Chinese Food Vs Western Food

Activity#36(Carlo Fuerte)

Western-style food is simple; but Chinese food is complicated. In Western-style food cookbook, various ingredients such as the flour, sugar, butter etc. is  indicated in grams, spoons or cups, even the size of the egg is given.  But Chinese cooking it is like a testing laboratory. Thus , making Western-style food  easy to prepare. 

It  is not easy to prepare Chinese food. Even if you have cookbook, it is not so easy to follow. Because the Chinese cookbook will not tell you how many grams of ingredient like salt,pepper. , Why? Because the taste buds of people differ. The Chinese in southern part likes eating the sweet food; The Chinese northerner part likes eating the salty food; The Chinese eastern people likes eating the hot food; The Chinese western people likes eating the sour food. If the cookbook hard and fast rule several grams of salt, perhaps Shanghai people feel it is too salty, but the northerner feel it is not salty enough. So, a good cook rely on experience and skill when cooking  in China..

Secondly, the kitchen of Chinese food  is very noisy as compared with the  Western-style food kitchen.  The kitchen of Western-style food is more peaceful.  Food bought is usually prepared already. For crab and shrimp  its already pre cooked.  The kitchen of Chinese food seems noisy because everything is cut in the kitchen like chicken, duck and fish.  The kitchen is full of glint of kitchen knife I feel it is like the battle field.

The tableware of Western-style food is knife and fork, the tableware of Chinese food is only two simple small bamboo sticks — Chopsticks. So, I think the tableware of Western-style food is violence than the tableware of Chinese food.

Third, the atmosphere of Chinese food is different from Western-style food while having a meal.  The atmosphere of Western-style food is particular about scenery and ware.