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Table manners
•Dining in Taiwan can be elaborate and exhausting with as many as twenty courses at a banquet. Business entertainment can last late into the night. Reciprocate with a dinner of equivalent value.
•Be sure to arrive on time or early for a banquet.
•Do not discuss business at dinner unless your hosts bring it up.
•Toasting is common. Toasts are often made before and during meals.
•Toasting is done with wine or liquor. The host starts by raising his/her glass with two hands, one hand supporting the bottom of the glass.
•The glass should be drained after the toast. Turn your glass upside down to show you have drunk the entire contents.
•If your Taiwan hosts drink a toast to you and pass you an empty glass, it will be filled by one of the hosts. You are expected to toast your hosts and drink the contents of the glass.
•Pace your drinking. The drinking and toasting can go on for hours.
•The guest of honor samples any dish brought to the table first. Be sure to taste the food immediately as everyone else will wait for you before they eat.
•The hosts will place food on the guests' plates. Each person helps him/herself to additional food by placing a small amount of food from a variety of dishes in his/her individual rice bowl.
•Place your chopsticks together on the table or on the chopstick rest when you are finished.
•Never place bones or seeds in your rice bowl. If a plate is not provided for this purpose, place them on the table.
•A belch may be considered a compliment at the end of a meal.
•Tea is served at the end of the meal. This signals the end of the party. Leave even if your host, out of politeness, invites you to stay longer.
•The host (person who invites) always pays the bill. It is polite for the guest to offer to pay, but don't insist.
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