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Food Observation Essay

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Last week, I had a short trip to Australia to attend the wedding of my aunt. During that time, I had a chance to visit some restaurants in Melbourne. However, there is one place that I love most and I think it is a good place to do observation on the relationship between food and culture; that place is a small food court along Yarra River, named Southgate.

The food court opens from 9 am to 9pm every day and has seven counters with different types of cuisine such as Mexican, Italian, Asian, Australian or Arabian food. The biggest store in the food court belongs to Think Group, which specializes in Asian cuisine including Thai, Chinese and Indian taste named Simply Thai, Think Asia and Little India, respectively. The Thai counter sits at the …show more content…

There were not many people at this time, yet most of the food counters were ready to serve. Every counter had a particular smell. For example, the food at Simply Thai had the smell of cream coconut. The Italian counter had the scent of cheese. I chose to sit at the center of eating-area where I could observe both sides of Think Group’s counters. Most of Think Group’s staff are Asian though the owners are Australian; this is quite understandable because the staff will understand and explain the food taste for customers more easily than Western staff, I guess. Moreover, I think the best match between seller’s religion and nationality with the food they are selling is also important to create the very first good feeling for …show more content…

I noticed that some Australian customers came to the counter without saying anything but the staff knew what needed to be packed for them. I observed one brown hair lady told the staff that she was vegetarian and asked the staff if the mixed vegetable dish was vegetarian and did not contain garlic because she was highly allergic to it. The staff told her that the mixed vegetable on tray had garlic and was not vegetarian because of fish sauce utilization. However, the chef could make another mixed vegetable with soya sauce and no garlic based on her requirement within 3 minutes. The lady agreed and received the order

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