What is the difference between continental cuisine and Mediterranean cuisine?

Answer 1

Continental cuisine is something commonly found in large hotels/chain hotels. It's a mixture of dishes taken from mainly French and Italian cooking which are acceptable to most people eg. boeuf bourgignon, osso bucco,which arere relatively easy to prepare and give a good profit margin. Continental cuisine rarely seems to have German dishes or Belgian dishes or Swedish dishes yet they are all part of the continent of Europe.

Mediterranean cuisine is more specific, but still an umbrella term, being based on a common theme round the European shores of the Mediterranean that is fish, seafood, tomatoes, olive oil, rice, pasta . It tends to favour the Italian and Provençal French treatment of these types of ingredient but with some dishes from Spain. Moroccan, Tunisian and Libyan cooking also ought to be counted as Mediterranean as they border the Mediterranean and use many of the same ingredients but they have to labour under another umbrella term, North African cuisine.

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Mediterranean cuisine is the food from the cultures adjacent to the Mediterranean Sea. Although this region spans a wide variety of cultures, the historical connections of the region, as well as the impact of the Mediterranean Sea on the region's climate and economy, have led to there being many common elements in the foods.While Continental cuisine is a style of cooking that includes the better-known dishes of various western European countries.

Answer 2

whats is difference between continental food and oriental food

Answer 3

Continental delicacies are from other countries. Local delicacies are produced from your local area.