My Favorite Chinese Food

Around the globe there are many different types of unique and delicious food. In America it’s extremely diverse, people around the world come to America to share and spread their cultural food so that Americans can enjoy. There are several Vietnamese restaurants in America that Americans love to visit once or twice every week. Vietnamese food are usually defined as inauthentic in America. Vietnamese food in the U.S are highly different than the ones in Vietnam. In Vietnam, the food texture, taste, and color are authentic because the ingredients are freshly made. Moreover, in America the spices and recipes are not like the original ingredients. The taste and color of the food is exceedingly essential because if people come in and eat, they wouldn’t want to pay for foods that are plain boring, colorless, and tasteless. That would be awful.

Communication is an integral part of everyday life. The importance of understanding differences between the communication styles of varying cultures allows for improved relations between groups of differing orientations. Concepts have been developed that help explain these differences, and make people more aware of appropriate intercultural communication. Two of these concepts, individualism/collectivism and acculturation, will be analysed in the following essay according to their relativity in the film, ‘Chinese Takeaway’. A brief definition and description will also be provided to support the analysis.

Common food that Chinese heritage usually consume are peanuts, soybeans and grains. The Chinese culture believes in steaming most of their foods and only fried what is needed. They believe drinking something cold can damage and out balance their body system. When it is suppertime, everyone joins in at the middle of a table and food is served among the most important guest there, then someone signals everyone to eat. It is important for the Chinese heritage to uphold their health. The Chinese people try to keep their body well-balanced with a healthy diet. A healthy diet will aid and prevent imbalances and indigestion (Purnell, 2013).

Food is closely related to people's lives and it is considered the most important element in Chinese culture. Chinese food is famous all over the world too. American Chinese cuisine differs significantly from the traditional Chinese cuisine and even though the variation in taste can be so it is still attractive to many people. When it comes to food, Chinese people always care about the color, taste, smell and shape of Chinese dishes. In 1784, a group of passengers on the ship Empress of China became the first Americans to land in China and they were also the first group of people to eat Chinese food; it was the

After reading this article, I’ve realized that the idea of food, eating, and even the type of food is different when compared to different cultures. Specifically, the article talks about food as an identity, as survival, as a status, as a pleasure, as a community, and as humanity. For each of these main ideas, the article gives an example of each culture and what they do differently with food. One that I though was really cool was how in China, people would rather eat unique textured foods such as Jellyfish and pig ears, instead of something that has a unique taste. After reading this, I began to thinking that this was the complete opposite compared to the American culture. This is because we will usually eat foods for taste and when we eat

Firstly, the author states her personal narrative to support her point. Tam, who has a Chinese background used to enjoy spending her time to cook ngau lam, a Cantonese braised brisket stew, as well as other dishes even though they smelled until one of her friends called her family dishes "Chinese grossness" (2015, para. 5). In according to Tam, her friend's words "clung to her". She recalls she was so embarrassed that she tried to be distanced herself from family food (2015, para. 6). Tam's personal narrative is effective because it is reflective of her real life, which gives credence to her article.

In Taiwan, he learned food represents his individualism and ultimate the authenticity of Chinese food expresses his culture whilst resisting American

Another big difference of both countries is food. Vietnamese foods include: rice or noodles, meat, and vegetables in every meal. Almost every Vietnamese meal is sit down rather than grab and go. Vietnamese cuisine mostly focuses on varieties of vegetables and herbs in every dish. A Vietnamese dinner normally includes white rice, a small plate of typical sauce, a bowl of soup, a dish of vegetables, and two dishes of animal meat, which could be pork, beef, fish, and chicken. The vegetables can be made with plenty of different methods: boil, steam, fry, grill, or sometimes we eat raw. The main spices Vietnamese people use to make their food are garlics, peppers, sugar, monosodium glutamate, chicken bouillon, and fish sauce. That makes a harmonious mixture of sweet, spicy, salty taste.

Jerk seasoning is traditionally applied to pork and chicken. Modern recipes also apply jerk spice mixes to fish, shrimp, shellfish, beef, sausage, lamb, vegetables, and tofu. Jerk seasoning principally relies upon two items allspice called "pimento" in Jamaica and Scotch bonnet peppers. Other ingredients may include cloves, cinnamon, scallions, nutmeg, thyme, garlic, brown sugar, ginger, and salt.

Looking at the years of progression of food in china it started with Chinese imperial food originated around the Zhou Dynasty 11th century B.C. – 476 B.C. Although China’s dietetic culture developed and grew prior to the Zhou Dynasty, it truly flourished during the Zhou, Qin, and Han dynasties 1122 B.C. – 220. (www.china.org.cn/english/imperial/25995.) But when we look at the food today it has a mix of diversity of mix culture with the main ideas of the imperial dinning back in Zhou dynasty. We can look at food like curry which came from India and the Chinese culture took the spice and added to its food but also remembering the balance of sweet and sour and hot and spicy as well as tart. We can also look at the U.S.A and seeing the

The Vietnamese immigrant’s cuisine mainly consists of rice, noodles, tofu, fish, pork, chicken, vegetables, and vegetable oil. Rice is always involved in any of the daily meals. Green tea, jasmine tea, and pure water are the daily drinks. In daily meals, a pair of chopsticks is always an indispensable tool with most of Orient. It takes the role of a fork in the cuisine Western. Among the Vietnamese immigrant’s cuisines in the United States, noodle soup has become the highlight of Vietnamese culture. In noodle soup, white rice noodles come together with sliced rare beef or chicken, meatballs, and brisket. The broth for noodle soup is practically made by boiling beef bones, white onion and herbs, such as cinnamon, ginger, fennel seed, clove, star anise, etc., Customers are served noodle soup with jalapeno, basil, bean sprouts, and lemon. In South Sacramento, among plenty of Vietnamese restaurants, there are dozens of noodle soup restaurants concentrated in the Little Saigon Supermarket and neighborhoods. Some restaurants are Huong Lan, Thanh Huong, King, Pho Bac Hoa Viet, Pho Garden, Pho Anh Dao, Bon Mua, Ho Tay, etc. Vietnamese cuisine has become a popular choice of food, for both those who have immigrated to the United States and those born in the United States. It has enriched the American

Chinese food isn’t different items separated by spaces among a plate, it is a blend of different meats and vegetables sitting among a grain such as rice. There is a sauce that brings the dish’s unique and separate elements into one blend of tasty flavors that combine into a unique and signature dish.

The first food I am going to be talking about is Baihe Tao. While it was hard to find information about this I was able to find a description of what it is. Baihe Tao is a dish that is shaped like a peach, a fruit. This dish takes about 30 minutes to cook, but when it is finished it does look like a peach. The first step is to steam a fresh lily for about 15 minutes, also it is a good idea to wash the lily before you start steaming it. After you have finished steaming the fresh lily, you then stuff it with bean paste so that it begins to look like a peach, as intended. The next step is to then take the ‘peach’ and braise it in a bamboo steamer for about twenty minutes. If you are new to cooking, as many people are, braising something means

It was also said that dropping chopsticks will bring bad luck, the Chinese have many superstitions, and some refer to chopsticks. Modern day Chinese food is also similar because China is very large and it takes a long time for change to happen, the north still sticks to wheat and the south sticks to rice. China is very diverse in terms of food, people have different taste, some Chinese like spicy food some don’t, but the range will always have noodles and

Me and my friends order two dishes, one is called Fish Fillet with Sauerkraut and the other one is called Shredded Lettuce. They came to my table very fast. When I first saw the food, I shocked. It looks almost the same as Chinese food. After I tried the food. It tastes so good. Although there were some small difference between the food in China. But I still would say it’s the real Chinese food. Also, the amount of the food it nice. After we done with the food, there are still more than half left. We packed it and we think it could eat it for two more meals. One more thing which I want to talk about it the price. It’s cheap if you go with your friends. Probably you only need to pay like 10 dollars after you split with your friends. I think it is good for friends to get together during the weekend and enjoy the nice food. Although it’s a little bit far from my apartment, I still will come here again with my friends if I have free time.