Americans who live at home buy simple food. A bag of bread, a can of drinks, a bag of carrots, a few onions, and occasionally someone will buy a plate of beef. They seldom use condiments, but salad oil is the most used. American restaurants are generally small and clean, and there are not many kinds of food. Some people sum up the characteristics of American food, one is raw, the steak is bloodshot, the other is cold, all drinks are ice, and the third is sweet. This is, of course, a judgment made by China people according to their own tastes, but it also hits the nail on the head. In fact, Americans pay attention to nutrition, not taste, and the average American is not good at cooking.
What are the main dietary characteristics of Americans?
The staple food of Americans is meat, fish and vegetables, and the non-staple food is food; Three meals a day are more casual and less particular. Americans attach importance to nutrition, and few people eat meat; I like salty and sweet dishes, like sweets, and have a light taste; Fruit is usually an indispensable ingredient in dishes, and people usually like seafood and vegetables. Americans also like Chinese food very much. Americans must drink drinks three times a day, with wine, beer or milk as the main meal, while spirits are only drunk in bars; Like to eat dessert, tea or coffee after meals; Drinks like sugar and ice.
Americans like to eat sweet and sour fish, sweet and sour pork, fried beef, fried steak, fried pork chops, roast chicken, fried chicken and other meat dishes. They like to drink ice water, mineral water, Coca-Cola, beer, whisky and brandy. They like to add ice cubes to their drinks, but they don't like drinking tea. Tomato juice, orange juice, etc. Used as an appetizer before meals, I am used to drinking beer, wine, soda water and other drinks when eating, and drinking coffee after meals, rarely drinking strong liquor.
American restaurants are diverse, and there are restaurants with different flavors from all over the world in big cities. European restaurants are mainly French and Italian restaurants, China restaurants are all over the United States, and there are other restaurants in Japan, India, the Middle East, Latin America and Southeast Asia. Fast food has strong American local characteristics, such as hamburger restaurants represented by McDonald's, fried chicken restaurants represented by KFC and fast food restaurants selling pizza, sandwiches and hot dogs. You must tip 15-20% after eating in ordinary restaurants, but you don't have to tip in fast food restaurants. Generally speaking, eating fast food saves money.
In urban and rural areas of the United States, coffee shops (also dealing in iced drinks and Yunnan showers) and McDonald's fast food restaurants abound. The former is like a teahouse in Sichuan, China, and the latter is like a noodle restaurant in Henan, China. When you go to a coffee shop, you can order a cup of coffee for more than one dollar and buy a plate of ice cream for two or three dollars. It's very pleasant to talk while eating. American ice cream is a must, there are all kinds of ice cream, and it is full of crispy nuts, which is very delicious. McDonald's is even more unique: from a distance, whenever and wherever McDonald's is located, there are three flags flying in conspicuous places, one is the American flag, the other is the state flag, and the other is the store flag. No matter where McDonald's stores are, business is very good, a sandwich or hot dog, a bag of potato chips or popcorn, and a drink.