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Chinese Food Culture
- 1. Brittany Pearce CHINESE &BRITISH FOOD CULTURE
- 2. CHINA CHOPSTICKS Leave your chopsticks on the side of your plate or bowl when not eating; use the chopstick rests if they are provided or lay them ev en and tidy on the table. When finished place chop sticks across bowl / plate Do not: play with chopsticks, lick chopsticks, or use them to stir up the food, gesture with them or point them at others. Never stick chopsticks in the center of rice, as this is the way to sacrifice and is therefore considered to be inauspicious. I f no serving utensils are present, turn your chopsticks around when moving food from communal bowls to your own plate. Don't use the ends that go into your mouth! UNITED KINGDOM KNIFE AND FORK Leave cutlery on side of plate when not eating. When finished place cutlery diagonally across the plate to show you’ve finished Fork in left hand, knife in right hand – rude to use fork in right hand. TOOLS
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- 4. Pl acen apkin w i th the co rner tucked under your pl ate so that it hangs in your l ap The el dest person o r guest o f ho nour usual ly eats f i rst Making sl urping no i ses w hen eati ng noodles or drinking soup is acceptable. Fi rst and best f o o d i s gi v en to el dest m em bers When the m ain di shes are prepared i n a decorative form either by cut or other m eans they w i l l be pl aced f acing the m ajor guests and el der peo pl e at the tabl e. Pl ace n apkin o n l ap, i f l arge keep f ol der i n h al f w i th f o l d to w ards yo u Th e ho st(ess) eats f i rst C h ew an d sw allow all th e fo od in yo ur m o uth bef ore taking m ore o r taki ng a dri n k. S o up sh o ul d be spo oned aw ay f rom yo u. Ti l t th e bo wl aw ay f rom yo u. B reak o f f a sm al l pi ece o f bread (o r ro l l ) an d butter i t. Do n o t butter th e w h ole sl i ce o r h al f a ro l l at o n e ti m e . Nev er chew w i th yo ur m o uth o pen and n ev er talk w ith food in your m outh No el bows o n tabl e TABLE ETIQUETTE CHINA UNITED KINGDOM
- 5. The chair facingthe entrance (or east, if possible) is reserved for the person of the highest status. The closer that guests are seated to the person of high status the higher their rank The guest of honor is always seated to the right of the host; the next in line will sit on his left. Place cards – if more than 6 people A female guest of honour usually sits to the right of the host, while a male guest of honour usually sits to the left of the hostess. Men help seat the woman seated on his right then sits. Guests should be arranged in the way that the host feels will best for conversation. SEATING ARRANGEMENT CHINA UNITED KINGDOM
- 6. CHINA Porridge Bread Eggs Dumplings Soy Milk UNITED KINGDON Toast Cereal FriedBreakfast Fruit BREAKFAST
- 7. CHINA ColdDishes Beverages Communal Hot dishes Soup Tea UNITED KINGDOM Beverages Starter Individual Main course Dessert Cheese and biscuits Coffee ORDER OF MEAL
- 8. Fish –abundance Eggs- Fertility Duck – Fidelity Dumplings – money (shape) Apple – Peace(pronunciation) Chicken – luck (pronunciation) MEANING OF FOODS IN CHINA
- 9. BEIJING UNITED KINGDOM FAVOURITEFOODS Cream Tea Roast Dinner Fish & Chips Ploughmans Pie Jiang bing Caramelized fruit Gong Bao Chicken Jiaozi Yogurt
- 10. REGIONAL FOODS CHINA UNITEDKINGDOM
- 11. CHINESE REGIONAL FOODS Tsampa 馕Nang HotPot Pickled Cabbage Steamed bread Sichuan Spice Sweet and sour pork粑粑 Sticky Rice Meatballs Hunan Spice
- 12. UNITED KINGDOM STRANGE FOOD CHINA Stinkytofu Sea cucumber Thousand year old egg Birds nest soup Haggis Black pudding Bubble and Squeak Scotch eggs