2. What goes where?
如何擺放?
There is a particular order to the placement of things on a Korean table. At each place setting you have rice, then to its right you have soup, then the chopsticks on the far right. Stews and side dishes are arranged in the center of the table for everyone to share. And when I mean share, I mean it – even the stews are usually eaten by everyone from a communal pot. When sharing from a communal pot make sure your spoon is very clean – this is done with the mouth – not a napkin. In other words, when eating off your spoon don’t leave anything behind before dipping it again. [Image © Visit Korea]
韓式餐桌物品的擺放是有一定秩序的 。首先從擺放米飯的位置開始,在它的右側是放湯的位置,筷子則是放在右側較遠的地方 。燉菜和配菜應放在桌子的中央,讓大家可以一起分享 。我這里所說的分享,是指大家從一個公共的盆里夾取食物 。而當你要從盆里夾取食物的時候,記得保證湯勺是干凈的 。但千萬不要有紙巾來擦干凈,而是用你的嘴巴 。換句話說,在你再次蘸取以前,保證湯勺離開你的嘴的時候沒有殘留任何食物 。