Chinese Restaurant

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Cantonese cuisine dominates. Most Chinese restaurants worldwide serve Cantonese style food because of how Chinese immigrants spread around the globe over many centuries, bringing their cooking traditions with them.

Many regional styles exist. Beyond Cantonese, you can find Sichuan cuisine with its spicy kick, Hakka cuisine with hearty flavors, and other regional Chinese cooking styles at different restaurants.

Adapted to local tastes. Chinese restaurants change their recipes based on what local people enjoy, which is why British Chinese food tastes different from American Chinese food, even though both use traditional Chinese cooking techniques.

Sometimes mixed menus. Some Chinese restaurants also offer Japanese, Korean, Indonesian, or Thai dishes, though they usually focus most of their menu on Chinese food.