Being from Amsterdam (Where the Chinese formed one of the largest overseas Chinese populations in continental Europe) I grew up with Chinese food on Friday. Eve

Being from Amsterdam (Where the Chinese formed one of the largest overseas Chinese populations in continental Europe) I grew up with Chinese food on Friday. Every Friday, and even on particular festive days. For my job I travel a lot and in every place I get to stay longer then a day or two I search for a Chinese food place. What it has thought me, is that 1: there is Chinese food -everywhere- 2: Every country has its "own Chinese food". Besides the names there is often very little the same. Since I did a stint for a large Chinese tech company that has no stock market listing, I think I have seen the entrepreneurial spirit makes all these restaurants possible as hinted by in the article with the "Restaurants are just a vehicle for the family". Back to the food: not McDonalds represents a global food chain for me, it's the "Huang Feng Zhu" group that does. And an impressively creative job to boot.