History
Some of the earliest restaurants in Colonial Hong Kong were influenced by Cantonese people. Throughout the history of Hong Kong cuisine, a great deal of Southern China's diet became synonymous with Cantonese style food.
As many Cantonese people, including chefs, emigrated from Hong Kong to the Western world, authentic Cantonese restaurants began appearing in many Chinatowns overseas. From 1980 to 1986, an estimated 21,000 left Hong Kong permanently each year. Beginning in 1987 the numbers rose sharply to 48,000 people a year.
Many Chinese restaurants in the United Kingdom are actually Cantonese take-out restaurants with few people recognising the difference between Cantonese and mainstream Chinese.
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