Western food, as the name suggests, is the meal of Western countries. Western countries, is relative to East Asia, the white European world cultural circle, Western food should be accurately called European cuisine, or European-style dining. Its dishes cuisine is different from Chinese cuisine, generally using olive oil, butter, Heinz ketchup, salad dressings and other seasonings. The different staples of the same are accompanied by some vegetables, such as tomatoes, broccoli and so on. The term Western food is due to its specific geographical location.

British Western Food

British dietary cooking is known as home cooking. British cuisine is characterized by: less oil, light, seasoned with less wine, condiments are mostly placed on the dining English Western 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 less and more refined. British cuisine cooking methods to steam, boiling, burning, smoking, deep-fried.

The famous dishes of British cuisine are: chicken salad, grilled prawns Soufflé, potatoes braised lamb, roast lamb saddle, winter solstice pudding, Meiji chops and so on. Meanwhile fish and chips (fish and chips) is the most familiar British meal.

Italian meal

In the era of the Roman Empire, Italy was the political, economic and cultural center of the European Italian meal, although Italy later fell behind, but in terms of Western cooking, Italy is the originator, comparable to France and Britain.

Italian cuisine is characterized by: the original flavor, known for its strong flavor. 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-style ravioli, Italian-style dumplings and so on.

The famous dishes of Italian cuisine are: macaroni vegetable soup, baked ravioli, cheese bureau macaroni, minced meat macaroni, pizza and so on.

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 fruits 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. Pies of all kinds are a staple of American food.

Russian feast

The upper class in the era of Tsarist Russia admired France, and the aristocrats not only took pride in speaking French, but also studied mainly French in their diet and cooking techniques. But after years of evolution, especially in the Russian zone, 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 pickle a variety of fish, bacon, sausage, ham, as well as pickled cabbage, sour cucumber and so on.

Russian cuisine famous dishes are: assorted cold dishes, caviar, sour cucumber soup, cold apple soup, fish buns, butter chicken rolls and so on. Harbin, due to historical reasons, there are still preserved authentic Russian Western food.

German cuisine

Germans do not pay attention to diet, like to eat fruit, cheese, sausage, sauerkraut, potatoes, etc., do not seek pomp and circumstance only to seek affordable nutrition, the first invented the self-service fast food.

Traditional dishes: vegetable salad, fresh mushroom soup, baked fish and chips, etc. At the same time, the Germans like to drink beer, the annual Munich Oktoberfest about to consume 1 million liters of beer.

Other cuisines:

Greek cuisine: characterized by lightness, elegance and originality; Spanish-Portuguese cuisine is known for its rice, often accompanied by stewed meat and seafood; Eastern European cuisine is similar to Russian.