1、China ：chopsticks,The West : knife and fork,China : the dishes are placed on the table and everyone shares,The West : you have your own plate of food,China : Chinese hosts like to put food into the plates of their guests,The West : the guests enjoy the food by themselves,China : People in China tend
2、 to over-order food, for they will find it embarrassing if all the food is consumed.,The West : Westerner will order proper food,and they will pack them home if they cant eat out.,China : The custom of toasting in some parts of China is to finish the drink at once,and they view it as politeness and
3、liberated.,The West : Excessive drinking is never proper, and when toasting Westerners usually only take a sip of their drink,China : People like to toast to each other with the glasses touched a burst of sound.,The West : When drinking to someones health,you raise your glasses,but the glasses shoul
4、d not touch.,China : 中餐桌上的用具总量也许少一些，但食物却也比较丰盛，因为大部分用具属公用的，特别是盛菜各种盘、碟、碗之类。摆放客人自己面前也通常只有饭碗（有时兼盛菜）、碟子、白酒杯、饮料杯、汤勺、筷子、餐巾纸等。,The West : 餐叉分得很细，包括salad fork, dinner fork, dessert fork, 还有soup spoon, teaspoon, soup bowl, service or dinner plate, butter spreader, bread and butter plate, water goblet, red win
5、e goblet, white wine goblet, napkin,etc.,China : Chinese food in general tends to simple, but the dishes are more complicated and artistic,yet it is very delicious.,The West : Western dinner is more elegant,the food may be untasty but it is convenient and nutrious.,Chinese dinner : A typical meal st
6、arts with garlic. These are followed by the main courses, hot meat and vegetable dishes. Finally a soup is brought out, which is followed by the starchy staplefood, which is usually rice or noodles or sometimes dumplings.,The Western dinner : Dinner start with a small dish, which is often called a s
7、tarter.After the starter you will get a bowl of soupbut only one bowl of soup . The next dish is the main course.Many Westerners think the chicken breast with its tender white flesh is the best part of the bird. Some people can use their fingers when they eating chicken or other birds,but never touch beef or other meat in bones.Then the dinner is finished by some dilicious dessert.,圆润的汤圆,饱满的饺子,水煮肉片,猪肉炖粉条,福建菜芽心跳熘蚌,东北溜肥肠,
