The origin of Western food:

Western food is the collective name for Western-style catering. Broadly speaking, it can also be said to be the collective name for Western catering culture.

"West" customarily refers to European countries and regions, as well as the vast areas of North America, South America and Oceania where these countries and regions are the main immigrants, so Western food mainly refers to the above areas catering culture.

Westerners call Chinese dishes "Chinese food", Japanese dishes as Japanese food, Korean food as Korean food, etc. They do not call them "Chinese food" in a general way. "Oriental cuisine", but it is divided into details and named according to the specific name of the country.

In fact, the catering cultures of various Western countries have their own characteristics, and the dishes of each country are also different. For example, the French think they cook French food, and the British think they cook French food. The cuisine is British. Westerners themselves do not have a clear concept of "Western food". This concept is the concept of Chinese and other Eastern people.

This is because when Chinese and other Oriental people first came into contact with Western food, they could not tell what Italian food was, what French food was, and what British food was. They could only have a general concept. At that time, the Chinese generally called it "Fancai", and "Fan" means the West. Ancient Chinese people often thought that China was the center of the world, and used to treat other countries and regions with a derogatory connotation. They called the east "Yi", the west "Fan", the north "Hu", and the south "Hu". It is called "barbarian". Therefore, the so-called "fancai" refers to Western food.

As far as Western countries are concerned, since the geographical locations of European countries are relatively close, and there have been many ethnic migrations in history, their cultures have already penetrated and integrated with each other, and they have many differences with each other. Similarities.

Furthermore, the religious beliefs in Western countries are mainly Catholicism, Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism (only a small number of people believe in Islam). They are all main branches of Christianity, so there are also differences in dietary taboos and dining customs. Much the same.

As for South and North America and Oceania, their cultures are also in line with European culture. Therefore, regardless of whether Westerners have a clear concept of "Western food", Chinese people and other Easterners regard this part of Western food culture as "Western food", which is generally the same, but is completely different from Eastern food.