Popularity of Chinese cuisine growing overseas
Chinese restaurants are gaining increasing popularity overseas as a recent industry report showed that one-third of people from the US go to a Chinese restaurant at least once a month.
According to the report released by Meituan-Dianping, China's largest on-demand service platform, there are over 600,000 Chinese restaurants overseas.
In 2017, at least 16 renowned Chinese catering brands, including Peking Duck brand DaDong and Qing Feng Steamed Dumpling Shop, tapped successfully into the foreign market.
When DaDong opened its restaurant in New York at the end of last year, 2,500 reservations were booked within the first two hours it became available, which reflected the extreme popularity of traditional Chinese food overseas.
The report also pointed out that hotpot is the most popular food in the foreign market and made up 34.2 percent of the total. Si Chuan cuisine, as well as some Chinese snacks and fast food followed, came in second and third, respectively.
