"But for Westerners, who focus on dietary nutrition and enjoyment, China's style of dining is a bit out of place, and their preoccupations and demands are hard to satisfy at the big round table of Chinese food."

Why there are so few upscale Chinese restaurants in the U.S. I think there are very few upscale Chinese restaurants not just in the U.S., but all over the world except in China. In fact, I think it's not just the United States, it's all over the world except for China. Including the neighborhoods where Chinese people are concentrated, there are only popular restaurants, few Chinese restaurants.

The reason for this, I think, is the difference in diet between China and the West. The Chinese diet is generally a potluck system, where a large number of people sit around a large round table and eat and drink, whereas in the West it's generally a shared meal system, where each guest eats his or her own food at a dinner party or something.

In fact, if you think about it, our Chinese food is generally a large table, called on a large group of friends, eat and drink together, so eat to celebrate. Chinese food is about the atmosphere, the atmosphere is good, in order to eat well, drink well, buddy brotherhood can be increasingly strong feelings.

Split-meal dishes (such as the famous French cuisine), there are fixed rules, Western chefs in the flavor, texture, color, shape up and down a lot of effort, this is also very Western aesthetics have to do.

The main points of western food from the simple, because of its less oil, delicate, raw materials are mostly fish and vegetables, so the Japanese cuisine is more easily accepted by westerners.

Chinese food in the dishes pay more attention to the organization of the material into the dishes, cooking techniques relative to the Western style, Chinese food is meticulous a lot of places, such as the requirements of the knife work, the requirements of the fire, the requirements of the carving skills, etc., are meticulous first show their hand.

But focusing on dietary nutrition and enjoyment of Westerners, China, this way of dining is somewhat out of place, and their preoccupations and requirements are difficult to meet on the large round table of Chinese food.

These extra-territorial upscale restaurant diners were originally not only foreigners, but also some overseas Chinese or working Chinese, but they themselves like to entertain guests at home, or are used to yelling and shouting in the stalls, and it is rare to have the pleasure of getting together in upscale restaurants.

In summary, I think it is very difficult for upscale Chinese restaurants to survive in the West, not to mention the heavy profits.