Western food, as its name implies, is a meal in western countries. Western countries are European white world cultural circles relative to East Asia, and the exact name of western food should be European cuisine or European catering.

Its dishes are different from Chinese food, and generally use seasonings such as olive oil, butter, tomato sauce and salad dressing. Different staple foods are the same as some vegetables, such as tomatoes and broccoli. The word western food is determined by its specific geographical location. "West" means the West. Generally refers to European countries. "Rice" is a diet dish.

What orientals usually say about western food mainly includes western European dishes, but it also includes eastern European countries, Mediterranean countries and some Latin American countries such as Mexico. The dishes of Southeast Asian countries are generally called Southeast Asian cuisine, but there are also unique cuisines, such as Indian cuisine.

Western food generally uses knives and forks as tableware, bread as staple food, and long tables and dining tables are table-shaped. The main characteristics of western food are prominent main ingredients, beautiful appearance, delicious taste, rich nutrition and convenient supply. Formal western food should include soup, appetizer, main course, dessert and drink. Western food can be roughly divided into French food, English food, Italian food, russian cuisine food, American food, Mediterranean food and other different styles of dishes.

Westerners call China cuisine "Chinese food", Japanese food, Korean food and so on. They don't call them "oriental delicacies" in cages, but divide them carefully and name them according to country names.