Amasiko okupheka ayahluka ngokwamazwe futhi hhayi kuphela maqondana nezitsha kepha nemikhuba yokudla uqobo. Isibonelo, ake sixoxe ngakho umehluko phakathi kwesidlo sasentshonalanga nesidlo saseChina. Isidlo sakusihlwa esijwayelekile saseNtshonalanga senziwa ngezifundo ezintathu: ukuqala, inkambo eyinhloko, i-dessert nekhofi. Ngokuvamile, inkambo yokuqala yinto elula, njengesaladi noma isobho, inkambo eyinhloko ifaka inyama noma ipasta enokuhlobisa kuthi kudizethi singene emkhakheni woswidi ongaqhubeka namakhekhe ahambisana nekhofi.
Yebo, isidlo sakusihlwa saseChina sihlukile kwesethu. Yakhiwe ngenye indlela: okokuqala, awekho amawayini noma iziphuzo ezibandayo, kepha itiye, itiye le-jasmine noma le-chrysanthemum, okwesibili, ama-entree imvamisa imifino ebandayo noma inyama ephekiwe enikezwa amakhaza. Mayelana nesitsha esikhulu, asikho isidlo esisodwa kepha kunabantu abaningi futhi lapho abantu behlala kakhulu etafuleni, kuzoba nezitsha eziningi, ngoba konke kwabelwana ngazo. Vele, idina ngalinye linesitsha salo selayisi esimhlophe elizobaphelezela. Ilayisi kuyinto efana nesinkwa ekudleni kwaseNtshonalanga. Akukhona ukuthi amaShayina adla ilayisi eliningi kepha likhona kukho konke ukudla.
Futhi ekugcineni, isidlo sakusihlwa samaShayina sihlukile kwesaseNtshonalanga ngoba isobho, okuyisidlo sesibili esidliwayo esikhulu, esidlweni sakusihlwa samaShayina siphakwa ngemuva kwezitsha. Ugwadule? Izithelo ikakhulukazi, futhi uma sisendaweni yokudlela yesigaba impela izithelo zizosikwa ngezindlela ezahlukahlukene. Bangukuthinta kokugcina njengoba beshiya umlomo uhlanzekile futhi uhlanzekile.