rice used to be the main 'staple' when times were worse and majority Asians could not afford those meats.......life is now better.

Chinese has a proverb for this loosely translated as "Big Fish Big Meat', apparently fish and meat were not the regulars of my ancestor's dinnertable.....

they eat some preserved meat and fish though, coz it's not cheap too.

In Mandarin, Chi1 Fan4 ="Eat Rice" means to have your meal...