Cultural experience----siyi ren

  I also remembered the first dinner when I came to the OSU, a ham sandwich and a drink of orange juice which are very common American local food. When I was enjoying them, i saw many people threw their leftovers in the trash bin and put the tray on the other side. I did the same actions like them to integrate smooothly into western styles. These actions are really different from china, chinese people usually pay for the meal and do not care about dealing with the left plate and any other trash, because the waiters are responsible for cleaning them. Besides, we do not tip the waiters in normal times unless western restaurants, it is different from Asian countries to western countries. However, we are in the USA and we are trying to learn western styles.

  Regardless, I find that chinese food are really different from American food. China is broad and profound, chinese food also has a long history, we have different types of cooking and different kinds of food from different areas, for example the southerners prefer rice and the northerners prefer food made from flour. And most of the traditional food are made from flour, like noodles, dumplings, mooncakes, rice-pudding, sweet dumplings and steamed bread. Now, spicy food from sichuan, hunan and any other places are spread out which are loved by the people. When I came to the OSU, local food is the most I get in touch with. During the meal time at school, I realized fried food and italy noodles always appear, but I insist on that the meals in dining room is better than that in my high school even though it does not change usually. In fact, I ate in other restaurants and found that fried food and bread is very common, it is also the cultural different. I also remembered the first time i came to the USA.To my surprise, I went to the california and cold air made a surprise attack on it at that time, but American people also drinked ice water. I asked someone and she answered me, they never drink warm water. At that time, i did not used to do that and we used to drink warm water when we are cold. However, I accept the habit and try to accept western food. What's more, I realize that American food has a lot of energy, may be I could grow taller like American girl, haha. Then I will like American food very much, haha.


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