Dear Miss Manners,
Is it okay to lick your fork/spoon before putting it down?
-- Tall, Dark, and Handsome

Dear Dark & Handsome:
Absolutely not. Remove all food from your utensil when you remove the utensil from your mouth.
-- Miss Manners

Kurogane, not used to Western cutlery, struggles at the pub with the fork and knife. He doesn't seem to know which one is used to cut and which actually picks up the food.

Dear Miss Manners,
A couple of my friends are bringing back wine. What would you advise for a first-time drinker?
-- Pink Princess

Dear Princess,
One glass of wine, sipped slowly, may be acceptable. Know your own limits. You want to remain sharp and responsive. Most importantly, do not consume alcoholic beverages if you are under 21 years of age!
-- Miss Manners

As the proprietors of the Cat's Eye Cafe, it's Fai and Sakura's job to serve sweet pastries and tea to their customers seeking a yummy treat. Fai claims that cooking is almost second nature to him; it's merely combining the right ingredients and watching how they react to each other. When they receive a Valentine's Day gift of chocolate fondant from Yuko, Fai needed to trick Kurogane into taking a bite of the sweet, that's because like most Japanese, manly men like Kurogane aren't supposed to like sweet things.

In this chapter, Sakura, Syaoran, Mokona, and Fai all show their weakness for alcohol. When Fai and Kurogane return from the Clover bar, they bring back several bottles of liquor. Sakura takes a sip, and immediately becomes very happy! Fai joins the merriment by mewing...! Syaoran appears sober, but when he starts waving around a ladle thinking it's a sword, you know not all is well.

Dear Miss Manners,
I HATE SUSHI, but my friends insist on going to a sushi restaurant for a party. What should I do?
-- White Wizard

Dear White,
Be polite and appreciative. Never criticize or state a dislike for a food that is served to you. This is insulting to your host. Simply eat foods you do like, and make an attempt to taste unfamiliar foods. If you are asked point blank if you like something, and it would be an obvious untruth to say you do, say something gracious like, "It's different," or "I'm not accustomed to this flavor, but I'm glad for the opportunity to try this."
-- Miss Manners

In one of the extra chapters, the travelers patronise a sushi shop, with everybody reacting differently to this exotic foodstuff. Syaoran says that he's seen sushi before in his travels with his father. Kurogane, being Japanese, states that they have sushi where he lives. Sakura hasn't seen it before, but is curious to try. Fai has a strong negative reaction -- he thought the fish smelled rotten and shuddered to think that people actually ate this stuff.

Dear Miss Manners,
Please share some tips on how to use chopsticks properly.
-- Icy Blonde

Dear Icy,
Here are some general tips:

• Never wave your chopsticks around as if it was an extension of your hand gestures, bang them like drumsticks, or use them to move bowls or plates.
• Decide what to pick up before reaching with chopsticks (do not hover around or poke looking for special ingredients). After you have picked up an item, do not put it back in the dish.
• When picking up a piece of food, never use the tips of your chopsticks to poke through the food as if you were using a fork. However, this kind of stabbing maneuver is in common or informal use for hard to pick up items like cherry tomatos or tearing apart larger things like kimchi.
• Never rest chopsticks by sticking them point-first into a bowl of rice. This is reminiscent of ancestral offerings and can be seen as disrespectful.
• Chopsticks can be rested on one's plate or bowl to keep them off the table entirely. A chopstick stand can also be used to keep the points off the table.

Shurano is another Eastern-themed universe resembling Japan. Kurogane is already familiar with the setting, fitting right in with the culture. Fai, on the other hand, must grapple with a familiar foe: chopsticks! He is seen dropping his food on the bowl, struggling to pick up the food, and later resorting to stabbing the piece of food with the chopsticks.

Dear Miss Manners,
What's a hangover?
-- Puffy and Cute

Dear Puffy,
Hangovers are the unpleasant after-effects following the consumption of large amounts of one drug or another. In particular, it is most commonly associated with the consumption of alcoholic beverages. To make sure you don't suffer from one in the morning, make sure that you drink lots of water before going to bed and keep yourself hydrated!

After one of the races, they decide to cheer their overall success. Little they the others know that Mokona decided to have fun and spike their drinks with alcohol. Syaoran was surprised with Sakura's sudden "cheerfulness," not recalling her similar reaction in Outo. Oh Mokona, you naughty marshmallow, you.

Dear Miss Manners,
What's the best way to hold a tea cup?
-- Confused Wolf

Dear Confused,
The best way to hold a tea cup is to slip your index finger through the handle, up to almost the first knuckle, then balance and secure the cup by placing your thumb on the top of the handle and allowing the bottom of the handle to rest on your middle finger. Contrary to popular belief, the ring and pinkie fingers should not be extended, but should rest by curving gently back toward your wrist. To extend one's pinkie is an indication of arrogance, an inflated self-importance and is really rather rude.

It's only befitting that in the dimension that most closely resembles London afternoon tea is also a custom practiced by all -- including our hardy group of five!