Three people from different parts of the world describe what they eat each day. How is it different from what you eat? Would you like to try the food they eat in the places you will read about?
What's on your plate?
AKIRA TAKASHI
From Tokyo Japan
In Japan we eat rice at every meal. For breakfast, we have rice, fish, and soup.
At 12:00 I have bento, which is a lunch box. My wife makes this for me every day. There are small dishes of rice, fish, vegetables, eggs, and sometimes meat.
In the evening, we have more fish, maybe with beans, I'd like to eat with my children, but I get home till 9:00.
At the weekend we like doing things together. We go for walks, and have dinner. We eat lots of small dishes. We don't put a lot of food on our plate, so we don't eat too much.
CAROL SHENNING
From New York, USA
I ride my bike to work across Brooklyn Bridge, and run 10 kilometres a day. I'd like to run the New York Marathon this year. I'm a waitress, so I'm on my feet all day.
Too many people in this country don't eat right. They say they don't have time to buy food and cook, so they snack all the time.
At home I like cooking for friends. For me the dinner table is the centre of the home.
ADELA RAMIREZ
From Barcelona, Spain
For Spanish people, breakfast is the smallest meal - just some bread and jam and a cup of coffee. We have lunch at about 2:00, and it's a big meal. Perhaps some pasta, then salad, then fish or meat, then a dessert. After lunch, some people have a siesta.
In the evening, I like going to bars with my friends. We have tapas. Tapas are lots of little dishes. then about 10:00 we go to a restaurant, and maybe have some seafood and rice. Dinner is a lot smaller than lunch. We go to bed very late.
I'd like to do some exercise, go to the gym, but I never have time. Maybe one day!
