"What? In India, China's instant noodles are still a symbol of the rich?"
When it comes to India's food culture, many people must have the words "dirty, messy, and poor" in their minds.
Street vendors in India never wear gloves, masks, and even cups for drinks that are reused by many people when making food for customers.
In addition, Indians like to use their hands when eating, and in the cognition of Chinese people, their hands have to touch a lot of things a day, so there are many bacteria on their hands, which are unclean, so many people can't understand Indians' "eating with their hands".
With the gradual increase in the number of Chinese traveling to India, China's instant noodles have become popular in India, perhaps because their own national cuisine is relatively simple, Indians feel that this instant noodles are very delicious, but they don't understand that such delicious instant noodles, why don't Chinese eat them every day?
Food culture in India
The mantra "clean and hygienic" is not unfamiliar to everyone, it is a phrase often said by Internet celebrity Liu Yong in India in videos, and it is also because of this sentence that he has gradually become well-known.
The main content of Liu Yong's video is to explore various snacks on the streets of India, and many netizens also learned about India's food culture through his videos.
The video shows that on the streets of India, many vendors are selling things, including nai pancakes, aloe vera juice, and so on.
However, the environment in which food is sold on the streets of India is very unclean.
Food stall owners do not wear masks or gloves, and take food with their hands at will.
Although some netizens have not been to India to experience this street food in person, they can realize that Indian food is "challenging" and difficult for ordinary people to eat by watching the video.
Among them, the most impressive thing for many netizens is the aloe vera juice in India, although the aloe vera juice is freshly squeezed, but the stall owner pours the aloe vera into the pulped utensils by hand, and then sprinkles it with various "seasonings", and finally stirs it with a "toilet bowl".
"Grabbing food with your hands" is also a point that many Chinese netizens are more concerned about, because there are a lot of things that their hands touch every day, which is very unhygienic, and many people feel that "wiping their buttocks with their hands and eating with their hands" is also an unacceptable thing.
But in fact, it is their religion to eat with their hands.
Indians use their hands to eat rice in awe of food, and in India, many foods are not easy to hold, so it is much more convenient to use your hands than to use chopsticks and forks.
What to eat with is just a cultural difference between different peoples and countries, and although it is not understood, the dietary Xi habits of others should be respected.
Because of the mustard of Indian food, many Chinese people will bring some instant noodles to spare when they go to India, and over time, Chinese instant noodles have become popular in India.
Nowadays, there are many types of instant noodles in China, so there are many options available, and even if everyone's taste is different, there is always one that can win your favor.
So it's no surprise that instant noodles have become a favorite delicacy among Indians.
It is understood that Indians eating instant noodles are not quite the same as Chinese eating instant noodles.
Indians will boil the instant noodles in a pot together, and the seasoning will be layered with their own daily consumption, which makes Chinese instant noodles more suitable for Indian tastes, and as a result, a modified version of Chinese instant noodles is becoming more and more popular.
So, how much do Indians love instant noodles?
As mentioned above, Indians like to eat pilaf with their hands, but instant noodles are very hot when cooked, and it is obviously impractical to eat them with their hands.
As a result, Indians began to learn how to use chopsticks Xi in order to be able to eat a bite of hot instant noodles, and the learning speed of Xi was very fast, which shows the great attraction of Chinese instant noodles to Indians.
And Chinese instant noodles have also become a staple food for many Indians.
Therefore, some Indians have questions: China's instant noodles are so delicious, why don't Chinese eat them every day?
Why don't Chinese people eat instant noodles often?
Instant noodles are indeed delicious, but their nutritional value is not high.
Instant noodles have always been regarded as "junk food" in China, and most instant noodles are fried food, and eating too much fried food is not good for your health.
And instant noodles can not provide the daily nutrients required by the human body, it is okay to eat once in a while to change the taste, and eating it for a long time is only harmful to the body and not beneficial.
In addition, China has a vast land and resources, and each region has different special cuisines, and in front of these special cuisines, instant noodles are extraordinary.
The second is that the amount of instant noodles is small, for many people, they are "not hungry", they cannot provide the energy they need to work and go to work, and the price is similar to that of home-cooked food, so instant noodles are not the first choice of Chinese people.
Chinese people only choose to eat instant noodles when it is inconvenient to cook when they go out, or when they have too late time, and instant noodles are not a necessity in daily life.
For India, instant noodles have become a symbol of their national wealth, a standard for India's high-end and upper-class people.
Because in India, the price of instant noodles is not cheap, and if you can eat instant noodles in one meal, you must have some savings at home.
If you are poor, and even having enough to eat is a problem, how can you care about what you eat?
In fact, this also reflects the cultural differences between Indian cuisine and Chinese cuisine.
Indian cuisine does not have more options like Chinese cuisine. Indians cook food simply with a unique sauce such as curry paste, and this is a delicacy.
In order to be able to eat Chinese instant noodles regularly, and in order to reduce the price of instant noodles, the Indian people have also set up factories specializing in the production of instant noodles in their own country.
But either way, the taste of Chinese instant noodles is unique and difficult to replicate.
Just like Chinese cuisine, it is rich and unique.
The popularity of Chinese instant noodles in India also represents the acceptance and respect of the Indian people for Chinese cuisine.
epilogue
In the future, it is hoped that the two countries can continue to strengthen the exchanges between food cultures, and call for the people of the two countries to taste more different cuisines.