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Overseas Chinese cuisine

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While Chinese cuisine may have originated in China, the legacy of the Overseas Chinese has brought the flavours, ingredients and cuisine of China all around the world. By far the most well known types of "Overseas Chinese" cuisines can be found in the sizable Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia, but there are also local styles in places like Australia and the Americas.

UnderstandWhile Overseas Chinese cuisine is used as a very broad term to describe Chinese food that is consumed outside China, it differs significantly from place to place, and at times is hardly recognisable as Chinese food to…
EatToday, Chinese food is a favourite when it comes to the meals of Australians, with many elements of Chinese cuisine now standard as part of Australian cuisine.
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