Analysis of the differences between Chinese and Western food culture?

The difference between Chinese and Western (represented by the United States) social and cultural, historical development has created the difference between Chinese and Western food culture. Some people say figuratively: if the Chinese food culture is like a chorus of mixed voices, then the Western food (big meal) is like a romantic serenade; if the Chinese restaurant is full of a masculine atmosphere, then the Western restaurant is rich in a kind of feminine beauty; Chinese restaurants to create a kind of public dating place, while the Western restaurant is in the creation of a private clandestine meeting of the space, the difference between the essence of Chinese and Western restaurant culture. Understanding these differences, analyzing and comparing these differences, and skillfully dealing with these differences in business management is an important issue facing Chinese food chain enterprises.

(I) Chinese food culture?

Chinese food and beverage culture has a long history, is an important part of the cultural treasury of the Chinese nation, and France, Turkish cooking and known as the world's three major culinary systems, but also our Chinese children proud and proud of the place. Chinese food culture has colorful cultural connotations and strong and solid technical foundation, to taste as the core, to raise for the purpose of culture, science and art is the crystallization of different geographic locations, different ethnic groups, with different styles but the same is unparalleled dining culture. Numerous varieties of local delicacies with unique flavors, fragrant and popular all over the world, y attracting countless overseas enthusiasts. It can also be said that dietary kung fu is also a kind of learning, a kind of characteristic prominence, a way of communication.?

Inner culture?

Chinese food culture has always been concerned about the color, aroma and taste, and the form of catering, which can be summarized by "essence", "beauty" and "love". These words reflect the unique cultural heritage contained in the quality of food, aesthetic experience, emotional activity and social function in the process of dietary activities, as well as the close connection between dietary culture and the excellent traditional Chinese culture.

The essence is a generalization of the intrinsic quality of Chinese food culture, and this sense of excellence, as a cultural spirit, permeates and is carried out throughout the process of food activities. The selection of ingredients, cooking, preparation and even the dietary environment all reflect the word "fine".

Beauty, reflecting the aesthetic characteristics of food culture. One of the important reasons why the Chinese food can conquer the world lies in its beauty. This beauty refers to the perfect unity of the form and content of Chinese dietary activities, the aesthetic pleasure and spiritual enjoyment it brings to people. The beauty of Chinese food is not only expressed in the taste, but also in the form, color, utensils, and even in the costumes of the service staff, all of which are permeated with beauty, so that people feel the impact of beauty and enjoyment at all times. It can be seen that beauty as a basic connotation of food culture, is the charm of Chinese food, throughout the process of food activities in every link.

Emotion, Chinese culture has always been emotion as a bond, the same, the Chinese diet "emotion" as an important function. In China, eating is actually a medium of emotional exchange between people, a unique social activity. While eating, chatting, talking business, exchanging information, interviews. Throughout the ages, Chinese people are used to expressing their farewell or welcome at the dinner table, and emotional storms are often calmed by people with wine and food. With the accelerated pace of social life, the social regulatory function of eating activities and psychological massage role is increasingly being emphasized.?

Precision, beauty, emotion and etiquette summarize the basic connotation of Chinese food culture from different perspectives; in other words, these four aspects organically constitute the overall concept of Chinese food culture. Refinement and beauty focus on the image and quality of food, while sentiment and etiquette focus on the mentality, customs and social functions of food. However, they do not exist in isolation, but are interdependent and causal. Only its "essence" can have complete "beauty"; only its "beauty" can inspire "feelings"; only its "feelings" can inspire "emotions". only "love", can be in line with the fashion of the times "ritual". The four are intertwined, perfect unity, forming the highest state of Chinese food culture. Only by accurately grasping the "essence, beauty, love, etiquette" can we y understand Chinese food culture and better inherit and promote Chinese food culture.

Forms of culture?

Chinese food tends to focus on fine and elaborate ingredients, with thousands of variations and many techniques. From the point of view of knife skills, it requires the eye, knife, heart consistent cooperation to achieve a certain level. In the cooking process, but also to do the fire, the sense of taste to grasp, the depth of Chinese culture can be seen. Out of the plate is a round plate, a group of harmony, and can reflect the Chinese people's gathering gas and life, round-based, calm and Confucian connotation, often everyone **** enjoy, eat with chopsticks, dexterity and good thinking, rational and intellectual image of the Chinese people in the diet was expressed in the fullest. The culture of sharing meals?

Chinese dining generally take the form of round table **** meal, which is an important form of expression of Chinese dining culture, often able to create a harmonious and cordial atmosphere. Catering culture is a country or nation in the long-term historical conditions formed and preserved a habit of life and cultural traditions (Chinese dining dining form that reflects some of the characteristics of the Chinese dining culture tradition), the people of the country have long been accustomed to this way of dining.

(ii) Western food culture?

Western food culture is very different from Chinese culture, Western food culture is based on traditional Western culture, through the continuous improvement of modern industrial culture and the formation of which invariably permeated with some aspects of Western cultural traditions, such as, "equality", "freedom ", "hygiene", "privacy" and other cultural connotations.?

Leisure culture?

The largest number of fast-food restaurants in the United States are still fast-food restaurants, and the fast-food culture in the United States reflects the leisure culture. French fries, fried chicken, drinks and so on are the most common playthings in the western recipes, it is these unusual things that can't make it to the big stage in Chinese food's view that make the big enterprises in the world, like McDonald's, KFC and so on. This may be related to the American concept of time, lifestyle. The United States to pay attention to efficiency, but also the most unpretentious. The flourishing of fast food culture in the United States is probably also related to this nature of theirs. The hygiene, efficiency, time-saving and casual romance of fast food is the cultural basis for the development and growth of Western fast food.

The culture of equality and freedom?

In Chinese food, the arrangement of seats, tableware, eating rules and behavior at the table are subject to the traditional cultural conventions of the rules and regulations, not to mention the status of the guests, seniority, interests and hobbies and other factors that limit the form of dining. In Western cuisine, the diet of the moment is the expression of equality and freedom, each person independently decide the type of food, the amount of food, share meals applicable, abundance and frugality by oneself, in most occasions to implement the "AA" system. Eating is your own business, and you are free to sit down together and enjoy your food equally and freely.

The culture of sharing meals?

Western dining is customarily done at a long table, and the system of sharing is practiced, meaning that each person orders his or her own food, and each person takes a portion. The most common type of plate service is to divide the meal in the kitchen into each plate, which is brought out from the kitchen by the waiter and then given to each guest quickly and politely. The Western form of dining seems on the surface to be less convivial, more polite and independent, but essentially and most importantly it reflects hygiene. Separate meals can also reflect the concept of moderate thrift, reasonable diet, to overcome the shortcomings of the Chinese food to pay attention to the ostentation, wastefulness. Dishes and staple foods in the meal portioning system are rationed by the person, which can reduce wastage. Whether it is a pre-dinner snack or a main meal, the ingredients are linked to the amount of food eaters, the number of dishes as few as possible, but to ensure that each meal is finished. Dining system so that each guest has a clear quantitative concept of the number of individual meals, in order to reduce waste at the same time beneficial to health. Our current buffets and cold dinners reflect this tenet. Answer by: 蕞俪俪 - 神法师 十六级 发消息 加为朋友 12-20 11:12 Do you think the best answer is good? There are currently 0 ratings?

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Other Answers *** 2 Chinese food features:

1. Chinese food is a very wide selection of materials, almost flying, diving, animals, plants, nothing to eat.

2. Raw material processing, Chinese chefs are very concerned about the knife work, you can process the raw materials into tiny silk, ding, slicing, end of the knife and so on.

3. Cooking, Chinese cooking generally use the round bottomed pot, open fire stove is very suitable for stir-frying, so Chinese fried cooking methods are very many.

4. Taste, most Chinese dishes have a distinct salty flavor and are rich in variations, and most of them are eaten after they are fully cooked.

5. In terms of staple food, Chinese food has a clear concept of main and side dishes, and the staple food consists of a variety of products such as rice and noodles.

Categorization of Western food

The first of the Western dishes - French dinner?

The French have always been known for their good and excellent food, and French cuisine is still ranked as the top of the world's Western cuisine.

French cuisine is characterized by: a wide range of materials (such as snails, foie gras are delicious French cuisine), fine processing, cooking, taste thick and light, colorful varieties; French cuisine is also more concerned about eating half-cooked or raw food, such as steak, lamb shanks to half-cooked and tender as a feature of the oysters of the sea can be eaten raw, roasted duck can be eaten generally one or six ripe, etc.; French cuisine attaches importance to seasoning, seasoning varieties. French cuisine emphasizes flavoring and a wide variety of condiments. Seasoned with wine, what kind of dishes to choose what wine have strict rules, such as soup with wine, seafood with brandy, desserts with a variety of liqueurs or brandy, etc.; French cuisine and cheese, a variety of varieties. French people are very fond of eating cheese, fruit and a variety of fresh vegetables.

The famous dishes of French cuisine are: Marseille fish soup, foie gras steak, Paris lobster, red wine mountain chicken, chicken sauvignon blanc, chicken liver steak, etc.?

Simplicity and etiquette - British Western food?

British dietary cooking, known as family cuisine. British cuisine is characterized by: less oil, light, seasoned with less wine, condiments are mostly placed on the dining table by the guests to choose their own. Cooking pay attention to tender, light flavor, the selection of materials focus on seafood and various types of vegetables, the amount of food requirements for small and refined. British cuisine cooking methods to steam, boil, burn, smoke.

The famous dishes of British cuisine are: chicken salad, grilled prawns Soufflé, potatoes braised lamb, roast lamb saddle, solstice pudding, Meiji chops, etc.

Western cuisine is also known as the "Western" cuisine, which is characterized by its light taste and its emphasis on seafood and various vegetables.

The originator of Western cuisine - Italian feast?

In the era of the Roman Empire, Italy was the political, economic and cultural center of Europe. Although Italy has since fallen behind, it is the originator of Western cooking, comparable to France and Britain.

Italian cuisine is characterized by: original flavor, known for its strong taste. Cooking focus on deep-fried, smoked, etc., to stir-fry, fried, deep-fried, braised and other methods.

Italians love pasta, the practice of eating a lot. The production of pasta has unique features, a variety of shapes, colors, flavors of at least dozens of kinds of pasta, such as letter-shaped, shell-shaped, solid pasta, macaroni, etc.. Italians also enjoy Italian ravioli, Italian dumplings and so on.

Famous dishes of Italian cuisine include: macaroni and veggie soup, bureau ravioli, cheese bureau macaroni, minced meat macaroni, pizza, etc.?

Nutritional fast - American cuisine?

American cuisine is developed on the basis of British cuisine, inheriting the simple and light characteristics of British cuisine, with a salty and sweet taste. Americans are generally not interested in spicy, like iron steak dishes, commonly used fruits as ingredients and dishes cooked together, such as pineapple Bureau ham, vegetables and fruit roast duck. Like to eat a variety of fresh vegetables and various fruits. Americans do not have high dietary requirements, as long as the nutrition, fast.?

The famous dishes of American cuisine are: roasted turkey, orange roasted mallard duck, American steak, apple salad, pancakes with sugar sauce, etc.?

Western cuisine classics - Russian feast?

The upper class in the era of Tsarist Russia admired France, and the aristocracy not only took pride in speaking French, but also studied mainly French food and cooking techniques. But after years of evolution, especially in the Russian zone, the food is concerned about calorie-rich varieties, and gradually formed its own cooking characteristics. Russians like to eat hot food, love to eat fish, minced meat, eggs and vegetables made of small buns and meat pie, etc., all kinds of snacks are quite famous.

Russian cuisine is heavier, like to use oil, the production method is relatively simple. The taste is mainly sour, sweet, spicy and salty, and sour cucumber and sour cabbage are often the necessary food in restaurants or on the family table. Cooking methods are characterized by baking, smoking and pickling. Russian cuisine in the Western food influence, some of the Nordic countries located in the frigid zone and Central Europe Yugoslavia national people's daily habits are similar to the Russians, most of them like to cured all kinds of fish, bacon, sausage, ham, as well as pickled cabbage, sour cucumber, etc.?

Russian cuisine is famous dishes: assorted cold cuts, caviar, sour cucumber soup, cold apple soup, fish buns, butter chicken rolls, etc.?

Beer, buffet - German cuisine?

Germans do not pay attention to the diet, like to eat fruit, cheese, sausage, sauerkraut, potatoes, etc., do not seek pomp and circumstance only seek affordable nutrition, first invented the self-service fast food. Germans like to drink beer, the annual Munich Oktoberfest about to consume 1 million liters of beer. Answer: 金咬程 - 神法师十六级 发消息 加为好友 12-20 11:12 Chinese food order should be: first on the cold dishes, drinks and wine, after the hot dishes, and then on the main course, and finally on the dessert points and fruits. Banquet on the number of tables is very large, each table of each dish should be on at the same time.

There are several ways to serve the dishes: firstly, serving the dishes on a large plate and letting each person help himself; secondly, serving the dishes one by one by the waiter to each person; thirdly, serving the dishes on a small plate with one portion for each person.

Chinese dining etiquette is said to have begun in the Duke of Zhou, thousands of years of evolution, of course, there will be no more "Meng Guang received the case of Liang Hong" like the day, but still finally formed a set of today's generally accepted dietary eating etiquette, is the inheritance and development of the ancient dietary etiquette. Chinese food etiquette due to the nature of the feast, the purpose is different; different regions, is also very different.

The tableware of Chinese food mainly consists of six kinds of cups, plates, bowls, dishes, chopsticks and spoons. At formal banquets, the water cup is placed on the upper left of the plate, and the wine glass is placed on the upper right. Chopsticks and spoons can be placed on special holders or in paper sleeves. Public chopsticks and spoons are best placed on a special stand.

Chinese food is usually served in the following order: cold appetizers first, then hot dishes, and finally sweets and fruits. Before the meal, the first wet towel served by the waiter for each person is for wiping hands, and it is best not to use it to wipe your face. Before serving shrimp, crab, chicken and other dishes, the waiter will send a small water bowl, in which a slice of lemon or rose petals are floating, it is not a drink, but for hand washing. To wash your hands, take turns dipping your fingers in the water, gently swishing them around, and then drying them with a small towel.