No, it is not appropriate to have your legs on the table during a formal dinner.
breakfast, lunch, family dinner, formal dinner & buffet
The fork should be placed on the left side of the plate and the knife should be placed on the right side of the plate in a formal dinner table setting.
The fork should be placed on the left side of the plate, and the knife should be placed on the right side of the plate in a formal dinner setting.
There are different table settings for breakfast, lunch and for dinner. The formal table setting includes the wine and water stemware, linens, butter and bread plate, salad plate and the dinner plate.
That is how it is done here in the US as well
i want to know what are the diffferent types of setting up the table for a breakfast,lunch and dinner
To go into the drawing room while it was empty and before the ladies left the dinner table.
To go into the drawing room while it was empty and before the ladies left the dinner table.
The duration of Noriko's Dinner Table is 2.65 hours.
At a formal dinner setting the napkin is commonly placed across the dinner plate at the beginning of the meal. In some settings the napkin is folded and placed to the left of, and is some cases beneath the forks. At breakfast and again at luncheon the napkin is folded (sometimes artfully) to the left of the place setting. At an informal or family style dinner the napkin may be tucked into a napkin ring and placed either on or to the left of the plate. At a buffet the napkins are found folded on the buffet table in proximity to the flatware. At good restaurants and dinner parties napkins are appearing artfully folded on the dinner plates, above the setting and on occasion in the wine glass. This is the only time the napkin is found on the right of the place setting. During a seated meal your napkin should be a placed across your lap, never tucked into your collar or waistband. When leaving the table during dinner your napkin should remain on your chair until your return when it is replace on your lap. At the end of a formal dinner, as everyone is leaving the table the napkin is placed loosely to the left of the place setting.
The use of a show - plate during dinner is simply to dress up the dinner table and make things look more fancy. The show plate goes under the main dinner plate.
Leaving them there very long will allow bacteria to develop. It's okay to leave them for a short time. For a formal dinner, you may not want to stack the dirty plates on the table.