Western Formal Tableware

Service Pieces & Equipment


For an overview of Table Service History and Customs Worldwide, see our Table Service page.

For cooking equipment see our Kitchen Gear page.

The photo to the left is of a set of formal Western tableware made in China in the late 1890s for export to the United States. For a larger view, click on the photo.



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Euro-American & General Cuisines

The items listed here are for Euro-American cuisines, but many are just as useful for other cuisines worldwide. Of course, "Euro-American" includes all the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, the Philippines, and Western enclaves in many other countries.

Corn Dish / Corn Horns


Greatly enhances pleasure of eating Corn On The Cob.

Salad Bowls / Salad Serving


Bowls and tools to enhance your salad enjoyment.

Tortilla / Chapati Warmer


This is the kind that actually works.

South Asian

  -   India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan

Thali & Katori


The formal place setting for South Asia, especially India.

Chinese Cuisine

  -   Yunan to Manchuria

Table Place Utensils


These are the Traditional Chinese table utensils.

Japanese Cuisine

Table Place Utensils


These are the Traditional Japanese table utensils.

Rice Serving Bowl


This is a traditional Japanese rice serving bowl, carved out of wood, and usually in this exact form.

Tea Ceremony Kettle


The Japanese Tea Ceremony is a very formally structured event, with special equipment, and properly a separate Tea House, or at least a separate room.

Southeast Asian Cuisines

Rice Serving Basket


This is the traditional basket in which to serve Sticky Rice in Laos and Issan Thailand.

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