Share your insights below on what Dan shared on Chinese dining etiquette advice that you might not know.

Putting your elbows on the table while you explain table etiquette is priceless.

Wow learned a lot…thank you

i think back in the past now how many times i have accidentally crossed Chinese etiquette at Chinese restaurants, i am just grateful that none of them were for business, (HTC group 3), Thank you

1. If you’re right handed, make sure to place your left hand on the dining table OR use your left hand to hold the rice bowl up when eating, vise versa. 2. It’s impolite to place your elbow on the dining table. 3. Use both hands to hold the drinks when you are cheering with elders and/or superiors. Also, cheer the tip of your drinking glass slightly below your elders and superiors’ drinking glass for showing respect.

ALWAYS VALUABLE CONTENT!!!!!!! Thank you!!💕💕

Thank you.

As one of the youngest in my Chinese family, I always felt like I was constantly pouring tea to my left and right and serving food to my left and right all throughout dinner. It just feels right to do that out of respect. Can you overdo it in a business setting?

I've always been so fascinated about Chinese culture. Thanks for the video and that's a nice watch You have.

Thanks for the video. Very helpful

Though I’ve been busy with work and am now catching up with your videos it’s great to see such dramatic improvement (not only the hilarious opening but the subtle music to keep pace with the feel of the video). To what you asked, I’m a little embarrassed to admit that I️ actually didn’t know any of these cultural “dos and don’ts” of the Chinese. Having a Mexican background I learned American customs but am definitely fascinated by Chinese culture. I️ look forward to learning more, as always.

So many things to keep up

Thank you this really helped me in my Chinese class

Top work ma man

Business meeting+chickenhead=getting fired... Imagine the manager making eyecontact with everyone and then slowly turing the chicken until it points to the person he wanted to fire

I never dealt with Chinese Business people😯 That's good information! Thanks for giving us insights into Chinese Culture❤

SO interesting!

Expensive here looks🥰

Thank you so much For Educating Us On The Chinese Culture.. Please Let Us Know The Dressing Culture In China.

Yes I know about that but how do I make my dad keep his face out of his food!

Thank you for this. I was invited to the home of a family from China, tomorrow night. I was afraid I'd do something embarrassing. :D

what about eating with mouth open? not rude?

very informative

Flip the spoon, left elbow touch table

Great video

What about this burping after dinner myth? True or not?

Offer to pay the bill

Don’t point your chopsticks at other people!

I came here because i was wondering what the standard table manners are in china. When on a holiday in a hotel we where staying a full bus of chinese tourists stopped to eat there. It was all you can eat buffet, but the chinese people only took all the lobster and rise. There was no lobster left for other guests. The middle of theyr table there was a mountain of half eaten lobster. Eating. They all shuffle the chair backwards, hang over the plate or cup and then steady keep shoveling the food in with the spoon. Slurping, burping trowing food everywhere. Is that normal? 😂

They do the action verb

0:08 Mister Miyagi Style :D

One that I can think of. The youngest in the table pours/serves the tea for everyone in the table.

I did a huge presentation for Japanese Automotive Company once... This was in front of Upper Management and large groups of Japanese Executives from the Parent Company in Tokyo, Japan.... I had a blast!!!! They were so impressed with my presentation that they accept the offer.... Like you said Dan Deal or business is sealed at dinner table..... With a Tea Ceremony😯😯😯😯😯😯😯 I remember some etiquette but i learned alot as well!!!! I literally busted out laughing when the guy on the end place his chopsticks directly into bowl of 🍚 rice!!!! LOL😆😆😆😅😅😅😅😅😅 Dan and the lady next to him said" No! No! No!😯😯😯😯😯 They almost freaked out about that incident!!!! And the Chicken Head!!!!😆😯😯😯😯😯

Thankyou for this!

Amen my brother 🙏

Okay so I’m really surprise that nobody is asking what is Zack from save by the bell doing in the future with Sifu Dan?

wow almost same like our tradition here. Always respect your elder during dining

It is also good etiquette to avoid loud noises with your mouth and be sloppy with your food or eat too much as if there is no tomorrow Also it might not look good if you do not eat at all or look disgusted and disappointed with the meal offered. In general food preference is very very personal so it stands to reason that some people may not be satisfied

very usefull for teen age children.

lol , those are basic, they didnt get into the drinking part

Really interesting!! What if you have any allergies or you don't like some food on the table? Is there a polite way to refuse eating something?

Interesting thank u..I'm asain we r very traditional..women eat last..

Bad acting Klaus 🤣🤣🤣

Don’t point, use your whole hand

I do not care for Chinese Whiskey, how can I politely refuse it during toasting ceremonies?

I guess it might be easier for me since I am always the oldest in the gathering. I'm just waiting for someone to remember to nail the coffin shut. ⚰

Never take more than a mouthful from the dish

Also don’t talk back, don’t ever be ungrateful, don’t get anything but an A, get into Harvard, and practice piano violin or cello every day! Or else you shall be spanked‼️

We used one chopstick what we do is you grab your food infront of you not on top or the other side but is closed to you.

Also don’t forget the constant volume in Chinese restaurants because of all the aunts uncles grandparents and parents all fighting for the bill

I wish my non -Chinese friends wouldn’t pile up food. Just eat one thing and then serve yourself something else. Also we generally don’t pass things but ask to be served a portion of something too far to reach. And please never start by taking photos. Its gauche.

2:33 very rude of Dan Lok interrupting the lady during her explanation. Did not like this and closed the video. Was ok until that, why try to teach polite manners if you do not have them yourself. That surely bothered me.

More info for the incense stuff: three sticks of incense is for general prayer (for deities and God), while two sticks of incense is exclusively used for praying deceased people. That’s why it’s highly prohibited to stick your chopsticks into your rice bowl, it’s like giving prayer for the dead which is really inappropriate in formal dinner.

2:19 you asked her a question but you CUT HER OFF when she was explaining.... Thats disrespectful dude...

am I the only Asian who watching this video

@4:43 don't do that either, you can tell Dan is not having it lol

Don't blow your nose on the tablecloth. Don't provide mismatched chopsticks. Don't flick unwanted morsels of food at your neighbor. If an elder farts, try not to laugh or giggle. If someone tries to sneak something from your plate, don't stab his or her hand with a fork; a slap will do.

I am Chinese 1. I can serve a dish many times, but each time it needs to be less. 2. I can't eat with my elders. 3. I won't hold the dishes when the dishes are almost used up. 4. I won't hold the meat all the time. 5. Cannot insert chopsticks. 7. During the meal, someone toasts and you do not refuse, you can lick the wine

I’m first

Don't jab your chopsticks into the hands of your neighbor. Don't throw food around; food-fights are wasteful and contrary to Chinese respectabilities. Don't use chopsticks to swipe food from your neighbor when he's not looking. Don't raise one buttcheek and fart loudly. Don't make jokes about your neighbor's farts. Don't put your feet on the table. Don't watch porn on your cell phone. Don't wipe your mouth on the table cloth or curtains. Don't pick your teeth with the little sugar/saccharin envelopes. Unless you are the senior person at the table, don't make a fuss if the restroom stinks. If you're a man over 60, you can safely flirt with the waitress, telling her how pretty she is or asking when she goes off duty. But don't grab or grope the waitress. Women have more privilege when it comes to flirting, by the way.

I wish you would actually show Chinese people EATING!

I. Western culture ,elbows on table is a no no.

Hmmm rule 101 never have ur elbows on the table... it’s rude.

chinese and etiquette? lol