飞。F'ei.

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the most common thing we gotta do is to eat. Hence (academic vocabulary, means thus/therefore, used for academic writing) I'm gonna talk about some tips which will be widely used in the foreign country restaurant.

customers will be welcomed with

hey how are you today/how's going, etc (any greeting which has been taught in the last few days). the answer to that could be "I'm very good, yourself?" normally we dont use "I'm fine thank you, and u?" it is only taught in the primary school 小学 in China!!!

following by that, waiter/waitress will usually ask you "would you like to start with any water?"

later on, you will be provided with a menu (usually there are two menus which are food menu and beverage 饮料,酒水 menu)

when you are about to order, you can raise up your hands and say "I'm about to order" or "I'm ready to order"

when you order sth, say " could I have .../ may I have..." DO NOT just say the dish name which is really impolite!

when waiter/waitress come to clear the dishes, normally good waiter/waitress will ask "how's your meal?" and you could answer with "its great/its more than great, etc" if you like it! remember, if you dont like it! you could say" everything is very good except..." dont complain in a straight or direct way!!!

when you finish and wanna leave, you could say" excuse me, bill please"

REMEMBER! if you have meal with friends in the foreign country, normally everyone shares!!! u DO NOT have to pay all. and...the most important!!! GIVE TIPS!!! before you leave, they normally will say" thanks for coming and have a good day!" of coz we gotta reply with " thank you, u too!"