Chinese food and western food are two completely different foods, and there are obvious differences in taste, cooking style, staple food and even eating style. At the same time, there is little overlap between western culture and Chinese culture, but there are also special examples, such as spaghetti, hamburgers and pizza, which are famous western foods. Of course, some people think that these foods draw lessons from Chinese noodles, Chinese buns and pancakes.

with the cultural exchange in the world, Chinese food appears on the table of westerners, and western food also appears around us, like many famous western food can be found around us. For this phenomenon, a foreigner asked in the American version of Zhihu, "Why is western food considered as superior in China and Chinese food considered as fast food in the west?" Western food is also a kind of high-grade consumer food around us, but it is not superior. Many people are willing to experience this kind of dining style and food once. If we talk about our favorite food, we will still choose Chinese food. After all, Chinese food is rich and varied, but western food can't. Western food can become a kind of high-grade consumption food around us, and the ultimate reason is that it belongs to western food and has an exotic flavor, and western restaurants are not as common as Chinese restaurants around us. Of course, it is because our taste doesn't like western food, it is just a kind of food worth experiencing, so the number of western restaurants will only be less than Chinese restaurants, unlike Chinese restaurants, which are already very common abroad.

so why is Chinese food considered as a fast food in the west? As we said before, there are three main reasons. First, westerners are popular with fast food culture, and Chinese food will naturally cater to them. Secondly, the early Chinese food started at a low level abroad. At that time, opening Chinese restaurants abroad was only a business to support the family, which led to their stereotyped understanding of Chinese food, even though there are many high-end Chinese restaurants abroad now. Thirdly, Chinese food eaten by westerners is not traditional Chinese food, but food that caters to westerners' tastes. Now let's take a look at the question about foreigners, "Why is western food considered superior in China and Chinese food considered fast food in the West?" How do foreign netizens view this issue? Some foreign netizens said: These two statements are not completely correct. Yes, western food in western restaurants is more expensive in China, and it is much cheaper to eat local Chinese food. In some cases, eating in such a restaurant may be a special occasion and sometimes an "elegant" experience. On the other hand, those who seldom touch western food or the outside world usually only touch "western food" through fast food, so they don't think too much. Chinese food can also be "fast food", but in the west, there are many Chinese restaurants that are not fast food, so people will not automatically think that Chinese food is the default fast food. This question seems to be put forward on the wrong premise.

Some foreign netizens said: Although this problem is actually generalized, I will still be addicted to it. You see, Chinese food is generally cheap, so our model is to evaluate it with the best price. This is why in most cases (again, this is a generalization) atmosphere is not more popular than price and efficiency. This is why people in China like to go to western restaurants on special occasions. It is more elegant. In addition to taste, western restaurants also pursue atmosphere, experience, decoration and so on. In the west, most Chinese restaurants are famous for their cheap buffets, which provide cheap food such as chicken wings, fried noodles and fried rice. Similarly, our goal is to be different in price, efficiency and even taste.