He is really not describing the habits on the traditional families dining table, both Chinese and Westerner have all meals on the middle of the dinner table, and individual will pick on the dishes from the centre to their Plates. He may be believing his own comments like a lot of reporters believe in fake data they've collected. ps: Formal outing in restaurant's etiquette are different to Home habit. It is very rude, and ignorant in criticising what other peoples eat. I find the subject offensive and divisive. How about talk about pesticide and chemical for the live stock and the nuclear waste water Japan dumping into Pacific Ocean.
