Let me tell you something about Chinese foods and English There are a lot of differences between Chinese foods and English Firstly， we Chinese eat rice mainly while English people have fish and Secondly， the variety of Chinese foods is much more than English Thirdly， Chinese foods usually need more time to cook while English foods such as sandwiches and burgers are much more convenient to Besides above， more differences could be found if you search on the I I personally like Chinese foods
Customs on eatingFood between China and Western countries are totally different China has 5000 years We probably spend half of time on Chinese people choice food very They only use fresh material to make For example they only eat fresh Chinese have a lot of ideas and techniques for We can cook a chicken in over ten That’s why Chinese food is so popular in the Western country like English or American， they don’t have fresh food because they buy their food from supermarket which only sells stored Western people would also prefer fast food like burgers and They are unhealthy to human Western people do not have many skills for cooking， mostly they only boil， steam and bake the By the way， western people are very good at making desert and They can make very good cake and They are very sweet but it’s sort of food which make you become fat In china if you invite people for meal， the person who invited other people would pay for the meal but it’s not the way in Western In western country people will think you only invited me but it’s not your responsibility to pay for I can afford They won’t be happy if you pay for People in China would always put dishes into customer’s plate to show their hospitality， but they will think it’s not healthy because your chopsticks have been used by In western coountry like America not England， people will always give tips to waiter after they finished meal in a If you don’t they will not be happy because tips are one of their major In china this only happen in some top restaurants and hotels in large international cities like Beijing， Shanghai and G Western people will also think you are rude if you make sound during the Western people do not hold their bowl up even when they have a bowl of There is also a huge difference between Chinese and Western Chinese people use chopsticks and western people use fork and Usually people who use fork and knife will use fork to hold the meat and cut it by knife and use fork to help to get that piece of meat into Chinese just use chopstick to pick things and pass it into your Chinese people only have three meals during a But western people will have more， they have afternoon Usually they would have fruits， homemade cake， tea (black tea) or biscuit with If you are a housewife and have a lot of time， you may have morning tea as 该文章转载自：/译文：饮食习惯中国和西方国家的饮食风格完全不一样。中国有五千年的历史。我们可能花了一半的时间在饮食上。中国人非常细心的选择饮食。他们仅选择新鲜的物料做食物。例如，他们只吃新鲜的鱼。在做饭上中国人有许多的想法和技巧。我们能用十多种方法做一只鸡，这就是中国食物在全世界如此出名的原因。西方国家像英国或美国，他们没有新鲜的食物因为他们只能从超市购买储藏的物品，西方人也喜欢快餐像汉堡包和炸土豆条。他们对人的身体是不健康的，在做食物上西方人没有太多的技巧。他们大多数仅用沸水煮、蒸汽和烘烤食物。随便说，西方人擅长做干燥的食物和巧克力。他们能做许多蛋糕和巧克力，除了其他几种以外他们喜欢甜食，很快的使他们肥胖
Western cuisine is a generalized term collectively referring to the cuisines of Europe and other Western The term is used by Anglophone Asians to contrast with Asian styles of The cuisines of Western countries are diverse by themselves， although there are common characteristics that distinguishes Western cooking from cuisines of Asian countries and Compared with traditional cooking of Asian countries， for example， meat is more prominent and substantial in serving-size， and Westerners traditionally have a far more in-depth knowledge concerning specific methods of preparing and serving different cuts of meat than Asian Steak in particular is a common dish across the W Similarly to some Asian cuisines， Western cuisines also put substantial emphasis on sauces as condiments， seasonings， or accompaniments (in part due to the difficulty of seasonings penetrating the often larger pieces of meat used in Western cooking) Many dairy products are utilized in the cooking process， except in nouvelle Wheat-flour bread has long been the most common sources of starch in this cuisine， along with pasta， dumplings and pastries， although the potato has become a major starch plant in the diet of Europeans and their diaspora since the European colonization of the ARestaurants advertised to be specializing in generic Western cuisine in Asia tend to have menus containing a mixture of dishes mainly from France， the English-speaking world， and G Since the early 1990s dishes from Italy and Spain have become more prominent on these restaurants' Chinese cuisine originated from the various regions of China and has become widespread in many other parts of the world — from Asia to the Americas， Australia， Western Europe and Southern A In recent years， connoisseurs of Chinese cuisine have also sprouted in Eastern Europe and South A American Chinese cuisine and Canadian Chinese food are popular examples of local Local ingredients would be adopted while maintaining the style and preparation Regional cultural differences vary greatly amongst the different regions of China， giving rise to the different styles of There are eight main regional cuisines， or Eight Great TThere are also featured Buddhist and Muslim sub-cuisines within the greater Chinese cuisine， with an emphasis on vegetarian and halal-based diets In most dishes in Chinese cuisine， food is prepared in bite-sized pieces， ready for direct picking up and Traditionally， Chinese culture considered using knives and forks at the table barbaric due to fact that these implements are regarded as It was also considered ungracious to have guests work at cutting their own Fish are usually cooked and served whole (or chunked)， with diners directly pulling pieces from the fish with chopsticks to eat， unlike in some other cuisines where they are first This is because it is desired for fish to be served as fresh as possible， and more importantly， whole fish culturally signifies wholeness of things as it has a proper beginning (head) with an end (tail) It is common in many restaurant settings for the server to use a pair of spoons to divide the fish into servings at the Chicken is another meat popular in Chinese While the chicken is cut into pieces， and similar to serving fish every single piece of the chicken is served including gizzards and head in order to signify In a Chinese meal， each individual diner is given his or her own bowl of rice while the accompanying dishes are served in communal plates (or bowls) that are shared by everyone sitting at the In the Chinese meal， each diner picks food out of the communal plates on a bite-by-bite basis with their This is in contrast to western meals where it is customary to dole out individual servings of the dishes at the beginning of the Many non-Chinese are uncomfortable with allowing a person's individual utensils (which might have traces of saliva) to touch the communal plates; for this hygienic reason， additional serving spoons or chopsticks （ common/public/shared chopsticks) may be made In areas with increased Western influence， such as Hong Kong， diners are provided individually with a heavy metal spoon for this The food selected is often eaten together with some rice either in one bite or in
