Cantonese cuisine is very popular overseas. Why is it not as popular as Sichuan cuisine in China?

Because overseas, most Chinese come from Guangdong or Fujian, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and people here tend to have a light diet, so compared with Sichuan cuisine, Cantonese cuisine is more suitable for their taste, while Sichuan cuisine is spicy and not suitable for people in the southeast coastal areas, but looking at the whole country, because people in most places like Sichuan cuisine, which is spicy, delicious and cheap, after all, Sichuan cuisine will not be too expensive in general.

I believe many people know that there are eight major cuisines in China, among which Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine are the most influential. In China, Sichuan cuisine is indispensable in major cities. Even in some remote towns, there are many Sichuan restaurants, but Cantonese cuisine restaurants are relatively less popular. When you go to overseas Chinatown, you will find that most dishes are mainly Cantonese cuisine. Many netizens are curious. Why is Cantonese cuisine not as popular as Sichuan cuisine in China? In fact, it is not that the taste of Cantonese cuisine is not good, but that Sichuan cuisine is cheaper and better than Cantonese cuisine, and the consumption power of Cantonese cuisine's main customer groups is higher, and most overseas Chinese are from the southeast coast.

As far as consumption level is concerned, Sichuan cuisine is often not too expensive. Even pickled fish or boiled beef rarely costs more than 1. Normally, if a Sichuan cuisine restaurant in a big city spends less than 1 per capita, Guangdong cuisine will have to spend a lot of money to eat well, although it has cheap Cantonese dim sum. After all, many ingredients in Cantonese cuisine are expensive, such as shark's fin, abalone and seafood. Therefore, there is no upper limit to the consumption of Cantonese cuisine, which makes it difficult for many working-class people to afford it. However, most ordinary people still have no problem eating Sichuan cuisine, and migrant workers from all over the country are from the southwest. Therefore, Sichuan cuisine restaurants can be found in almost all major cities, and young people in most places in Jiangsu and Zhejiang can accept Sichuan cuisine now, but the older generation can't accept such a spicy taste.

Let's talk about the fact that the first batch of Chinese who immigrated abroad usually came from the southeast coastal areas, such as Taiwan Province, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Compared with Sichuan cuisine, people here are more likely to accept the taste of Cantonese cuisine, because Cantonese cuisine is light in taste and pays attention to the original ingredients of knives, while Sichuan cuisine is spicy, so it is difficult for people in the southeast coastal areas to accept spicy food. Therefore, many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown are mainly Cantonese restaurants. There are not so many Sichuan restaurants, but with the popularity of Sichuan cuisine, there are many Sichuan restaurants in Chinatown abroad now. After all, many foreigners are also very interested in Sichuan cuisine.