How has Australia’s appetite for Chinese food changed over 30 years?

A lot has changed since takeaway shop owner, Lily King, arrived from Hong Kong in 1984. So are we still ordering the same dishes?

Sweet and sour pork, beef in black bean sauce and honey chicken: How has Australia’s appetite for Chinese food changed over 30 years? Source: Getty Images

I was born in Guangzhou, China, but my mum had a lot of kids so she sent me to Hong Kong to live with my grandma. That’s where I grew up.

I lived there until the early 1980s – around the same time when the Australian government introduced the family sponsorship visa. My two sisters had already moved to Australia and were living in Townsville. One sister asked me if I would like to come over to live in Australia and be sponsored. We said yes.

Read the full article in English here.