【Learn Chinese】Overseas Chinese Cuisines

People from mainland China have been travelling and settling abroad for centuries. Chinese culture, language and culinary tradition has therefore influenced local cuisines in many parts of the world.
In many cases, Chinese enclaves have created unique culinary traditions.
Chinese immigrants in the US have carved out a unique form of American Chinese Cuisine, which has become so popular that a restaurant serving American Chinese food has even opened in Shanghai.
But Chinese influence is not only found in the West.

Dim sum is hugely popular among the Chinese population of Malaysia.
On the other side of the planet, Peruvian Chinese have combined traditional Cantonese cooking techniques and ingredients with local Peruvian fare to create a unique Cuisine called Chifa.
Typical ingredients include soy sauce, rice and noodles, which are often stir-fried in woks.
In fact, stir-frying using a wok is such a versatile and quick technique that it is used to cook street food in numerous places, including India.

The vast range of varieties in Chinese cuisines could overwhelm even the most hardcore of Chinese foodies. This list is far from exhaustive and if you travel around China you will find an endless amount of creativity and ingenuity in the form of delicious local specialities and spins on national classics.
It would probably be impossible to taste every dish China has to offer, but it is well worth a try!
Don’t forget Western food variations in China! Obviously, the mainland is filled with KFC and McDonalds!