Why do chinese people never finish their food?
I've been in China for a month now and realised chinese people waste a lot of food. They order loads of dishes and finish like 50% of them, why is this?
I have a few possible reasons, please tell me how accurate they are:
A lot of the dishes are in very oily sauces so they dont want to eat the food thats at the bottom of the plate because it too oily
They get excited and order too much, even though they are adults, they can't seem to gauge how much food is needed for the group
They enjoy wasting food
P.S this behaviour seems to contradict other videos I see of chinese people being super greedy and taking all the food in the buffet or all the toilet paper from the bathroom. Anyway, I'd appreciate all comments, thanks in advance!
EDIT - I am talking about eating in restaurants not at home