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s center, it is not only the object which table of people appreciate, taste, is also a table of person sentiment exchange inter medium.Westerners treat with a long table, men and women sit in the owner at both ends, and then the guest of honor men and women in the press and the general order of the guests seating arrangements. 3. Cultural connotation of Chinese and English table mannersThe dining product as a result of factor and so on region characteristic, climatic environment, manners and customs influences, will appear in raw material, the taste, the cooking method, the food habit varying degree difference. Was precisely because of these differences, the dining product had the intense localization. Between China and the West culture’s difference has acplished China and the West diet culture difference, but this kind of difference and gets along with people the philosophy from the West different thinking mode. The Chinese pays great attention “the beauty to unite”, the westerner pays great attention. In traditional Chinese culture, people will be carefully when attending a formal dinner party. But it has advantages and disadvantages as the custom changing and developing. There are inheritances or breach to traditional custom. For example, the dressing at table is freer than before. We can dress in sun yat sen39。 Drink only when there is no food in your mouth。either. Their raw vegetables include not only tomato and lettuce but also even cabbage and broccoli. So their salad seems like a plate of feedstuff and it’s hard for us to swallow. Although modern Chinese take care of nutrition and health and know that the traditional cook style will break the vitamins in the vegetables and raw food is able to avoid loss, we prefer the former. You can say that it is because of habit is second nature. But it’s sure that it tastes more delicious.2 The emotional Chinese aim at relish and enjoymentIn China, there is an old adage:“Food is the paramount necessity of the people and the taste of the food matters the most.”The taste is the top principle of cooking. Eating is not simply for the stomach, nor is for the nutrition. Sometimes we are full. But we go on eating. Why? We couldn’t help to have a feast of taste for we can’t stand the attractive relish. But this kind of eating habit results in waste and health problem in eyes of English. Although it is particular to Chinese of having diet treatment and attach importance to using food to preserving our health, our cooking style damages a lot of nutrition.