When someone look at a Chinese restaurant’s menu, he or she may think what shows on the menu is same as the food everyone eats in China; in fact, it is a misunderstanding. China is a vast country with various landscapes and diverse ethnics with their different traditions; also, because of the long history China has, countless times of wars, explosions, and migrations has brought changes to different parts of China. As time passed, different habits in these places where changes happened finally melted into one unified habit; however, because of the gargantuan size of the country, the melting result are two different eating habit in southern China and northern China instead of one habit for the whole country, and they are different in three ways: …show more content…
In south part of China, where water resources are plentiful, is suitable to plant rice which need to be planted in water. In addition, temperature in south is warmer than north, and it will not drop under zero Celsius in autumn or winter, which means farmers can plant seed of rice in the field in autumn and receive the second time of harvest in winter. Because of the fast grown speed of rice and the suitable weather for it, southern residents eat more food made by rice. Take the traditional staple food in south as an example, traditional staple food in southern China are rice, which is popular in most of province in the south, and rice noodle, which are traditional food of Yunnan province and Guangxi province. The northern China, in other hand, has more staple food made by wheat. Compare to rice, wheat has a slower grow speed with a larger production, which perfectly fitted the weather in north part of China, whose weather is totally differ from south. In ate autumn and winter, temperature in northern China never go above zero, and people had to stay at home in the past. Based on this background, wheat is an excellent material to make staple food, for its large production, and the staple food made by it are easier to preserve than rice. Therefore, northern residents eat more wheat; for example, …show more content…
In southern China, people are used to cook more steamed cuisines. It is not difficult to find out this fact because most of famous cuisines in south are steamed; for example, card past with meat, which is a popular traditional dish in southern China, is basically steam meat balls with crab meat; besides, another popular dish in south named braised shredded chicken with ham and dried tofu is cooked by put dried tofu and chicken meat together, then steam them with ham in the pot. The reason of it is the climate in south is hot and wet, and people believed them can live longer by sweat, which eat more steam dished will help them to do so. In contrast, people live in the north cook more fried food. Take some famous cuisines as example, the first one is fried boiled pork, everyone can know the way to cook it is to fry pork with sauce from its name. Another popular dish in north China is stir-fried pork fillet with rich soy bean sauce, mushroom, and onion; still, like what its name described, this cuisine is cook by fry pork fillet with mushroom and onion. People live in the north like to eat fried food can due to the weather in north, which is cold and windy, is different form south, and people need more calories to keep body temperature. In addition, fired dished is one of the fast way and easy to feed the energy
The author chose to conduct this research to explore the comparison between Szechuan and Cantonese food and the extent of its popularity within UK. To enable the research to be conducted in a smaller margin, the students of University of West London are selected as the focused target of research. As observed in the European culture, Chinese food is considered a treat for special occasions as selected restaurant stands equal with high-end restaurants that are serving western cuisine as shown in TopTable (2014). According to Mail Online (2010), it is found that 39 per cent of the population preferred Oriental flavours, such as sweet and sour and chow mein to Indian sauces such as tikka masala.
Xu Xi writes, “My parents ate sparingly, long after we were no longer impoverished, and disdained “unhealthy” Western diets” (124). Since during her childhood her parents ate sparingly and in moderation, she was never able to eat anything but plain foods and was unable to eat any food from other cultures especially Western. Even when her family was no longer poor and going through a famine, they continued to eat like they were. Her father was a vegetarian so they mostly ate tofu. He prohibited his family from eating meat. The food they ate was plain and her parents would often skimp on food. Now that Xu is on her own and alone in New York she decides to eat only the most expensive of foods. She can finally satisfy her curiosity for Western food. Now that she is free to order whatever she wants she goes all out and orders foods such as, hot scones, smoked salmon, steak, cold shrimp, as well as cabernet sauvignon. She over indulges in meals that she was not able to eat when her parents were still alive. She had many missed opportunities and now that she has no restrictions she is enjoying the pleasure of food. Growing up she was taught to be ashamed of a luxurious lifestyle and that there were more important things in life. Now she can finally enjoy the more expensive pleasures in life without having to feel the guilt from her parents. Now she is finally living a life and having the experience of something that she had wanted since she was a
Hot and cold foods, properties like heavy or light also point another factor among the local people. For instance, heavy food is normally preferred during daytime so as to gain maximum energy to sustain physical labor, while the light foods are taken in the evening (Nicolas, DeSilva, Grey, & Eastep, 2006)
Food culture all around the world changes and adapts in accordance to how humans evolve their tastes. In “End of Ethnic” by John Birdstall, he informs us of his point of view on what ethnic food is, and what we as Americans think of it. In addition, Kate Murphy’s “First Camera than Fork” talks about the positive and negative aspects of the “Foodie” world on the internet. Modern American food is an open book, full of different ethnic creations, and eye candy. This definition is proven through both Birdstall’s examples that define ethnic food as well as Murphy’s examples revealing how the food culture turns all their meals into a photographic diary.
A potpourri of cultural influences from around the world has helped create Southern food what it's nowadays. At its core, Southern food is frozen in local and imported ingredients, necessity and frugality. Given the United States' large size it's various regional variations. The United States' regional cooking are characterized by its extreme diversity and elegance with every region having its own distinctive cuisine.
The United States is often referred to as a melting pot since it is made up of people from different cultures. Individuals might differ in their skin color, ethnicity, and beliefs, but we are united by various factors, including food. With immigrants coming to the United States from all over the world, Americans are exposed to new cuisines. As these cuisines spread across the country becoming more and more popular, Americans develop a strong liking towards them, which affects the growth of the economy. For example, the increased number of Asian immigrants exposes more Americans to various Asian cuisines and causes the number of Asian restaurants to “[mushroom] and the variety of cuisines [to multiply]” (Yang 169). The proliferation of ethnic restaurants has flourished the economy, and Chinese restaurants alone produce “$17 billion in annual sales” (Yang 170). But the introduction of new cultures and cuisines transforms the unhealthy American lifestyle into a nutritious one. Since countries around the world have healthier staple foods and rely on “grains, vegetables, and fruits rather than meat and dairy products,” they have decreased rates of health implications like obesity, diabetes, and high blood pressure, which are all prevalent in America (Yang 170). When more Americans make the
... foods are new concepts that they have not heard of before; the older residents have grown up without them just fine. They are content with what they already have and do not see the need to expend the efforts to understand the new things. Most importantly, however, they must think about the financial costs. For New Chinatown residents, bringing in alternative, generally more expensive sources of food is not totally relevant to their needs. We may speculate that the produce sold at these farmers’ markets are not aligned with those used in the cultural diet.
All throughout my life I have never had to watch my weight or worry about my eating habits. I have always been able to eat all kinds of different foods unhealthy or healthy it never mattered because of my high metabolism. I never stopped to think of the effects or the problems I could obtain over time if I kept eating the same way. However, after being deeply affected by this semester by my own food journal, The Food Inc. movie, and The Eater Reader I now have a better sense of wisdom and better understanding of the types of foods I was putting into my body, and have stopped drinking carbonation but with the lack of time I will not be able to give up my eating habits up.
KFC is one of the most popular fast-food restaurant chains by the Yum! Brands and fried chicken is what the company specializes. KFC was founded by Harland Sanders, which was later known as Colonel Sanders. Moreover, KFC was one of the first fast-food restaurant chains to expand internationally, including the opening outlets in Beijing, China, in November 1987 (KFC Website, 2013). The fact that KFC was the first Western fast food company in China makes it very challenging to satisfy the Chinese market. Trying to sell the same products or services is a typical approach to most foreign expansion for franchise businesses (Bell, 2011). However, one-size fits all approach is not what KFC chooses to apply for their company. According to Shelman, the writer of the case study regarding KFC’s Explosive Growth in China, key success for KFC China is to change the menu to suit Chinese tastes and style of eating (Starvish, 2011). “One of the lessons I take away from this case is that to ...
I was born in one of the countries in Asia, and our staple food is rice. Rice is always at the center of the table, and the rest of the viand surrounds it. Here in the United States, my household still eat rice every day, accompanied by cooked vegetables and meat. My food choices are influenced by culture and family. Vegetables and fruits of my choice are abundant at the International Market and other Asian grocery stores. Vegetables are also available for a cheaper price at the farmers market. I myself buy these foods to ensure its freshness, prepare and cook them for my entire family. Inspired by Asian and American cuisine, our food is prepared with variety of cooking styles; such as dry like barbecues, baked and fried, with sauce
The way in which we choose our foods can stem from events that occur during early childhood. When I lived in Jamaica as a child, I was only fed 'Jamaican style' cuisine. This involved lots of rice with peas, chicken, jerked pork, etc. However, I remember that my parents would take my brothers and I out to restaurants a few times a year as a treat. Our favourite place was a specific Chinese restaurant in a tourist area nearby our house. The food was prepared by Chinese workers and we got to experience what we believed was authentic Chinese cuisine. Another place in which we would enjoy was KFC. KFC represented an exotic 'Other' which allowed us to experience a different kind of social space. According to Finkelstein, this is known as an 'America place'. It is world-famous American food. Food consumption can be a social event where it is done solely for the experience. Interactions in restaurants are conditioned by existing manners and customs. Dining out allows us to act in imitation of others, in accord with images, in responses to fashions, out of habit, without need for thought or self-scrutiny. The result is that the styles of...
The first innovative strategy of KFC China is localizing the menu. Trying to sell the same products or services is a typical approach to most foreign expansion for franchise businesses (Bell, 2011). However, one-size fits all approach is not what KFC chooses to implement for their company. According to Shelman, the writer of the case study regarding KFC’s Explosive Growth in China, key success for KFC China is to change the menu to suit Chinese tastes and style of eating. “One of the lessons I take away from this case is that to do China, you have to do China”, says Shelman. KFC localizes their offerings and adapts their existing products to appeal to the Chinese customers’ needs. The menu features Chinese local food like egg and vegetables soup. Examples of innovative products are the Dragon Twister (chicken roll of old Beijing) and the glass jelly milk tea (Zhou...
Overall, Chinese food industry has kept a steady and speed increase with the benefit of consequent economic growth. However in the middle of 19 century, there was a 3 years famine, which led to estimated tens of millions of people’s starving to death (Peng, 1987). Although there is no adequate data of the famine, the national mortality rate can explain the situa...
Food matters. Nevertheless, food safety in China is worse than what you thought; you can never imagine how toxic it is. Although there are variety choices of restaurant for us to eat nowadays, many people still choose to eat at home. Not only to save money, but also be sensible for their own health. Think about our situation now, we can constantly buy meats that we think is fresh and yummy, but who knows if it’s healthy and safe? Is it truly what you want? What materials will the restaurant serves you? Food safety affects people a lot. Nowadays, especially in China, many citizens are already despair in this affair. Food safety is one of the most principal issues to the entire world; as one of the most important feature in everybody’s life,
When thinking about food, Americans do not necessarily consider the origin of the country that food was made in or its ingredients. Often disregarded, the culture of Asian food goes amiss in American appropriation of Asian food. Asian cuisines can easily represent the power of its country, thus, are useful tools for education in Asian culture. In America, many people experience variety of food choices of Asian food such as Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.