A presentation I did for my Chinese Culture class about the difference between food etiquette and tastes in China and England.

1. Brittany Pearce
CHINESE & BRITISH
FOOD CULTURE

2.  CHINA
 CHOP STICKS
 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

3. PLACE SETTING

4.  Pl ace n 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 facing the 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
Fried Breakfast
Fruit
BREAKFAST

7.  CHINA
 Cold Dishes
 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
FAVOURITE FOODS
Cream Tea
Roast Dinner
Fish & Chips
Ploughmans
Pie
Jiang bing
Caramelized fruit
Gong Bao Chicken
Jiaozi
Yogurt

10. REGIONAL FOODS
CHINA UNITED KINGDOM

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
Stinky tofu
Sea cucumber
Thousand year old egg
Birds nest soup Haggis
Black pudding
Bubble and Squeak
Scotch eggs