Sharing a meal

Why do people eat together no matter which countries we were from?

Although they all eat together, there was a little different between eastern and western culture.

First, in the eastern culture, it has to traced back to the ancient years. The ancient they ate together because the kitchen was in the center of the building, and they liked to use a round table. It meant that the family were getting together and they valued the relationship between each other. Even till now, most eastern countries they still keep the habit that eat in a round table. For example, when they get married, they will invite their relatives and friends to come to their wedding, and let their relatives and friends sit in round tables. They can easy talk to each other and share foods together. It also made the atmosphere become good.

Next, in western culture, although they will eat foods together, they only eat dishes which put in front of them. They won’t share foods together and they have their own appetizer, main course, dessert, and beverage. They also prefer to eat food instead of speaking during the meal, but in the banquet, they will give a short talk during the meal. They can move and they don’t need to fix on the seat. It meant that western people respected themselves, and they were more independent and flexible.

Finally, even the western and eastern people still keep these different habits in eating. They still eat together and most of them can accept different culture’s habits.

To sum up, both of the ways they eat food, I can accept them. I like to eat food in western culture when I dated with my friend. I like to eat food with my family, because it made the atmosphere was really warm.