[1] During meal times, more and more young people take out their phones, choose a favorite show, eat while watching and burst into laughter now and then.
[2] Liu, a 19-year-old student studying in Beijing, is one of them. A foodie and a video lover, she is happy to eat while watching food programs on her smartphone. A show she has been recently watching is about two Chinese girls traveling around Japan to find delicious food, and the show has been viewed more than 26,000 times on China's top microblog platform. "The food in the show looks really attractive," Liu explains. Besides this show, she also watches many other online food programs.
[3] "It's not unexpected," said Adrien from France, who is a huge fan of Chinese food. "China and France are both keen on(热衷于)cooking and eating. As for me, I love Chinese food programs very much."
[4] Irina from Russia also loves Chinese food programs very much. She watched a reality show ① her friends In the show, some Chinese stars cooked seafood and crabs. "They cooked the seafood differently from us, but the dish they made looked very delicious,"said Irina and her friends.
[5] Beautiful pictures, delicious food, special skills of ② and the famous stars—all these things can make food programs a perfect meal companion(陪伴)for younger Chinese people, even when they are far away from home.
[6] "After I ③ China and started my study life in Germany, I found myself always watchingA bite of Chinaduring supper," said Manling. She added that she had only been living there for only two months and she had already missed the home flavor(味道) of China. "Chinese flavors are like the comfort zone(区域) that gives me a sense of safety ," Manling said.
