The twenty-first century is the age of globalization and the age of Chinese culture going global. Chinese restaurants are a symbol of Chinese culture and are gradually going global. There are about 3.5~3.8 million bao1 in the U.S. Some of these Chinese are the first generation immigrants, second generation immigrants or third generation or even fifth generation immigrants on behalf of the Chinese. The U.S. population is 300 million, and the Chinese population only accounts for 1.5% nor as much as 4%.

According to different statistics, there are 41,000 to 45,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., which is more than the number of McDonald's in America. The major metropolitan areas in the United States, such as New York, Los Angeles, and the San Francisco Bay Area, are the most densely populated with Chinese restaurants, and they are spreading from the major U.S. cities to small and medium-sized ones. In the U.S. Houston, Dallas Las Vegas, etc. are densely populated with Chinese restaurants.

Chinese restaurants in the United States generate an annual turnover of 17.5 billion dollars and deliver 2.5 million nutritious meals to American families every day.

So, many people are wondering, the number of Chinese in the United States is not large, why Chinese restaurants are less than the United States? And can survive in the United States for nearly 140 years. Actually this reason is also very simple, that is Chinese food is delicious, cheap, plus the Chinese hardworking.

China has 5000 years of civilization, and the history of Chinese food is also very long. In the course of history, the Chinese have also developed a set of unique methods of cooking dishes. For example, the Chinese have summarized the eight major cuisines, the cooking process of stir-frying, boiling, stewing, frying, deep-frying and other skills mastery, very enjoyable Chinese people welcome, but also by the world's people welcome. If you like chili peppers, go to Sichuan or Hunan Chinese restaurants, and if you like light food or soup, go to Cantonese Chinese restaurants in Guangdong.

Westerners are also like to eat Chinese meals, Chinese restaurants in the United States by the chef of the cuisine, such as northeasterners posing as Sichuan cooks to open a Sichuan restaurant, Jiangxi people posing as Guangdong cooks to open a Cantonese restaurant, Beijing people go to open a Shanghai restaurant. Food is a god among the people, Chinese people to the United States, is nostalgic is the taste of home dishes.

In the United States relative to other restaurants, such as Italian restaurants, Japanese restaurants, Korean restaurants, Indian restaurants, Chinese food is relatively cheap. In the United States, Japanese meals are more expensive. The price of a Japanese meal can be said to be more than 50% more expensive than Chinese food, French restaurant, Italian restaurant meals are not cheap, steak, not to mention the price of a McDonald's hamburger, that is certainly more expensive than Chinese food. Because of the cheap price, can be welcomed by many low-income people, which is also an important reason why the Chinese restaurant can survive.?

The diligence of Chinese people can make Chinese restaurants survive and develop in the competition of American restaurant market with the advantage of cheap price and good quality. Chinese in the United States, when opening a Chinese restaurant will work hard, with hard work to obtain the capital to survive. Any Chinese restaurant can be found in a Chinese family working hard. Dad is the chef, mom is the bookkeeper, son is the chef, woman is the waitress and runs the whole restaurant, the whole family is working hard for their Chinese restaurant. Moreover, they work day and night, and the take-out service is round-the-clock. It is by hard work, can make the Chinese restaurant culture in the United States of America's foreign country to take root.