www.ijemr.net ISSN (ONLINE): 2250-0758, ISSN (PRINT): 2394-6962 Volume-8, Issue-5, October 2018 International Journal of Engineering and Management Research Page Number: 120-130 DOI: doi.org/10.31033/ijemr.8.5.13 Food Culture of Wenzhou/Zhejiang and South India - A Comparative Study Xu Hui1, A. Dhanalakshmi2 and Mao Jiguang3 1Assistant Professor, School of Foreign Studies, Wenzhou University, CHINA 2Professor, School of Foreign Studies, Wenzhou University, CHINA 3Professor, School of Foreign Studies, Wenzhou University, CHINA 2Corresponding Author:
[email protected] ABSTRACT condition, geography, religion, beliefs, available resources Food culture is diverse around the world based on and to an extent economic conditions too. Food culture is climate, beliefs and attitudes as well as the method of diversified not only based on above factors but also cultivation, processes, distribution, and consumption pattern. methods of cultivation, processes, ingredients, method of Food culture of India and China differ a lot however, there cooking, distribution, consumption patterns and so on. are some similarities between Chinese cuisines and north Chinese cuisine consists of two general components, main eastern part of India's cuisine. This study is an attempt to understand the food culture of Wenzhou/Zhejiang,China and food which contains carbohydrate source, rice, noodles or South India using two different questionnaires containing a buns. The second one is side dishes which has vegetables, list of 50 popular cuisines of the two countries and collected fruits, fish, nuts, meat and drinks. (Fruit juice, coconut data from 200 respondents from Wenzhou/Zhejiang and milk, local alcohols to imported ones. There are eight main South India.