It was an ordinary day off, we decided to go outside to buy some ingredients, and also to have fun.
The first station was PLAZA, a western style supermarket. As we walked around and explored, we found that the supermarket mainly provided food suitable for western tastes. For example, what can be noticed everywhere are milks, puffed food and breads.
later, we went to MCQ by bus. It is an asian supermarket, we found that MCQ provide much more spices and sauces than PLAZA, most of which are especially made by Chinese. Moreover, some snacks exported from China are displayed on the shelf and we can also see Chinese specialties such as dumplings and steamed bun. In the refrigerator, we found the whole fish and animal offal, which can not be found in PLAZA supermarket ever.
To sum up, from different commodities provided by two supermarkets, we can conclude the differences about food cultures between China and Australia. Clearly, Australians prefer dairy products and bread, while Chinese prefer to try complicated with different sauces or odd-looking food like chicken feet or duck tongue.
It is worth mentioning that even in the Chinese supermarket MCQ, we can still see people in white or brown, which shows that people’s food culture is not fixed, but changes in constant communication, which is also part of the cultural relation. That’s how the cultural relation reflect to the international relation.
Caesar
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