Most nights British-born Chinese artist Harriet Armstrong travels across London photographing eateries.
Gazing out of a bus window as she travelled through east London one rainswept evening, Harriet Armstrong was struck by a flash of inspiration.
"In a Chinese takeaway kids aren't trusted with anything else other than putting the lids on the boxes and the food's burning hot, and just all those memories came flooding back in that moment," she says. As the number of establishments rose so did the dishes they served develop, with chips and curry sauce mingling with chow mein and crispy duck to appeal to British palates - much toBut it is this melting point of tastes which drew Armstrong, who by day works as a medical photographer for the NHS, to her project."I've always felt that I'm a bit stuck somewhere between my Britishness and Chineseness, but also feeling a bit like I'm on the outside of both.
The increasing use of delivery couriers also means that some takeaways do not present themselves in ways to appeal to people passing by on the street any more, the photographer adds.
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