Thank you to Jinsoo Terry for these words of food:

It is really true that many business deals are done in restaurants around the world. Doing business in Asia becomes simpler for the American business person who understands foods from the country where he or she is doing business.

Here are five tips that America business people should know when doing business in Asia specifically with executives in China, Korea and Japan.

1. In the Chinese cuisine there are different types of food from each Chinese culture: Hong Kong Chinese, Mainland Chinese, and Taiwanese Chinese.
2. For the Japanese when you have dinner in a Japanese restaurant Sushi and Sashimi are different. Sushi has vegetable and raw fish with rice. Sashimi is totally raw fish.
3. In Korea they call it Kim Bop instead of sushi. Koreans will be impressed if you know this.
4. The Chinese noodle dishes chow mein and chow fun are different. Mein means flower noodle. Fun means rice noodle.
5. Kalbi means Barbeque Korean beef rib dishes and bulgogi means grilled beef.

Next time you have a meal with your international business colleagues, learn something about the food culture.  You will be amazed how easy it is to have a successful business meeting by opening up your mind and enjoying the foods from other cultures.