Western food is mainly divided into Western-style hot dishes, cold dishes and Western-style pastries.

The English term for Western pastry is baking food, which mainly means baked food. You can think of it this way, Western pastries = Western-style baked goods, Western pastries can be used as staple food or snacks.

In general, Western pastries are a general term for bread, cakes, and pastries (cold snacks are also included), and they mainly come in two flavors: salty and sweet. Toast, meal kits, sandwiches, hamburgers, pastries, etc. are all called Western pastry.

Western food, as the name suggests, is food from Western countries. Western countries are the white European world cultural circle relative to East Asia. The correct name for Western food should be European cuisine, or European-style catering. Its cuisine is different from Chinese cuisine, generally using olive oil, butter, tomato sauce, salad dressing and other seasonings.

Different staple foods are always paired with some vegetables, such as tomatoes, broccoli, etc. The term Western food is determined by its specific geographical location. "西" means west.

Generally refers to European countries. "Meal" refers to dietary dishes. What Eastern people usually refer to as Western food mainly includes dishes from Western European countries, and of course also includes dishes from Eastern European countries, countries along the Mediterranean Sea, and some Latin American countries such as Mexico.

The dishes of Southeast Asian countries are generally called Southeast Asian cuisine, but there are also some that are their own cuisine, such as Indian cuisine. Western food generally uses knives and forks as cutlery and bread as the staple food, and the table is mostly in the shape of a long table. The main characteristics of Western food are outstanding main ingredients, beautiful appearance, delicious taste, rich nutrition, convenience, etc.

Formal Western dishes should include soup, appetizers, main courses, desserts and drinks. Western food can be roughly divided into French, British, Italian, Russian, American, Mediterranean and other different styles of cuisine.