Dhapa

Dalchini Restaurant, London’s pioneering restaurant serving Hakka Chinese cuisine, is simple yet smart. Indians and travellers to the subcontinent are familiar with this cuisine. To most it is comfort food when they miss India. The Hakka restaurant cuisine is a wonderful marriage of oriental techniques with Indian ingredients.

Migration Patterns and Occupational Specialisations of Kolkata Chinese An Insider’s History by Jennifer Liang

India’s only Chinatown could be just a memory if the remaining tanneries are forced out. But some Chinese are trying to revitalize the community and turn Tangra into a business hub. Words and pictures: Emma Levine