Chinese food culture is deep rooted in china’s history, there is an old saying ---- “Food is the first necessity of the people”. “Have you eaten” is more popular than “How are you” in china.
Usually chinese food is shared a communal bowl, only the rice are served individually. It is a important Chinese culture to wait for everyone to be seated before a meal can start..Chinese food have some differences from western food, like Several dishes in a meal , Diversify, Balance diet and so on.
Usually chinese food is shared a communal bowl, only the rice are served individually. It is a important Chinese culture to wait for everyone to be seated before a meal can start..Chinese food have some differences from western food, like Several dishes in a meal , Diversify, Balance diet and so on.
There are four oldest types of Chinese food: the Sichuan, Cantonese, Northern(Beijing and Shandong) and Huaiyang. the cooking methods they use are boiling, stewing, braising, frying, steaming, baking and so on, after finish cooking they are arranged on a variety of plates and dishes to make sure they are a real pleasure to view and smell.Chinese soup is also a very important part of chinese food, there are many kinds of soups but the most popular two soups to western people are sweet corn soup and sour soup.
Usually Chinese dishes are cooked with less meat and more vegetables, so the foods contain lower calories than Western food. The Chopstick is a miracle among the creations of Chinese food culture, It may be a bit too hard for foreigners to use chopsticks but they still enjoy using that.
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