Tuesday, July 28, 2009

I Love New Zealand




I really like New Zealand because I had been to there for one month last year. I had a great time there!! However my friends can't go there this year in consequence of influenza. It’s really sad thing. I wanted to listen some stories of them but I can’t. I think I want them to know about New Zealand so I will show my report of NZ.

I am greedy and I am interested in dinner of NZ the best so I searched about that last year. What do people usually eat? What time do they eat? New Zealand has some various dishes, custom and tradition about dinner. Some differences are found between New Zealand and Japan.

First, dinner is the most important meal in a day so most family usually has a dinner together. There is no difference between New Zealand and Japan about this point, but there are some differences about dishes and styles of eating. Most New Zealanders have a dinner between 6 to 7 o’clock, but most Japanese have between 7 to 8 o’clock. New Zealanders have a dinner earlier than Japanese. The next, Japanese staple food is rice so Japanese have rice almost every day. While New Zealand staple food is potato. The popular potato in New Zealand is “Kumura”. It is like sweet potato. Most Japanese students liked these potatoes. A lot of New Zealanders have potatoes with meats, chicken, lamb and pork.

Second, there are many different kinds of oversea meals in New Zealand so they have various kinds of meals. The popular meal for dinner in New Zealand are Fish & Chips, roast meals, pasta, pie, fish meals, pizza and so on. Fish & Chips is really popular food in New Zealand. It has been popular since a long time ago. New Zealanders usually take away and eat at their home. It is not healthy but delicious and easy to prepare dinner. It is probably the most popular food in New Zealand. New Zealanders often have roast beef, pork, chicken or lamb. They have it with potatoes and vegetables. New Zealand meals are called “Pacific rim meal” because New Zealand was affected from a lot of countries which Europe, Asia and Polynesia. Therefore New Zealanders often have like pasta, pizza and pie. New Zealand meals are basically meat and three vegetables. It is so simple. They also have fish but it is expensive so they have once in a while. Accordingly, New Zealanders have mainly meats and vegetables for dinner. In addition, most New Zealand families have an oven at home so they usually use it and roast meats a long time.

In the summer, New Zealanders love BBQ and they enjoy a dinner in the open air. They roast sausages and meat chops. They put the meats on bread with tomato sauce. It is traditional style of eating. They can get fresh meats and vegetables at supermarkets in New Zealand so BBQ is the most popular meal in the summer. But in Japan it is also popular in recent years.

Like this, New Zealand’s meal was really good and nice!! I want to go there and eat some foods again;)
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