Chinese restaurant

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A buffet-style Chinese restaurant in the United States

A Chinese restaurant is an establishment that serves Chinese cuisine outside China. Some have distinctive styles, as with American Chinese cuisine and Canadian Chinese cuisine. Most of them are in the Cantonese restaurant style. Chinese takeouts (United States and Canada) or Chinese takeaways (United Kingdom and Commonwealth) are also found either as components of eat-in establishments or as separate establishments, and serve a take out version of Chinese cuisine.

History

United States

Chinese restaurants in the United States began during the California gold rush, which brought twenty to thirty thousand immigrants across from the Canton (Guangdong) region of China. By 1850, there were 5 restaurants in San Francisco. Soon after, significant amounts of food were being imported from China to America's west coast. The trend spread eastward with the growth of the American railways, particularly to New York City.[1] In 1915, restaurant owners were eligible for merchant visas and this fueled the opening of Chinese restaurants as an immigration vehicle.[2] As of 2015 the United States had 46,700 Chinese restaurants.[3]

There has been a consequential component of Chinese emigration of illegal origin, most notably Fuzhou people from Fujian Province[4] and Wenzhounese from Zhejiang Province in Mainland China, specifically destined to work in Chinese restaurants in New York City, beginning in the 1980s but continuing today. Adapting Chinese cooking techniques to local produce and tastes has led to the development of American Chinese cuisine.

United Kingdom

In 1907, the first recorded Chinese restaurant in London, England was opened.[5] The rise in the number of Chinese restaurants in the UK only began after the Second World War, and has been attributed to returning service personnel.[6] In 2003, the first British Chinese restaurant achieved a Michelin star.[7] In the United Kingdom, the business employed a large percentage of Chinese immigrants in the 1980s (90% in 1985).[8] Opening a restaurant or takeaway gave a relatively low capital cost entry for Chinese families into self-employment.[9] Many takeaways served a pseudo-Chinese cuisine based around western tastes, and the limited cooking skills and experience of the shop owners.[9][10]

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