Table Ethics Session

 We went to Srilanaka institute of hotel management and Tourism as a filed visit. The Srilanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (SLITHM) is the only Government approved premier Institute in Srilanka, which was established by the Government in 1964 to train young men and women in the complex field of Hospitality and Travel Industry. we divide our batch as two teams & i was in the second team our team plan to go on 15th of November.

Srilanka Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management (SLITHM)

Morning 9:00 am we all are gather at university Entrance. At 10:00 am we start our journey through university bus. we arrive SITHM at 11:00 am.

the way to SLITHM

First we had a session about Dressing & behavioral approaches. He told us how to wish someone in different situations, space between two persons when they talk & speaking manners in group. The next part he talked about life morals and values negative thoughts, don't care attitude always bad for our life, when we post something in social medias we should remind that the this world watching us. The next session about how to dress & accessories. When the session going on they serve water & juice The perfectly serve those things in between those session we observe that one too.

The next session about table ethics. Deciding which knife, fork, or spoon to use is made easier by the outside-in rule – use utensils on the outside first and working your way inward. So, if you are served a salad first, use the fork set to the far left of your plate.

Your water glass is the one above the knife in your place setting and your bread plate is to the left. To remember which bread plate belongs to you and if the glass in front of you belongs to you or your neighbor, use “b” and “d”. Touch the index finger on your right hand to your right thumb. Touch the index finger on your left hand to your left thumb. The “b” formed by your left hand is for “bread” (your bread plate is always at the left of your place setting). The “d” formed by your right hand is for “drink” (your drinking glasses are always at the right of your place setting)

Table setting

The next session is our lunch  at SITHM dinning hall😋. The waiters( the students of SITHM) and supervisors (lectures) group of four people in the table. they prepared special menu for us, our table waiter introduce him self and tell about our menu.

group of four people in the table

our menu

First they serve the starter. while we are eating  supervisors guide us how  to eat some different foods and  give some advises, after the starter we are ready to have our meal " Sea food & cream sauce ,Braised rice and green salad. we enjoy our meal. At last they serve our dessert " Fruit trifle".

sea food

fruit trifle

How to sit around the table

The guest of honor should sit in the best seat at the table. Usually that is one with the back of the chair to the wall. Once the guest of honor's seat is determined, the host should sit to her left. Other people are then offered seats around the table.

At last we thank for who spend their valuable time for this session and they wish for studies and career too. I thought serving foods is a work but after this session i understood it's an art. we are the people who from different part of  Sri Lanka with different social status but session  help us to equalize our manners. We are very thankful to our madam Sarasi Senadheera & SITHM staffs for this wonderful session.

finally