Mainland Chinese Immigration: Andy Yan

Local Chinese Cooking Dept: The recent explosion of Mainland Chinese immigration has brought drastic change to local Chinese cooking. Goodbye, mild Cantonese. Hello, spicy Sichuan, according to Globe and Mail. Vancouver s new diversity and taste for bolder flavours is the largest trend in Chinese dining. To celebrate the year of the snake, I called upon some of my favourite Chinese-food feasting partners to share their best-of restaurant list. Although I wouldn t recommend heading to any of these eateries this weekend unless you made reservations months ago, we hope it will help you navigate the new spice trail and video: Try these easy, delicious Asian noodles for dinner tonight The immigration patterns are quite astounding. According to Andy Yan, an urban researcher with Bing Thom Architects, Mandarin speakers from Mainland China and elsewhere, including Taiwan, increased 91 per cent between 2001 and 2011. The numbers are based upon the Canadian census question of language spoken most often at home. While there were some changes in measuring methodology, he says the numbers are comparable. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.