Answer — Exercise 3

Ian

1. The United States
2. Taiwan (Taipei)
3. cheap to eat out, lots of vegetarian food, people share dishes
4. nothing
5. men fighting to pay the bill (he always shares), people being surprised he can use chopsticks
6. stinky tofu

Isabella

1. Spain
2. Scotland
3. Haggis, cuisine from other countries
4. Olive oil
5. people don’t eat when they are drinking, deep fried chocolate bars
6. (just couldn’t get used to) eating everything with bread and butter, eating at 6 o’clock

Ya-wen

1. Taiwan
2. United States
3. Taiwanese restaurants, health food shops, eating round at friends’ houses
4. rice
5. portions are very big and people eat it all, blue cheese sauce, French fries, ordering things individually rather than sharing
6. not mentioned (though we might assume some of 5)

Alan

1. Scotland
2. Spain (Valencia)
3. olive oil on bread, fresh food rather than ready meals, tapas
4. spicy curry
5. not much vegetarian food – ham not thought of as meat; difficult to get non-Spanish food and curry not spicy enough
6. eating so late – sometimes not until 11