How to Use Proper Filipino Dinnertime Manners
Show proper deportment when eating at a Filipino household: don't sing, but go ahead and burp!
- Difficulty:
- Moderately Easy
Instructions
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Keep your elbows off the table during dinner.
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Avoid placing money on the table when food is set.
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Resist any urge you may have to sing during the meal.
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Serve guests first and offer second or third helpings.
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Go ahead and burp. Burping is not considered rude and conveys you are full and enjoyed the meal. Sometimes a burp is followed with the expression, "Ay, salamat," which means, "Ahh, thank you."
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Comments
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very good means magaling?
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Norman Stein
Jul 07, 2009
Very interesting indeed.. -
jcdp
Jun 15, 2009
My brother's wife is from Cebu. She has been in the US since Sept 08 and they were married Dec 08. I have not yet fully understood her "table manners". She smacks her food, burps with saying "excuse me", never uses a napkin, constantly pushes her food around her plate, and gets up from the table as soon as she is finished eating and starts washing dishes. Is this customary in her native culture? Being from the South, our family has always been mindful of "proper table manners." Are her actions customary?
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mardie72
Feb 21, 2009
I don't thing the burping thing is allowed, that's definitely Indian culture, which compliments the chef and the food. We weren't allowed to burp during our family meals.
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mardie72
Feb 21, 2009
I don't thing the burping thing is allowed, that's definitely Indian culture, which compliments the chef and the food. We weren't allowed to burp during our family meals.
