Kolkata was the entry point of Chinese food in India in the good old days of the Raj. There was a China Town in the suburbs of Kolkata where all the Chinese food restaurants used to be along with Chinese hair dressing salons and the Chinese shoe-makers. Chinese hair-dressers and shoe-makers have all but disappeared but Chinese Food Restaurants have proliferated all over the country because of the growing popularity of Chinese food in India.. Not only were there fine dining restaurants of Chinese origin that were very popular but also shanty joints for the many people of Chinese origin and from our eastern states who could not afford fancy places but still wanted the taste what they were used to.

Now, in metros, cities as well as smaller towns, Chinese Food Restaurants can be found anywhere and everywhere and catering to all strata of society. You will find Chinese food in India right from a hawker making chow-mien on a great wok and selling his wares on a push cart to a plush restaurant in a five-star hotel with an exotic and expensive menu.