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Kai Wang and her friends like to sniff out the latest regional Chinese restaurants: a tiny cafe in east London specialising in food from Chinas north-east, or one near London Bridge serving numbing and hot crayfish. Kai, 26, is a media professional who came to the UK from Beijing in 2008, first to study and then to work. When I arrived in London I thought I was really going to miss Beijing food. I love traditional Beijing cuisine, but also the spicy regional cuisines that have become popular in recent years: Sichuan, Hunan and Hubei. When I came to the UK, the Chinese food here all seemed to be so sweet and westernised, with a focus on the Cantonese style, which is too light and delicate for Beijing tastes. But more and more authentic Chinese regional restaurants have opened in the past few years, not just in Chinatown but all over the city.王凯（音译）和她的朋友们乐于发觉最新的中国地方菜餐馆：一家位于伦敦东部专营中国西北菜的小餐馆，或是一家位于伦敦桥旁的餐馆提供「麻辣小龙虾」。凯（音译）是一位2008年从北京前往英国的专业媒体人，先求学后就业。“当我到达伦敦的时候，我想我开始切实的想念北京的食物。我爱老北京的传统烹饪，同时麻辣口味地区的菜肴在近年也开始流行起来：四川，湖南和湖北。我来英国时，这里的中国菜看来都是过甜和过于西化的，集中于粤式，相较于北京（菜肴）的口感太过清淡。但是近几年越来越多正宗的中国地方菜餐馆开业，不仅限于中国城，遍及城市。 | 
