Fuchsia Dunlop: belief

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…I feel Singapore has really good Chinese food because of the Chinese population. Yes, London has great Chinese food, not just the Chinatown that has been there for maybe decades, but also the newer where I like to call it modern Chinese. We talk about Chef Wong, Andy Wong, really doing an excellent idea with elevated Chinese foods being a tasting menu. I think one problem — and this maybe comes back to economics again — but in England, for example, I think now the door has opened to massive public interest in regional Chinese food, and people are really open to trying now eating Sichuan, Xi’an food and so on. But the real problem is that we have very stringent immigration rules. In order for a chef to come over and work in a restaurant in London, they have to have a certain level of English and a certain income, which is prohibitive for anyone but the big international hotels. I think it’s a shame that we don’t have more trained chefs coming in from China to bring different aspects of Chinese food. I find that the Chinese food in Madrid is actually even better than Barcelona. You spend much time in Madrid, Dan?…

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