Table manners

Why

Meals are shared and age matters: the eldest starts first, and many dishes go in the middle for everyone.

Do

• Wait for the eldest to pick up their spoon first.
• Keep your rice bowl on the table — you don't lift it.

Avoid

• Don't stick chopsticks upright in rice — it looks like a funeral offering.
• Don't blow your nose at the table.

Useful sentence

맛있게 드세요.masitge deuseyo.Enjoy your meal.

These are general customs; people, generations and situations vary — kindness covers most mistakes.