Cultural Differences Between China And Canada

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Talk about food culture, there really is a big difference between China and Canada(American Canadian). Of course, everybody knew that Chinese people use chopstick, spoon and Canadian use fork and knife. But there is old saying in China, people start with " full up with breakfast, eat well on lunch and less in dinner", also food taste was separate into four kinds: sour, sweet, bitter and spicy and each kind have own representative, for example, talk about SICHUAN hotpot always can remind people spicy, and different area have their own special dishes. But in Canada, it seems like in whole city don't have too much dish selection, and people were full with fast food like hamburger, fries, pizza and ice cream, and that's also the reason cause so

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