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2022-04-22

Western food pinyin Xīcān; Western food English name Western cuisine; Western food is a general term for Western-style food and beverages. In a broad sense, it can also be said to be a general term for Western food and beverage culture. "Western" habitually refers to European countries and regions, as well as the vast areas of North America, South America and Oceania where these countries and regions are the main immigrants. Therefore, Western food mainly refers to the catering culture of the above regions. Westerners call Chinese food "Chinese food", Japanese food Japanese food, Korean food Korean food, etc. They don't call it "Oriental food" in a generalized way, but finer details. They are divided into subdivisions and named according to their country names. In fact, the catering culture of Western countries has its own characteristics, and the dishes of each country are also different. For example, French people think that they cook French food, and British people think that they cook British food. Westerners themselves do not have a clear concept of "Western food", this concept is the concept of Chinese and other Orientals. British Western Food This is because when Chinese and other oriental people first came into contact with western diets, they could not distinguish between Italian food, French food, and British food. They could only have a general concept. At that time, the Chinese generally called it "Fan Cai", and "Fan" means Western. The ancient Chinese often thought that China was the center of the world, and they used to look at other countries and regions with a derogatory meaning, calling the East "Yi", the West "Fan", the North "Hu", and the South It's called "barbaric". Therefore, the so-called "fan Cai" refers to Western food. In addition, as far as Western countries are concerned, due to the geographical proximity of European countries, there have been many great ethnic migrations in history, and their cultures have already penetrated and merged with each other, and they have a lot in common with each other. Furthermore, the religious beliefs of Western countries are mainly Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism (only a small number of people believe in Islam), they are all the main branches of Christianity, so the dietary taboos and dining customs are roughly the same. As for South, North America and Oceania, their cultures are also in the same strain as European cultures. Therefore, regardless of whether Westerners have a clear concept of "Western food", the Chinese people and other Easterners have roughly the same Western food culture, which is quite different from Eastern food, collectively referred to as "Western food". However, in recent years, with the continuous collision, penetration and fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, Eastern people have gradually understood the different characteristics of various dishes in Western food, and began to treat them differently. Some high-end hotels have also opened French restaurants, Italian restaurants, etc. Western food as a general concept gradually tends to be diluted, but Western food culture as a whole concept will continue to exist.