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Tradition at the table
Why elders are served first, and why “family style” is the default.
The table is a social machine
Shared stews, shared banchan, individual rice. Pouring drinks for others, two hands for a pour from a junior — these are not Instagram props. They encode Confucian age hierarchy that still operates in offices and homes. Tourists are forgiven; repeating the gesture is noticed kindly.