Dining Etiquette

Novika Vij shares the importance of restaurant etiquette and what to consider when you plan to go to the restaurant, arrive and leave the table. She also covers how to approach the table, what to do in valet parking, where to place the luggage or how to pay the bill. 

Novika Vij teaches the difference between a quick service restaurant and fine dining restaurant. She suggests the appropriate type of restaurant when meeting formally and tells the expected behaviour in both restaurant.

Novika Vij shares the ‘Host and Guest Etiquette’ that help you to become gracious host or good guest in business or private dining.

Novika Vij shares five things that are on every dining table. She covers this topic to make you more comfortable while dining.

Novika Vij tells you to how to hold the wine glass elegantly. How to swirl the wine and Don’ts of holding a glass.

Novika Vij gives introduction to new section.

Novika Vij shares the different types of glasses and their purpose that will help you to identify your drink just by looking at your glass.

Novika Vij shares the importance of correct posture for dining. In this video, you will learn to sit gracefully and how to use your hands while speaking.

Novika Vij shows the variety of forks, knives and spoons and tells the intended size, shape and use of each one.

Novika Vij clears the doubt of what comes to your left and what comes to your right side of the plate. She explains the table layout and gives an amazing trick to remember it and avoid the confusion. This trick will save you from mistakenly take the sip from someone’s glass.

Novika Vij shares the correct way of placing an order and how to navigate the meal from three courses to seven courses. This will help you when you will dine for business or social.

Novika Vij tells about the ‘Napkin Etiquette’. She shows how to unfold the Napkin gracefully, where to place it while pausing the meal to attend a phone call and much more.

Novika Vij teaches her signature fine dining etiquettes. She recreates a restaurant set up to explain in detail the use of cutlery in fine dine restaurants. She tells about the outside-in dining rule.

Novika Vij tells the right way to toast when celebrating an occasion and share mistakes that people often do and how to avoid it.

Novika Vij shares a quick common restaurant  terminology.

Novika Vij tells how to behave when you meet different culture and dine with new people.

Novika Vij shows the correct way of eating the soup and picking up the right spoon for it. She says that there’s no magical way to drink the soup but there it perfection.

Novika Vij shows  the demonstration of two universally accepted styles of dining.

Novika Vij shows the correct way to hold the tea cup and stir the milk or sugar in tea and place the tea spoon. Afternoon tea is fun to learn.

Novika Vij show the etiquette to break the bread and apply the butter and eat it. The bread plate and  butter knife are the important part of every dining. She shares the resources of chopsticks, and major dining dos and Don’ts.