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Dining is one of the most essential ways of communicating and entertaining in Asia. Meals, etiquette and placements have many important meanings and you should make a special effort to know and understand them. If you are uneasy in a certain situation do feel free to ask your host. They do not regard your questions as embarrassing but as showing respect and interest in their culture.

Invitation by an Asian host

• Invitations should be acknowledged regardless of declining or accepting.
• Never come too early, be on time or a little late. Exception: Chinese weddings are always delayed!
• If you are not sure what to wear for a formal invitation and/or for a special occasion and it is not indicated on the invitation, ask your host.
• Wear modest clothes when invited into a Muslim home.
• A verbal thank you is sufficient but a telephone call a day later is greatly appreciated. Flowers are a Western custom and are either sent before the event or the next day.

Inviting an Asian guest

• Keep your dog locked away as Muslims are not allowed contact with dogs. Chinese are often afraid of dogs.
• Respect the fasting month Ramadan when inviting others to your home.
• Muslims are not permitted to drink alcohol. If you receive an unexpected guest you need to serve drinks.
• Inquire about food restrictions when inviting for lunch or dinner. Muslims must eat halal which means food and drink sanctioned by Allah for consumption. Examples of Haram (prohibited) food are pork, alcohol, lard shortening, animal shortening, gelatin, pepsin, monoglyceride, animal hormones didlyceride eg. emulsifiers if of animal origin.
• Your guests may be vegetarian, or not allowed to eat pork (Muslims) or beef (Hindus). The safest choice is fish, chicken and vegetables.

Dining Chinese Style

• Chinese dinners are a lively affair with lots of laughter and dish sharing. Diners eat fast and leave the table soon to proceed to another location.
• Your hosts will be glad to explain food and traditions in connection with the meal served and warn you about spicy dishes. It is considered polite to praise the food.
• You are not expected to be a master of eating with chopsticks and may ask for a fork and a spoon instead.
• Chinese hosts will place food onto your plate and if you want to reciprocate you need to turn your chopsticks and use the other end.
• Dropping chopsticks is a sign of bad luck and you should not stick the chopsticks up in a bowl of rice and never cross one over the other.
• Food is transferred from one dish to the other by spoons.
• Do not take the last food of a dish unless invited to do so.
• Bones are removed from your mouth with the chopsticks if possible.

Dining Indian and Muslim Style

• When invited by Muslims and Hindus wait until you are invited to start eating and drinking.
• Only use the right hand. Use the serving spoon when serving yourself from the center.
• It is customary to start eating some rice first when the meal starts.
• You are not allowed to serve food to others with your own utensils.
• When eating with your fingers (e.g. banana leaf style) take a small amount with the tip of your fingers only.
• You are allowed to pass on the dishes with your left hand supported by your right when your right hand is soiled.
• Drinking glasses can be lifted with your left hand as well.
• You will be offered a finger bowl at the end of each meal to clean your fingers, which should not be licked.

Gifts/ Taboo gifts and wrapping paper colors in Asia

Buddhists/Taoists (e.g. Chinese, Thais, Indians, Indonesians, Sri Lankans, Taiwanese, Koreans)

Rules and Taboos

Give presents in pairs, money and flowers come in even numbers.

White flowers are taboo.

Colors of Wrapping Paper

Happy occasions: Red, gold

Funeral: white, blue, black.

Wedding Gifts

No scissors, knifes, clocks, handkerchiefs. Gift vouchers and money in a red envelope.

Gifts for Babies and Mothers

The stork/heron is the symbol of death in Chinese culture.

Muslims (e.g. Malays, Indonesians, Indians)

Rules and Taboos

Alcohol, cigarettes, ashtrays, wine glasses, scissors, knives, underclothes, sleepwear, articles of pork or leather.

Colors of Wrapping Paper

Favorites: Red (love) Green

Wedding Gifts

Decorative or functional household items.

Gifts for Babies and Mothers

Colorful dresses and jackets. No toy dogs.

Hindus (Indians, Sri Lankan, Filipinos)

Rules/Taboos

Sweets, fruits chocolates

Taboos: no cow products, ashtrays, knifes, wine glasses, alcohol, cigarettes, or white flowers

Colors of Wrapping Paper

Red, gold, green and all bright colors

Wedding Gifts

Decorative or functional household items.

Gifts for Babies and Mothers

Piece of gold jewelry or colorful clothing

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Interesting Facts About a Japanese Sushi

Japanese sushi is a well-loved and famous dish not only in the country where it originated but also in other parts of the world. There are valuable things to know about this delicious food.

Sushi is one of the most popular Japanese foods. It is a complete dish with raw fish and rice as the primary ingredients. The distinctive quality of Japanese rice sticky when it is cooked makes it appropriate for sushi. Japanese sushi is said to be "vinegar rice" in most Japanese cuisine because the rice used in sushi are seasoned with sugar and vinegar.

This traditional Japanese dish often topped with other ingredients including fish, various meats, and vegetables is usually dipped in condiments like soy sauce, wasabi and pickled ginger before eating and it is eaten with chopsticks or by hand.

Health Benefits
Eating Japanese sushi could give health benefits. The two main ingredients namely raw fish and rice are great source of high protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals and importantly has low fat content. Such fat found in Japanese sushi is mostly unsaturated fat. An example is Omega-3, good for the heart.

There is no fat introduced in sushi's preparation for it is served raw. The high levels of protein in Sushi are found in fillings. These are fish, tofu, seafood, egg, and many others. The vegetables used for sushi are rich source of minerals and vitamins. And the rice and the vegetables used are sources of carbohydrates.

Health hazards
Since one chief ingredient of Japanese sushi is fish, it does not mean it is free of health hazards. Fish like tuna especially blue fin contains high levels of mercury. It poses some danger when these are consumed in significant amounts. For this reason, since January of 2008, only a number of New York City dining establishments serve tuna sushi with sufficiently high mercury content that a weekly reference dose is limited to 2 to 6 pieces. This will depend on the quantity of tuna in the sushi and the weight of the person.

Undercooked seafood and salty condiments
The Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a bacterium that grows in undercooked seafood. This can cause intestinal problem like diarrhea. Sushi also can be a mode of transmission of parasites and pathogens. So, it is important that sushi is properly prepared to avoid any problem.

Salty condiments like soy sauce are usually combined with sushi by the diner in whatever amount is desired. Such salty condiment can be dangerous to people with hypertension or renal disorders if overly taken.

Conveyor belt sushi restaurants
A well-known and inexpensive way of eating sushi is in restaurants with a conveyor belt sushi and sushi train. These unique restaurants are widely found in Japan and are becoming large in number abroad. The sushi in this restaurant is served on color coded plates. Each color denotes the cost of the sushi serving.

The sushi plates are placed on a moving strip or platform. Customers choose their desired plates as the belt or boat passes. They let the food pass if they do not like it, and the other customer could take it as it passes them. The customer's bill is tallied by counting the number of plates of each color they have taken.

This unique way of serving food is also now being adapted in Japanese restaurants in other countries. It saves a lot of space and customers are able to get their orders fast.

Minimalist Japanese style
The traditional serving of sushi is inspired by simplistic and minimalist styles. The food is usually laid in basic symmetry, in wooden and monotone plates. However, small sushi restaurants do not use plates because the food is eaten directly off from the wooden counter.

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Is it true that Japanese have trouble with forks equivalent to Americans having trouble with chopsticks?

I know its general, but im wondering if it works both ways.

Of course this does not affect everyone. its just general.

this answer would help if youve been from japan.

no, ive been to japan and lived with a japanese family for a month. They actauly use forks and spoons there too sometimes for spagehtii (believe it or not they have their own version as well as pizza - the one i saw had octopus on it! yuck) and desert quite often. Your answer is NO.

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