Truly heartwarming but hardly any multiculturalism in your story . You name some people of different nationalities who choose to eat a particular food while speaking a range of languages . It sounds like the pick and choose scenario I described , which in itself is not a multiculture . You all got to choose your food and speak the preferred languages . I guess you were talking about life in Germany ? edit didn ' t see your flair from reply inbox , sorry More or less like it is in the NLs or in the UK . It ' s like the societal structure itself is cultureless and any time you step into a restaurant or a shop of some kind you can buy some cultural item or cultural service . But mistake not once you step outside , you are in a monoculture is that the word ? . It ' s just a barebone structure with all the cultural slots opened up for instant consumption . Gawd , I hate to see myself writing stuff like this , I really sound like jackass , but still I feel it ' s true .