What are all of the table manners that are appropriate when dining in Korea?

Answer 1

• At first, taste soup or kimchi juice, and then try rice or other dishes. Use spoon for rice and liquid foods, such as stews or soups; use chopsticks for other foods.
• Do not make noises with spoon or chopsticks hitting the rice bowl or other food containers.
• Do not hold the rice bowl or soup bowl in your hand during the meal.
• Do not poke around the rice or side dishes with the spoon.
• Do not pick out what you don't like or shake off seasonings.
• Do not leave any trace of food on the spoon while eating.
• During the meal, uneatable parts such as bones or fish bones are quietly discarded by wrapping them in a paper so that others won't see them. Do not put them on the table or floor.
• When coughing or sneezing during a meal, face the other way from table and cover your mouth with your hand or napkin.
• Eat the rice and side dishes from one side.
• Do not use your hands to pick the foods.
• Chew food with your closed mouth and do not make noises while chewing.
• Do not leave the table while eating.
• Do not read a book or newspaper or watch TV while eating.
• Do not reach across the table for distant food- ask a nearby person to pass it to you.
• Use an individual plate for foods served for a crowd, and also for sauces such as soy & vinegar sauce or sweet & sour hot pepper soybean paste.
• Try to keep pace with others by eating not too fast or too slow. When having a meal with the elderly, wait for them to put the spoon and chopsticks on the table at the end of the meal.
• At the end of the meal, pour sungnyung (boiled water in the rice cooker or scorched-rice tea) into the rice bowl and drink.
• After a meal, put the spoon and chopsticks on the spot where they were placed first and put used napkins on the table after folding it little bit if they are big.
• When using a toothpick, cover your mouth with one hand and discard it the toothpick afterwards so others won't see it.