️
The chopstick thing, it's not only in China, also apply in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. There are large Chinese ethnic group in Singapore and Malaysia.
I found myself giving/receiving my card and receiving food at fast food drive thru restaurants with my right hand here in the US sometimes out of habit growing up in Indonesia... It's definitely an inefficient way since I'm sitting on the left, but it made me think of another reason Indonesians drive in the right.
The tips thing is interesting. We don't tip as a rule in New Zealand, although I have done it and seen it done, but only for that service that is over and above the usual e.g. extraordinary kindness from your server. In some restaurants the server will refuse the tip. I'm not sure why this is!
Aaaah i love this so much
Solly, tu aurais du parler de l'apéro. Il est assez impensable en France d'inviter quelqu'un à manger sans prendre l'apéro en premier. Je pense que c'est très spécifique à la France.
C'est vrai que c'est inimaginable, genre tu arrives chez les hôtes et tu passes à table.
USA and France: *debating on how you eat pizza*
Italy: *Fools*
We kiss on the cheek in germany too, it calls "Bussi Bussi" 🤙🏻😂
Actually we have also in indonesia but didn't explained in this video. And we call it "cipika cipiki"
I always wanted to visit Indonesia but as a left handed person I don't feel welcome anymore😢💔
You have nothing to worry about you'll be surprise how tolerant and friendly indonesian can be especially if you smile a lot at us, no one's going to throw you weird look even if there's just smile and you'll get a friendly smile back indonesian are that simple.
@@nokiyohiyoh9719 that's nice to hear :) I'm a friendly and always smiling person so that's a plus! I'm just unable to eat with my right hand so Indonisians please forgive me!😆❣
There's nothing to be sorry about, nowadays people aren't that ignorant about the excistence of left-handed people anymore, we know there's but indonesian are super curious folk so we just stare a lot at 'unique being'/ foreigner lol but i can assure you it's just pure curiosity in our part we're simple minded and friendly by nature at least most of us are.
Just remember to smile a lot, everyone here love to be greet by smile. 😊
It won't affect you that much actually, especially if it's a thing you do for your own self like eating, operating/opening something etc. It's a more respectful gestures to use right hand if you're doing a thing with other people as paying (money / card), handling over things to other ppl. But if you can't use right hands (i.e you hold lots of things with your right hand) and you still want to be more respectful, you can say something like "pardon me" "I'm sorry" or "excuse me (for using left hand)". Still, you won't be judged that much if you don't do that esp if you're a foreigners.
dont worry, just make sure you eat with your right hand. and also give and take something using right hand. i think its not that hard tho
I don't really agree with the Chinese girl's explanation on the chopstick-in-rice thing.
It is true that the senior generation in China tend to dislike the behavior of sticking the chopsticks into the rice VERTICALLY. But as what I heard, it was not for it's resemblence to tombstone, but for a Chinese custom. When someone goes to a tombyard and memory the died one, in the past, he would bring food for the died one, like, a bowl of rice. And the pair of chopsticks would be stuck into the rice vertically so that the died one could use them conveniently. (only in this case that chopsticks being vertically stuck into rice is allowed) And in daily lives, people aviod sticking chopsticks into rice, in case of, like, cursing the others (or himself) to have died, sort of things, which is considered impolite and a taboo.
Yea, me too. I think they misunderstood with the spoon rice one too, because it’s vertically placing ur utensils in rice bowls as it signifies that it is food for the passed on, not that u can’t eat rice? With spoon? I was so confused when they were talking about that too
It is not the resemblance to the tombstone but rather to incense sticks that are used to memorialize the dead. Some people have memorials for their passed family in their homes and they will offer incense sticks which are stuck upright in a bowl for their dead, which resembles sticking chopsticks and other utensils vertically in rice. This is a no-no in Japanese and Korean culture as well. I believe this was what she was trying to explain but as Korean is likely her second language and it was translated on top of that, it may not have come across that way. She probably also thinks eating rice with a spoon or fork is fine as long as you dont stuck your utensils straight up in a bowl.
I think a big etiquette in Britain is to never eat with your hands at a restaurant or a cafe or a formal dinner or anything. It’s fine with casual dining at like a fast food restaurant or at home but not when it’s a bit more formal. If I just make a sandwich at home, I would use my hands but if I was having a sandwich at a cafe it would feel rude to use my hands so I would use a knife and fork. I remember being a kid and my parents would tell me off for eating fries with my hands. As I got older my parents got less strict though and we would all just use our hands for fries at restaurants lol.
In Indonesia, people are using left hand for washing a** after sh***ing. that's why left hand is not be used for social things. but it's used when eat, for example, spoon on right hand and fork on left hand. however, when people eat by their own barehand, left hand should not be used.
That's mostly in Asia actually except in Korea/Japan. I know that in China, people still used their left hand after cleaning with water. Maybe not you, but most of my Korean friends still used (left mostly) hand tho after flashing with water. They used tissue just to dry it
For Piza- if it's coming out of the kitchen steaming hot I would start with fork and knife and switch over to hands as soon as I can hold it... XD
gratuity isn't included in the restaurant prices in Germany? my German in-laws visiting us here 1998 in The States weren't used to tipping the service staff.
It’s so cute that the Chinese girl wanted to try to the kiss kiss because she’s never done it before. Lol
If someone greeted me with "Hey yo or Hey bro" they're getting an immediate side eye 😂
I dont want to be picky but try next time swaping seats just Like in the title, America, China, Germany, France & Indonesia. Love this channel and content! everything is so polite and respectfull. Goverment no longer represents the people its the people itself who defines the country.
What? I do not get this comment. The title is just listing everyone alphabetically and I believe they are grouped like that in the vid because US, France, and Germany are more closer culturally so have similar answers same as China and Indonesia. And it’s not confusing who is from what country. Don’t know what your comment on gov’t has to do with anything. The flags?
I do like that last sentence, for sure. I don't know if it's entirely accurate yet though. I can't wait for a time when it truly is.
PLEASE READ IF YOU'RE GOING TO GERMANY!!!!! OR YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE GERMAN CULTURE/GERMAN MANNERS!!!
in Germany you hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right hand. you learn it in the kindergarten and then in the elementary school (if you're signed in to eat there) and at home of course. even if you're right handed and using the fork with the left would be more comfortable, you have to hold it with the left hand/ will be/get (idk) taughted like this/so (idk).
You can drink from a bowle (soup), if you're allowed to (if your parents/eating-compains have nothing against it) or if you're with your close friends/older siblings, but you shouldn't do it at your friends home, when their parents are around or in school (Cafeteria etc.) or at the restaurant.
if you're eating with your close friends or your siblings/parents its up to them, if its okay fork them/ if they care about it.
At a family meeting, where you all sit on/at (idk) the table and eat, you should definetly hold the fork in the left and the knife in the right hand. It shows that you have good manners.
Table/Eating Manners (I dont know, if I can translate that word-for-word "Ess-/Tischmanieren):
• don't put your elbows on/at (idk) the table ( a no-go)
• hands on/at (idk) the table
• when you're done eating, you have to wait and sit there, until you are allowed to stand up and leave (for example when you're all eating dinner together. it depents on with whom you are eating (friends...) but you shouldn't just stand up and leave!)
• EATING ONLY WITH THE FORK☠☠☠☠ A NO-GO!!! except if you're eating alone, with your close friends, older siblings, your parents (if they dont complain about it) or spaghetti.
You can eat like this:
fork+knife
fork+spoon
spoon
fork+knife+spoon
AND if you're eating with a knife and a fork and you have already cut the food, so that it is easy to just pick it up with the fork, you should however/nevertheless (idk) keep the knife in the hand.
• Knife, spoon, fork and chopsticks (everything in your hands) should never be hold vertical, but diagonal or horizontal.
• don't make sounds with your mouth while/during (idk) eating. Keep your mouth closed while chewing.
• dont talk, if food is in your mouth.
IN A RESTAURANT or at a foreign house(hold) you should remember these rules/manners.
EXCEPTIONS (The hands): if you're right handed and its very uncomfortabel to it like this, it depents on your parents, they care (much) about it, if you change the order, BUT you have to/ will learn to use the fork with the left hand and the knife with the right hand.
For example: in school, at work, official Meetings etc. people will think you weren't taughted (good) manners
- one eat normal salad just with the fork
ALSO: In casual situations People wouldnt put attention to your hands, BUT TO YOUR MOUTH, what means, that in casual situations you can eat like you want, but you aren't welcome if you make noisy sounds with your mouth/lips/the food in your mouth😂😂. It's called "das Schmatzen (noun)" or "schmatzen (verb)".
If a persons, you're close with, yells
"SCHMATZ/SCHLÜRF NICHT!" or
"HÖR (SOFORT) AUF ZU SCHMATZEN/SCHLÜRFEN" at you, you should stop making any sounds betonte their food will end up in your face!! I'm being serious. 😂fr.
For me idc as long as you don't schmatzen. :)
"... as long as you don't schmatzen." 😂😂😂 Den Ausspruch finde ich super!
My cooperating teacher recently told me that in her culture, you never hand someone a sharp object but instead set it down in front of them. If you directly hand someone scissors or a knife, it symbolizes handing them a weapon, and the fear is that it will instigate a fight.
AFAIK, in China it's not that you are suppose to drink soup or stuff loudly but rather that nobody will bat an eye if you do. So don't go out of your way to purposefully be loud but you can if you want (not making a ruckus).
Cheek kisses are preferred here in the Philippines surprisingly by older adults in my area. They feel like the mano gesture makes them look old, so they prefer the cheek touching with kissing sounds too.
Yess! In indonesia too, i don't know why the indonesian girl didn't talk about this
@@-_ShayraAnastasyaShafwani no its not, cheek kisses is only for family or acquintance, someone who you know or close with you not with stranger and also girl are the one who mostly did it not the boys. and also what unique in indonesia is the younger one usually kiss (or you can say putting the older one hand into his/her face) the older one hand. but because pandemic we told that we can't do it anymore .....
In China the toilet paper issue depends on the places. it is still possible to see toilet paper (paper roll) used in small restaurants or street stalls but in bigger restaurants this is not gonna happen anymore.
No no no, don't make any noise when you drink soup. actually don't make any noise when you eat.
But in China is good to do that.
To be honest, as a mexican-european I feel very uncomfortable when a chinese is eating near me because they are sooo noisy!
@@marisagonzalez1543 thats not true. I only know that people do it in Japan, not in China.
@@wouldiwas8520 what are you talking about? Japanese would never make any noise. Just compare Chinese and Japanese airoports. Chinese voices are louder and that's totaply true that they're chewing to make the chef understand that they liked the dish. Come on, there're exceptions, but you can't deny the rules and culture of these countries
@@nefelibata5643 firstly, we are not talking about making noise in other situations, but specifically when you drink soup. I am not Japanese myself, so I can’t be 100% sure, but I heard this from my Japanese friend, or perhaps he was talking bs to me. And please don’t doubt my understanding of Chinese culture, because I am Chinese myself. I understand that some people are noisy, but don’t generalise.
@@wouldiwas8520 girl in the video is chinese too. Maybe, these are different regions as well as language differs in different regions, but I do know really lots of chinese who make noise when they it soup. And I know lots of japanese, who really value silence and don't want to bother other people when they're eating.
The example of airoports was provided by me because it's the same vector and idea, I wanted to say that generally japanese creat less noise