Germany, like most of China, has three meals a day. Breakfast is usually at seven, lunch at one, and dinner at seven. Some places have afternoon coffee and cake between lunch and dinner.　　

Unlike China's eating habits, the most elaborate and hearty thing Germans eat is not lunch or dinner, but breakfast. In hotels or government institutions, most of the breakfast is a buffet form, there are staples, meat, vegetables, drinks, fruits, etc., not only a variety of varieties, and color and flavor. And in the ordinary people's homes, regardless of their poor and rich, the content of their breakfast is generally similar: first of all, drinks, including coffee, tea, a variety of fruit juices, milk, etc., the staple food for a variety of bread, as well as with the bread with the cream, cheese and jam, plus sausage and ham. Germans eat very efficiently, they can be in as little as 10 minutes to these sumptuous food with the end and eat, for its a morning of intense work to provide energy.　　

Lunch in Germany is usually served in a cafeteria or fast food restaurant, and is a real fast food, such as a platter of potatoes, salad lettuce and a few pieces of meat, plus a drink. In families with housewives and minor children, lunch is also simpler, such as a piece of cooked meat, meatloaf with boiled vegetables and bread, or beef stew with rice and lettuce, or even simpler, as in the case of the Chinese marinara, spaghetti in gravy, and a cup of coffee or ice cream at the end of the meal. Germans simplify their lunches not to save money, but to save time.

The German family dinner is usually a cold meal, and the content is very rich: a platter of meat; fresh and tasty vegetables, such as baby carrots, tomatoes, cucumbers; fresh fruit, such as grapes, cherries. Some housewives also served various flavors of cheese, with bread as the main course. Dinner time is more generous, and families sit around the table, eating and talking.　

Some Germans are accustomed to having an "extra meal" at four or five o'clock in the afternoon, i.e., a cup of coffee or tea, a piece of cake, or a few cookies. Upper-middle-class families like to invite friends over for a drink and a chat at this time. At such gatherings, the guests could taste the famous German pastries, and German women were generally skilled in baking them. But in today's fast-paced society, this kind of afternoon enjoyment is only possible on weekends, holidays or vacations.