According to the British version of France's "European Times", once upon a time, for British Chinese, being able to eat traditional hometown delicacies in a foreign country was a desirable but unattainable thing.

In recent years, with the increase in the new generation of immigrant population, some Chinese restaurants and food stalls selling local traditional delicacies have gradually emerged in London.

The British Chinese food industry is transitioning from the Cantonese cuisine of the older generation to the diversification of the new generation.

For breakfast, big buns with pork and cabbage; for lunch, Henan braised noodles and Xi’an Roujiamo; for dinner, pancakes and fruit from street food stalls and pearl milk tea.

This is what Tracy, a Shandong girl working in London, eats for a day.

?London’s Chinatown feels more and more like home,? This is a sentence Tracy often mentions recently, expressing such emotion, because the recent emergence of more and more local specialties Chinese food and snacks in Chinatown has greatly appeased her as a foodie.

taste buds.

Although there were indeed many Chinese restaurants selling Chinese food in the UK in the early years, most of them were run by the older generation of immigrants, and the taste was mainly Cantonese food, not to mention the Chinese food that had been modified to cater to Western tastes, which was not authentic enough.

?When I first came to London, I could only eat cold sandwiches for breakfast. Now you can buy steamed buns and fried dough sticks in Chinatown. Although the variety is still far inferior to that in China, at least it can satisfy my Chinese stomach.

Sometimes after a busy day at work, I go to Chinatown and eat a bowl of hot ramen, which makes me feel satisfied.

?In recent years, with the increase in the number of new immigrants and international students like Tracy who grew up in China and work and live in the UK, there are more and more Chinese restaurants selling local specialty food in the UK.

While serving the new generation of British immigrants, these restaurants are also driving changes in the British Chinese food industry.

As the types of Chinese food become more and more abundant in the UK, British people’s taste for Chinese food is also gradually changing.

In their view, Chinese food is no longer just sweet and sour Gu Lao Pork, but also spicy Sichuan cuisine and various other delicious flavors.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) food program also recently published an article saying that Chinese food has become one of the main national cuisines in the UK.

And more and more Britons are cooking Chinese food at home, leading to increased sales of Chinese food seasonings and woks.

The report also pointed out that British people are increasingly fond of trying Chinese food with different flavors.

For these innovative Chinese restaurants that have been open for a short period of time, it is not a small risk and challenge to allow British customers to accept authentic and traditional Chinese food, not just "Western-style Chinese food" modified according to Western tastes.

The person in charge of a Sichuan restaurant that has been open for more than a year said: Although the current proportion of customers is still Chinese, the number of local British customers is gradually increasing. Overall, this is a good trend, allowing them to understand the real needs of Chinese food.

a process.

? Moore is a Chinese-American who was born in the UK. Since his mother is Chinese, Moore is often exposed to Chinese food. Every year during traditional Chinese festivals, Moore's family holds a Chinese food party.

She confessed to reporters: To be honest, except for the food made by my mother, I didn’t like the food sold in Chinese restaurants very much. It was often a lot of oil and had a strong taste, and I always felt that it was not very healthy.

But there has been a gradual change in recent years. Some high-end Chinese restaurants also pay great attention to health and details. Chinese food in the UK is becoming different.