Thank you so very much Ms. Stewart, this was truly excellent... I plan to use it to help my children learn table manners. Such beautiful presentation and substance and it's simply unbelievable to see the filthy comments below. I hope that you will never let any of this discourage you. I will look for more videos from you.
She has the sweetest gentlest approach. No one could possibly mind her correcting them in anything. Love the interspersed humour too. Such a true lady.
After having subscribed to the Hong Kong Tatler Channel, I could not find any more videos by this presenter. I did a youtube search but under this name another person comes up. Does anyone know whether any more work of this specific Ms. Stewart is available?
Delightful presentation by a lovely young lady. This gives me hope that the World will not be populated by troughers in the future. Thank you Miss Stewart.
Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.
Mam, question. How about when the lady in front of me, well, has, how shall I say, beautiful and big chalets? How does a simple man go about not looking, or thinking about it during the whole dinner? It is so hard to memorize all of this in such a situation.
You can look at it using etiquette: Keep your back straight, carefully rest your wrists at the edge of the table, lean forward and slowly say: "May i look at those bongos?". After her reply, wich is usually some slap or wine in the face, you just calmly shout "fuck" and leave the place.
The spoon going away is correct, what she didn't mention is that you don't put the whole spoon in your mouth when sipping your soup, but bring the spoon up and sip off the side of the lip facing you.
Everything Kristine says here is correct. Dining is what separates us from other animals. Watching others dine in restaurants makes me very sad. Its a fork not an icepick.
I think you did some thing wrong; you catch the bread with three fingers; I think we should catch any food by only thumb and index fingers, am I right or not?
The most globally recognized and studied dinning etiquette is the French one darling , not the English one. Don't forget that the French invented the word Etiquette . And american dining etiquette is laughted at in France , you would look like a nouveau riche which is the lowest of the low. But then again 90 of the rich Hong-Kongese are nouveau riches , so i guess if fits . But they'd better know that in Paris , or among french, their English etiquette will be a laughing stock .
All the fuss with the dinner napkin & how it should be laid upon the lap. Only to pick it up and demonstrate wiping the mouth side to side......Uh major no no! If this is American etiquette, then I choose the English etiquette......I left after this one faux pas. I thought it common knowledge the mouth is to be gently blotted.
Etiquette includes knowing how to speak. Speaking in a tone that sounds as if you're asking questions at the end of every sentence is far from ideal and relatable.
Was this a diss at Ms. Stewart? I feel her tone is slow and monotonous as to best convey the art of English speaking to the Chinese she trains in the art of the English. Funny an American etiquette tutor teaching the English & French customs to the Chinese 😊
what an irony ..... teaching ettiquette when millions of our species is starving to fill their stomach...no thanks...instead be happy u have some food at ur table
The fold should be facing you and the corners away from you Kristine not the other way round , Your hands should NEVER be on your lap and always visible , this is not English etiquette this is international etiquette , you are in Hong Kong Kristine , and your video dates back to 2012 , meaning , after the retrocession , so Hong Kong is no longer a British colony so you might want to avoid insulting the people your teaching this so called etiquette to, and learn international etiquette , which in Asia means that the hands are always visible . You should NEVER UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER wear an above knee dress or skirt at a formal dinner and this is a formal dinner , since the tablecloth is full length and so is the napkin . My grand mother who is old aristocracy would say in a quiet voice (read , loud enough so everyone can hear ) get the tramp away from this table she is putting off the food and my appetite . I once forgot to wear a tie at a Christmas family dinner and my grand mother , my own grand mother , asked me to leave the table if i was going to disrespect the guests . You are mixing up everything , English , american and continental etiquette with a soupcon of french , if you are going to use your fork and knife like this , then this is no longer English etiquette , it is French , you really never learned etiquette have you ? You are just a blonde white girl who believes that because she is white and blonde can make up some stuff to make a quick buck in Hong Kong aren't you ? Because you really know nothing about table manners Kristine. Let me give you a few pieces of advice , for making a good impression at a dinner Kristine . Use conditioner because your hair looks like straw (and i mean the texture) , and have your hair done and don't just arrive at a dinner with that trampy dress and the non existing hairdo to match because you look like you just woke up combed you hair for 30 seconds and put on the first dress you found . Don''t do your makeup in the dark or without mirrors , you look like you have been drawn by a 4-year old . And fix those teeth , because when you're gonna dab your mouth , the yellow is going to clash hideously with the immaculate white napkin . If THIS is acceptable manner in the English speaking world , then never have dinner in France , you'll be ridicule (another word invented by the French .
Thank you so very much Ms. Stewart, this was truly excellent... I plan to use it to help my children learn table manners. Such beautiful presentation and substance and it's simply unbelievable to see the filthy comments below. I hope that you will never let any of this discourage you. I will look for more videos from you.
She has the sweetest gentlest approach. No one could possibly mind her correcting them in anything. Love the interspersed humour too. Such a true lady.
who is here from ep?
Me
I am hello
Me!!!
Me too
Great video with humour. Good reminder of basic rules. Thanks
Her smile is an etiquette too 😍
Outstanding, Thank You.
Thank you for sharing! Wonderful!
and yet I still burp at the dinner table
Natalie Holland
Okay a lady belching is
What I like
She didn't say it is not allowed. Just make sure to swallow and keep your mouth closed while doing. :D
If you are ever eating a salad with cherry tomatoes, squish the tomatoes with your fork before eating them so they do not pop and squirt everywhere
Thank you, I am using this in my classroom for a lesson about Table Manners.
She is flawless!
Unintentionally misleading title. -_-
Great video Kristine!
After having subscribed to the Hong Kong Tatler Channel, I could not find any more videos by this presenter. I did a youtube search but under this name another person comes up. Does anyone know whether any more work of this specific Ms. Stewart is available?
Wonderful video, thank you for the tips!
Kristine, how about bedroom etiquette?
Edward
I guess nudity is involved
But not mandatory it’s
Optional you are welcome 🙏
LoL
i am now actually having dinner and watching to practice.. im just wondering why cant we just use our hands?? i mean we all humans !
I’m from ep
Delightful presentation by a lovely young lady. This gives me hope that the World will not be populated by troughers in the future. Thank you Miss Stewart.
Mygoodness! I've been wrongfully doing it for ages. Forgive me for I've sinned. Going on a 9 course meal. Watching this outside the restaurant 😅
Remember, you can pick your friends, but you can't pick your friend's nose
khunopie
What about picking your own nose 👃? Thank you 🙏
This made me so angry, Thought it was "Kristen"
Mi-lee Wilson
Sorry ms Wilson I’ll go get her
Here from easy peasy☆ :)
same here lmaooo
Please make a new one/ updated.
i am very posh and i dont care how people use their cutlery! 🍽
spoon in the left hand?!
Suppose that you were sitting down at this table. The napkins are in front of you, which napkin would you take? The one on your ‘left’? Or the one on your ‘right’? The one on your left side? Or the one on your right side? Usually you would take the one on your left side. That is ‘correct’ too. But in a larger sense on society, that is wrong. Perhaps I could even substitute ‘society’ with the ‘Universe’. The correct answer is that ‘It is determined by the one who takes his or her own napkin first.’ …Yes? If the first one takes the napkin to their right, then there’s no choice but for others to also take the ‘right’ napkin. The same goes for the left. Everyone else will take the napkin to their left, because they have no other option. This is ‘society’… Who are the ones that determine the price of land first? There must have been someone who determined the value of money, first. The size of the rails on a train track? The magnitude of electricity? Laws and Regulations? Who was the first to determine these things? Did we all do it, because this is a Republic? Or was it Arbitrary? NO! The one who took the napkin first determined all of these things! The rules of this world are determined by that same principle of ‘right or left?’! In a Society like this table, a state of equilibrium, once one makes the first move, everyone must follow! In every era, this World has been operating by this napkin principle. And the one who ‘takes the napkin first’ must be someone who is respected by all. It’s not that anyone can fulfill this role… Those that are despotic or unworthy will be scorned. And those are the ‘losers’. In the case of this table, the ‘eldest’ or the ‘Master of the party’ will take the napkin first… Because everyone ‘respects’ those individuals.
omg these comments..
did your grandma play the witch on the Wizard of OZ?
Lmaoooo smh
Drone stuff
She did as a matter of fact
Good posture and manners are needed even more not that societal is so informal.
Ü would be surprised at how focusing on that one posture rule will help a lot of manners
oh god your making me nervous to want to go to a restaurant
Why does everything needs to be a certain way? like the fork In one hand and knife in the other or putting the silverware in a certain spot?
Kimberly Preston Practicality.
i really enjoy your video ms stewart
Great mam
I just wanna enjoy my food.
Mam, question. How about when the lady in front of me, well, has, how shall I say, beautiful and big chalets? How does a simple man go about not looking, or thinking about it during the whole dinner? It is so hard to memorize all of this in such a situation.
You can look at it using etiquette: Keep your back straight, carefully rest your wrists at the edge of the table, lean forward and slowly say: "May i look at those bongos?". After her reply, wich is usually some slap or wine in the face, you just calmly shout "fuck" and leave the place.
i do everything she said not to do and dont do anything she said to do lol i guess i have alot to change
Uprated, shared. I disagree and the soup spoon should go away from the diner, but really, I thought this was generally spot on.
The spoon going away is correct, what she didn't mention is that you don't put the whole spoon in your mouth when sipping your soup, but bring the spoon up and sip off the side of the lip facing you.
Everything Kristine says here is correct. Dining is what separates us from other animals. Watching others dine in restaurants makes me very sad. Its a fork not an icepick.
beautifully done, beautiful! I will have soup with her everyday
Bravo
I was expecting someone else
Sara Aibar
Like who? Julia child?
Like who? Sans Undertale?
she's pretty as the morning dawn
I'd better switch sides of cutlery, not to eat with the left hand.
9 COURSE MEAL!!!??? and also that butter was green 🤢
"bu-TT-er knife"
Scott Harris
Co-rr-ect
Very informative, Thank you Kristine #FaithFocusFinish
I think you did some thing wrong; you catch the bread with three fingers; I think we should catch any food by only thumb and index fingers, am I right or not?
"offer food" my ass, if you want my food get your own, don't eat mine "JOEY DOESN'T SHARE FOOD!"
kristine call me, wink wink
My asian dad would advise me to join the circus if he found out I was studying how to eat politely.
Get your hair from behind your ears and stop that constant interrogative ending intonation.
RustySpoons she doesn't END sentences with upward inflection. She does it at other points of the sentence.
Nice vocal burn though lol
Michael Newton
I agree with you sir and while
We are on the subject why
Don’t she go back to Hong Kong?
😂😂😂
no time for this...dinner would last 4 hours!......WTF?
spit that soup in my mouth!
Drone stuff
You know she has got halitosis and cavities
Difficult,😩😩😩
Someone played tea party too much as a child. Just kidding! Thank you.
Oh, and the American accent probably stands out in the former British colony.
what
no you would very few seconds with a high brow guest
why in hell is any of this necessary?
Fati Dahby
I made a wrong turn at the door 🚪 sorry 😐
People are starving in the world...
so, eat like a pig wherever you are
I think there is something in the middle.
Ghebrehiwet
So invite them over to her house for dinner 🥘
What has that got to do with "good manners"?? I think you're in the wrong video for your comment.
The most globally recognized and studied dinning etiquette is the French one darling , not the English one. Don't forget that the French invented the word Etiquette . And american dining etiquette is laughted at in France , you would look like a nouveau riche which is the lowest of the low. But then again 90 of the rich Hong-Kongese are nouveau riches , so i guess if fits . But they'd better know that in Paris , or among french, their English etiquette will be a laughing stock .
when you finish the fork should face down!
@kristine stewart you beautiful :) i like listen at u :)
All the fuss with the dinner napkin & how it should be laid upon the lap. Only to pick it up and demonstrate wiping the mouth side to side......Uh major no no! If this is American etiquette, then I choose the English etiquette......I left after this one faux pas. I thought it common knowledge the mouth is to be gently blotted.
She bites food from fork
A bunch of crap, I'm damn hungry and the dead food is getting cold...
912alldaylong
Let’s chow down then
That’s not the right way to use your napkin!
because you don't use napkins you probably wipe your food on your pants and this was made in 2012 things can be different now
Etiquette includes knowing how to speak. Speaking in a tone that sounds as if you're asking questions at the end of every sentence is far from ideal and relatable.
Was this a diss at Ms. Stewart? I feel her tone is slow and monotonous as to best convey the art of English speaking to the Chinese she trains in the art of the English. Funny an American etiquette tutor teaching the English & French customs to the Chinese 😊
institute of the obnoxious lol
I guess her movie career died off.
what an irony ..... teaching ettiquette when millions of our species is starving to fill their stomach...no thanks...instead be happy u have some food at ur table
The fold should be facing you and the corners away from you Kristine not the other way round ,
Your hands should NEVER be on your lap and always visible , this is not English etiquette this is international etiquette , you are in Hong Kong Kristine , and your video dates back to 2012 , meaning , after the retrocession , so Hong Kong is no longer a British colony so you might want to avoid insulting the people your teaching this so called etiquette to, and learn international etiquette , which in Asia means that the hands are always visible . You should NEVER UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WHATSOEVER wear an above knee dress or skirt at a formal dinner and this is a formal dinner , since the tablecloth is full length and so is the napkin . My grand mother who is old aristocracy would say in a quiet voice (read , loud enough so everyone can hear ) get the tramp away from this table she is putting off the food and my appetite . I once forgot to wear a tie at a Christmas family dinner and my grand mother , my own grand mother , asked me to leave the table if i was going to disrespect the guests . You are mixing up everything , English , american and continental etiquette with a soupcon of french , if you are going to use your fork and knife like this , then this is no longer English etiquette , it is French , you really never learned etiquette have you ? You are just a blonde white girl who believes that because she is white and blonde can make up some stuff to make a quick buck in Hong Kong aren't you ?
Because you really know nothing about table manners Kristine.
Let me give you a few pieces of advice , for making a good impression at a dinner Kristine . Use conditioner because your hair looks like straw (and i mean the texture) , and have your hair done and don't just arrive at a dinner with that trampy dress and the non existing hairdo to match because you look like you just woke up combed you hair for 30 seconds and put on the first dress you found . Don''t do your makeup in the dark or without mirrors , you look like you have been drawn by a 4-year old . And fix those teeth , because when you're gonna dab your mouth , the yellow is going to clash hideously with the immaculate white napkin .
If THIS is acceptable manner in the English speaking world , then never have dinner in France , you'll be ridicule (another word invented by the French .