1. The term "light meal" is a direct interpretation of the meaning of the word, which refers to a small portion of food, and in a broader sense, rice, buns, dumplings, spring rolls, siu mai, fruits, cakes, cookies, and other snacks and snacks can be considered as a kind of light meal, so as the Chinese Guangdong people's "tea", Europeans "afternoon tea", these small amounts of food can be called light meal. Therefore, a small amount of food that can be enjoyed during non-meal time, such as the Cantonese "tea" or the European "afternoon tea", can be called light food.

2. The term "light food" first came from Europe. In France, the word "Lunch" for lunch has the meaning of light food; in addition, "Snack", which is often interpreted as fast and simple food in restaurants, is also one of the representative words of light food. So another meaning of light food is food that is easy and doesn't take much time to eat.