Originally Posted by
Visconti
RE: Formal Chinese dinners/banquets
Finally, at the end of the feast, some fried rice (southern China cuisine) or noodles (northern China) would be served where each person will have a token amount, to show homage and respect to the rice/noodle growers who have provided food for the country over the centuries.
Aside from these rare occasions, I suspect everyone in SE Asia enjoys rice/noodles with his/her meals daily. I know I sure do.
Not sure about now as weddings for me are now few and far in between, but in my experience, typically the last course for a chinese wedding is usually both (several individual bowls of rice or noodles) served to the table, usually not enough of either for the whole table as most people are usually full at that point or move on to a communal dessert table.