Rather than pouring their own drinks, Koreans pour for one another. It is a bad breach of etiquette to pour your own drink. The eldest at the table eats first. No one even picks up their chopsticks until the eldest does. Dinner in a traditional Korean home or restaurant is quite different from American-style dining.
Guests sit on cushions around a low table.
Many different foods are served, each cut into bite-sized pieces. Each person has his own bowl of rice, but helps himself to other foods directly from the serving dishes. Koreans traditionally use chopsticks and a large-bowled spoon the size of a tablespoon. They eat rice with the spoon. During the meal, rest your chopsticks and spoon on top of a dish.