The Chinese have a saying that "Food is the God of the people", which shows the status of food in the minds of the Chinese, and therefore the Chinese people regard eating as the most important thing. Chinese cuisine focuses on dishes with color, aroma, taste, shape and meaning, and even more than the focus on nutrition, as long as it tastes good and looks good, nutrition, on the contrary, does not seem to be important. Western diet is more concerned about nutrition and absorption, is a scientific concept of diet. Westerners pay more attention to the nutrition of food and ignore the color, aroma, taste, shape and meaning of how the food, their diet is mostly for survival and health, does not seem to pay attention to the enjoyment of taste.

In terms of dining atmosphere, Chinese people like to be lively during meals, with many people gathered around eating and drinking, laughing and joking, creating a lively and warm dining atmosphere. Unless it is in a very formal banquet, Chinese people do not have any very special etiquette at the table. Westerners, on the other hand, prefer a quiet and elegant environment when dining, and they believe that they must pay attention to their manners when at the table, and must not lose their etiquette, for example, they mustn't make any unpleasant noises while eating.

Western and Chinese banquet etiquette is also unique. In China, from ancient times to the present day, most of the left as the honor, in the banquet guests, the status of the very noble guests to be arranged in the left of the upper seat, and then arranged in turn. In the West is to the right as the honor, men and women spaced out and seated, couples are also separated and seated, female guests seat than the male guests seat is slightly higher than the men to be located on their right to pull open the chair for the female guests, in order to show respect for the lady. In addition, Westerners should sit properly when eating, and think that it is very rude to bend over, bow your head and eat with your mouth, but this is exactly the way Chinese people usually eat. Eat Western food, the host does not advocate a big drink, the Chinese table wine is a must, to wine to help the party, sometimes in order to show respect for each other, drinking is a cup and a glass of wine.