There are some differences between the cooking methods of Chinese food and those of western food. For example, western food pays attention to grilling, while the cooking method of grilling is seldom used in general Chinese food. However, some Chinese foods are also used in individual dishes now, such as apple pork chop.

There are also many kinds of western desserts. Dessert can be added to the banquet menu of Chinese food to combine Chinese and western food.

Western food pays more attention to the plate placement of dishes. Chinese food can learn from the plate placement of western food.

Moreover, there are rich varieties of sauces and rich and complete cooking seasonings.

The standard of side dishes of western food can be quantified completely, and Chinese food can learn from it.

At present, the combination of Chinese and western food has become a hot topic in the industry. When talking about the combination of Chinese and western food, the first thing we should pay attention to is to maintain our own characteristics. If I talk about the combination of Chinese and western, my understanding is that I will lose my own characteristics if I cut my feet and fit my shoes. Whether it is catering management or cooking skills, one's own characteristics and style are often the most important and precious. What is the connotation of this feature? From a chef or a hotel, it is your own unique skill and signboard; From the perspective of a country, it is something unique to its own nation that others do not have. Only in this way can we take it out to communicate with others and integrate. What we are talking about here is the integration of Chinese and western food, which extends to the integration of various cuisines. In fact, it is the same. What is the basis of integration? That is, we must improve our own characteristics through integration. On this basis, we learn from others' things, such as raw materials, cooking techniques and condiments, to enrich our own characteristics. Instead of modifying yourself for the sake of integration, you must maintain your own essence, and then consider how to enrich yourself with other skills to make yourself more rounded, plump and diversified. Only by keeping your own characteristics can you give play to your own characteristics.

In the process of communication and integration, we must never hold preconceived concepts. Some people think that western food is superior to Chinese food, or Chinese food is superior to western food. I say these are all one-sided and limited, and there is no one who is good or bad. It is generally recognized in the world that the three major cuisines, namely, Chinese food, western food represented by French food and Islamic food represented by Turkey, have their own reasons and characteristics since they exist and are widely recognized. If it exists in the world and is circulated, it must have many advantages. From a dialectical point of view, everything has two sides, advantages, disadvantages, essence and relative dross. It is an unscientific way of understanding if we have to distinguish between the superior and the inferior, and compare the advantages of one side with the disadvantages of the other. Speaking of understanding, I want to talk about two misunderstandings in dealing with western food at present. One is standardization. When it comes to standardization, many people think that western food is a completely standardized operation. In fact, the standardization of western food only exists in the fast food field of western food, but it is not standardized in all the flavor restaurants of western food, and it is still operated by human experience. Another problem is nutrition. Some people think that western food pays more attention to scientific diet and nutrition than Chinese food, which is also a misunderstanding. In fact, there are many unscientific eating methods in western food. For example, the basic sauce in western food is made of egg yolk and oil, which is widely used in western food, and its nutrition is not comprehensive; In addition, butter is still used in western food, and its fat content is quite high; There is also foie gras, which is often seen in western food. Now everyone knows that it is actually fatty liver caused by forced feeding of geese. After eating, according to the custom, we China people usually eat some fruits, while foreigners generally don't eat fruits, but eat desserts, whose sugar content is relatively high. There are countless examples. Therefore, everyone should have this concept. Learning from integration is not blindly affirming one side or denying one side, but looking at the problem comprehensively, absorbing the essence from it and getting rid of its unscientific and unreasonable parts.

in the form of global economic integration, the integration of Chinese and western food is a development trend. This integration benefits from the rapid development of information flow and logistics. In the past, if we wanted to use the raw materials of western food without a developed logistics system as a guarantee, it was simply a luxury talk. The completely open market makes integration an inevitable trend. As chefs, we should realize this trend and its inevitability, so that we can study early and enrich our knowledge. To communicate with others, we must first understand others, so as to learn from each other's strengths consciously.