中西饮食文化比较_英文

Chinese breakfast Consists of vegetables, steamed buns, pancakes, congee ,eggs milk, bean products .
The Chinese Feast
peking duck
dumpling
Western breakfast:
English breakfast :英式早餐 a large breakfast such as :cereal ;cooked bacon, eggs; toast; tea or coffee Continental breakfast:欧陆式早餐 a light breakfast, such as coffee, bread, butter and jam Bread : brown bread; white bread; whole meal bread

If you are being treated by a Chinese host, be prepared for a ton(大量的） of food. Chinese are very proud of their culture of cuisine and will do their best to show their hospitality. And sometimes the Chinese host use their chopsticks to put food in your bowl or plate. This is a sign of politeness.
Milk
: skimmed milk; whole fat milk
Cereal : oatmeal ;or porridge ;Eggs: omelet; custard ;Cakes: muffins; doughnut; waffle Coffee : decaffeinated coffee; black coffee; white coffee Tea : black tea; green tea; coffee-tea


Soups should be drunk with spoons.
If there is liquor or wine on the table, drink it after all the glasses of the guests are filled. Slurping and burping are considered as extremely rude. If you have to, say “excuse me”. It is also considered rude to sing at the table, to put your elbows on the table or to chew your food with you mouth open; to talk with your mouth full. Avoid picking your teeth.
Lunch
Lunch: lunch is usually very simple. Many westerners don’t have a long break at noon for a big meal .
Such as workers will get 30-minute to one-hour lunch break. So some people will buy fast food like hamburgers.
Cocktail
(鸡尾酒）: an alcoholic drink consisting of a spirit, or
several spirits, mixed with fruit juice, etc.
e.g. Long Island Iced Tea (长岛冰茶)
e.g. Tequila Sunrise(特基拉日出)
Common family dinner parties contain 4 courses.
Table manners
As to the seating, there are places of honor. And the honored guests sit on the right side of the host and hostess. And the host and hostess often sit at the two ends of the ordinary rectangular （方） tables. When the waiter serves one dish to the guests one by one, if he stands on your left, it is your turn to take the food. If on your right, it is not your turn. Some families will say grace before eating. If a dessert is served, the table will be cleared first.
Most Chinese families are used to buying fresh food every day, while Americans like to buy from supermarket a large bag onetime, then eat cold food everyday.
First： seafood (贝类 ) and soup
Second: fish Third: main course（beef steak veal chicken duck and vegetables) ） fourth：salad fifth： sweets or dessert (ice creams; yogurt） sixth： beverages
liquor

vodka伏特加酒, or Russian Vodka gin (杜松子酒）, （popular light liquor) rum(朗姆酒）－－一种用sucrose ['sju:krəus] cuisine烹饪seasoning ['si:zəniŋ]调料。 tequila(特奎拉酒). vermouth(味美思酒，苦艾酒) 烈酒hard drinks Wiskey (威士忌酒) =Scotch Wiskey (苏格兰威士忌)。它是由谷物(corn)做成的。
e.g. Martini(马丁尼)
beer
The famous liquors and wines above are usually enjoyed by the middle-class. When the common people go to the bar or the pub, they usually drink beer Beer: Bitter ; mild/ small beer; draft beer e.g. the most popular beer in Britain is called Lager ginger beer is also popular.

Don’t stick your chopsticks upright in the rice bowl. Instead，lay them on your dish.

Make sure the spout of the teapot is not facing anyone.

Don't tap on your bowl with your chopsticks.

At the dinner table, it is bad manners to remain silent all the time.
Table manners
In china: The main difference between Chinese and western eating habits is that unlike the West, where everyone has their own plate of food, in China the dishes are placed on the table and everybody shares.
After dinner, Chinese people love to eat fruit, while Americans often a dd a sweetmeat.
People in western countries have rich wine and liquor (spirits) culture,
The difference of diet culture between china and western country
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Western people usually pay attention to the calories、 vitamins、proteins and so on. In their opinion, one should choose his food only according to his need as an independent individual and the balanced requirement of all kinds of nutrients for each part of his body.
Dinner
Dinner is the main meal of the day and can be meal at noon or meal in the evening .And it is usually the meal in the evening. The meal that is taken very late is Supper. Dinner is usually very plentiful and big. The formal western dinner party contains 6 courses: (starter /appetizer)
When the western people pay more attention to the balance of nutrition, What Chinese people care about is the deliciousness of food .Chinese often use these words such as color 、smell 、taste、sharp to describe the food.