The differences betwence Chinese food and Eating Habits and the UK's
Eating habits in the UK
1. How many meals do most English people eat every day? B
A two B three C four
2. When do people have their main meal of the day?
A in the morning B at lunchtime C in the early evening
3. What do many people eat for breakfast and lunch?
4. What’s a serviette? Do you know another word for this?
A an apron B a napkin C a person who helps in the kitchen
5. What can you say if you’re hungry at the end of a meal?
A That wasn’t enough food. B I’m stuffed. C That was delicious. Is it possible to have a bit more?
6. What do you do if you can’t finish your food?
A Put it back in the pot. B Eat it anyway (to be polite). C Put it on one side of the plate.
7. What can you say if you’re offered more but you’re not hungry?
A No, thank you. It was delicious but I’m full. B Thank you, just a tiny bit more. C No, I don’t want any more.
8. What should you do to show you’ve finished eating?
A Leave the table. B Put your knife and fork together on the plate. C Burp loudly.
9. How do you ask to pay in a restaurant and should you leave extra money for the service?
Marmite
How many people take Marmite on holiday with them?
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How do people generally feel about marmite?
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When was it first produced and where?
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What is the main ingredient?
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Where else is it made?
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How much is produced every year?
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Is there a food in China similar to marmite or as popular or that divides the population in a similar way?
Why does the boy stop kissing the girl?
总结
talk about the difference between Chinese food and Western food. If you talk about food with a Chinese person, I can promise you that she/he will be so proud of Chinese food.
Because the history of Chinese cuisine stretches back for many centuries and changed from period to period, there is a big variety. It makes Chinese very proud to have such a wide range of food. Major traditional cuisines include: Anhui, Cantonese, Fujian, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Szechuan, and Zhejiang cuisine. The three main criteria for good Chinese food are: colour, aroma and taste. In my opinion, the most popular Chinese food would be Cantonese food! Maybe some Western people don’t know what is Cantonese food but if I tell you guys: yumcha, Barbecue pork, rostra pork, Barbecue duck, Wonton, all this stuff you can see and eat in Chinatown actually comes from Canton.
So, what is the difference between Chinese food and Western food?
Preparing food
Chinese food is different from Western food by the way we prepare food before cooking. Chinese cut the ingredients in bite size then stir fry or steam the ingredients in short time while Westerners cook the ingredients in big pieces and cut the food on their plates with knives and forks.
There are some ingredients or seasonings in Chinese cuisine which are seldomly used in Western cuisine, like e.g. jelly fish, sea cucumber, shark fins, fish maw, bird’s nest, thousand year eggs, bean curd (tofu), oyster sauce, black bean sauce, salty shrimp paste, soy sauce, etc. On the other hand, in Western cuisine herbs like rosemary, dill, sage, oregano, thyme, tarragon etc. are added. You would normally not find these herbs in Chinese food. Chinese add ginger, spring onion, mint, coriander and white pepper. You can hardly find any traditional Chinese food that contains cheese, butter, cream or milk.
Going wild
Secondly, the Chinese kitchen is a lot wilder than the Western.
It seems that the preparing of Western-style food is more peaceful: What you buy is only the fish lump where you can’t distinguish anymore which kind of fish it is, even crab may have been already boiled, what you can do is to put them into the oven or the pan.
But if you take a look into a Chinese kitchen, it seems really wild. Chicken, duck and fish are cut in the kitchen. The kitchen is full of the glint of kitchen knifes. Ha-ha! I feel it is like a battle field.
The tableware of Western-style food is knife and fork, the tableware of Chinese food is only two simple small bamboo sticks — Chopsticks. So, I think the tableware of Western-style food is wilder than the tableware of Chinese food.
Thirdly, the way that Chinese and people from occidental countries praise food is different
Chinese who are praising food will generally say: “Your dish is cooked excellently, it just tastes like in the restaurant”; but when Westerners praise food, they will say that it’s just tasting like home-made food.
In fact, Chinese food and Western-style food have a lot of similar things, especially Italian food and Chinese food. Because Marco Polo took Chinese pie and noodles to Italy, the Pasta and Pizza appeared in Italy.
Even if there are some differences between Chinese food and Western-style food, I think Chinese food and Western-style food can get along harmoniously. For example, Chinese food overseas is suitable for oversea people’s taste, because of oversea people’s improvement. Similarly, the Western-style food in China is more suitable for Chinese taste, because of the Chinese improvement.
Certainly, if you want to eat the traditional Western-style food, you should go to western countries. If you want to eat traditional Chinese food: Welcome to China!!!
