Canada has attracted more and more Chinese students with its first-class teaching level and high quality living environment. However, many students know very little about the local customs. Canada has a colorful food culture, in which the "three no" food culture is interesting. Here's what I'd like to share with you.
1. No alcohol and tobaccoFor Chinese people, whether at home or to the hotel banquet good friends, generally can not do without alcohol and tobacco, otherwise there will be slack suspicion. However, in Canada, there are no cigarettes or alcohol. Because, in Canada, there is a strict ban on smoking requirements, and must be 16 years of age or older can buy tobacco. It is illegal to smoke in U.S. federal government buildings, home elevators, financial institutions, stores, schools and most public **** places. If you find someone smoking in a hotel or restaurant and don't discourage them or let them smoke, you could be penalized with a $5,000 fine. People also do the same with alcohol, such as the province of Alberta requirements, 19 years of age or older can buy alcohol, and the strongest pure grain alcohol is banned from sale. In addition, restaurants and nightclubs can only buy alcohol from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Drinkers can only drink in areas or houses with liquor licenses, and it is illegal to drink outside of these places.
2. Do not eat hot foodHot food is a major feature of Chinese culinary culture, generally is now burning fried while hot to eat, get a few plates of cold dishes, but only for drinking with. And Canadians love to eat cold food, this kind of cold drink is different from their cold dishes, generally by the host family first burned a variety of dishes, with bowls, plates, saucers and other containers loaded, successively placed a variety of dishes in the dining room kitchen on the table, to be guests to arrive, for the guests to enjoy. Because the dishes burned earlier, a long time, also became a cold dish, Canadians called "cold dinner feast".
3. No tableIn Canada, the banquet is not assigned a table. Generally, guests take disposable plastic tableware and plugs, one by one, line up to the pile of food to the walk, and then hands randomly take the first ingredients, and ultimately self-catering area dining. Because there is no row of tables, so the guests take a good meal, go their separate ways, there are sitting and standing, easily, without constraints. If the self-sense phenomenon of the stomach is not full, you can also go back to ingest food.