Chinese food? And? China cuisine? It doesn't sound different, it all seems to mean Chinese food, but in fact they are very different.
In Japanese dramas and Japanese cartoons, we often see stories about? Chinese food? The scenes are usually fried dumplings, noodles, and mapo tofu with rice. This kind? Chinese food? They are all simple, locally improved dishes suitable for their tastes and eating habits, so the chefs are also Japanese. For example, jiaozi in the store is fried dumplings instead of the dumplings we are familiar with, and the stuffing is also pure pork stuffing and nothing else; Lamian Noodles's noodles are not handmade noodles in our country, but Japanese round noodles; Mapo tofu is also the main dish, with rice and miso soup as a set meal. This restaurant often has a set meal with fried dumplings and rice, which is a Japanese eating habit rather than China's. However, because this Chinese restaurant is cheap and suitable for local tastes, it is very popular with office workers. Everyone will go to this restaurant to eat a dish after working overtime, and then have a little wine with you to enjoy life.
but? China cuisine? Just the opposite. This kind of shop almost completely copies the domestic decoration and dishes, and will prepare dumplings with various fillings, and there will be all kinds of Chinese cooking, Beijing roast duck and other dishes. In the Japanese mind, this kind of cuisine cooked by a serious China chef is high-end Chinese food, so the decoration is also the decoration of high-end hotels, and the price is naturally not so close to the people. I remember that in an episode of "Cherry Maruko", Maruko's family went to a China restaurant and prepared a very high price of money, which was almost not enough, showing the position of China restaurant in Japan. Also in this cartoon, Mapo Tofu and Lamian Noodles in Chinese restaurants are often called to eat, and this difference can be seen.
In fact, every country has shops selling other countries' delicacies, some of which have been improved locally to suit local tastes, while others are usually more expensive.