Eating Habits in Macau and Canada

By Sam Cheang

There are several differences in the eating habits between Macau and Canada. First, Cantonese like to eat rice every day, but Canadians usually like to eat hamburger or meat for their main part of dinner and have some salad. In contrast, in Macau, they eat dessert after supper. Second, Cantonese like drinking tea when they eat breakfast or supper while Canadians like drinking pop or milk. Third, Cantonese use chopsticks at supper, but Canadians usually use fork and knife. We have different eating habits.