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Toronto's downtown Chinatown is one of the Eastern seaboard's biggest, comparable to New York & Washington DC. Its heart is located at Spadina Ave. & Dundas Street, and the community spreads out from there. Toronto CBD also has a Eastern Chinatown located just east of the DVP, south of Bloor. Other Chinese shopping & entertainment areas in the Greater Toronto Area include Scarborough (Cultural Centre, restaurants), Markham (Pacific Mall, Market Village, First Markham Place & more), & Richmond Hill (concentrated at a part of Hwy. 7, 16th Ave). The new areas of Markham & Richmond Hill are highly populated with Hong Kong residents that just came to Canada right before 1997, so the restaurants there are more H.K. and international style & less Chinese. Like Vancouver, Toronto has Chinese listed as its third most spoken language in the city. Also interesting to note is the Chinese attraction to money, for Chinese people have flocked to "Richmond" in Vancouver & "Richmond Hill" in Toronto. Coincidence? Though Chinatown has a lot of Chinese people, there are also many other minorities including Vietnamnese and even South Asians. The Chinese @ Chinatown have also changed from mainly Cantonese & Fuken people to Mandarian people from throughout the Mainland. Now it is easier to get around knowing a couple of phrases of Mandarin like "Zhe shi shum mall ?" (translated: What is this?) There is a huge selection of cuisine for you to pick from, & though many places are very dirty, many times it is worth it! From Thai to Shanghainese...you could never leave with an empty stomach. There are also a lot of hawkers and mini-vendors throughout Chinatown that offer bargain offers. From Chinese calligraphy to pyjamas, there is a lot for eagar shoppers to sift through! On the newly reconstructed Spadina Ave, you could see a sculpture two red dragons wrapping around poles. The whole structure forms the Chinese word door, pronounced "moon" in Cantonese. Leave a Comment Address: Spadina & Dundas Ave.Directions: Take Spadina or Dundas streetcar. Streetcar accessible from Union subway station, & Eaton Centre (Dundas & Queen subway station).Website: www.torontotourism.com
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| | | | Chinatown: Asia in central Toronto! | Tip Rating: | | | | |
You can't miss entering into Chinatown ..... you begin to notice different scents ... then you notice a change in lighting ...... THEN you notice you must really be drunk, for the signs make no sense! Oh, I'm not drunk! On second look ....... one realizes the hustle, bustle, and surroundings are actually Chinatown. A thriving Asian community in the heart of TO proper. One can find nic-nacs, Asian art, beads, jewelry, foods, spices, and special little eateries with wonderful grub for only a few dollars. Bright, busy and up all night - my first experience was at 2am looking for an after pub meal .... Easy to find, hard to leave, Chinatown is a wonderful excursion while in the great city of Toronto :) Leave a Comment Directions: Along Dundas West and up Spadina Avenue. A few blocks from the Queen streetcar line .... but also directly on the Spadina streetcar line, just set out and explore
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Chinatown is a great place to spend some time shopping, people watching, and fine tuning your maneuvering-in-a-crowd skills. Sunday afternoons are wall-to-wall shoppers, browsers, and vendors. Be prepared. The smells and sounds of Chinatown are, in my opinion, what make it what it is. Roasted pig, fresh/cooked/dried/salted seafood, coconut drinks, produce I've never seen in my life but would love to try. All this amongst local vendors haggling over the sounds of music coming out of restaurants and store fronts. It's definitely energizing. The Toronto area has six Chinatowns, the largest being the one in downtown Toronto. It boasts as the second largest Chinatown in North America. My guess would be that the largest is in San Francisco, but don't hold me to that. If you know what is it, email me. Leave a Comment Address: Corner of Spadina and Dundas St. WestDirections: Catch the Spadina/Harbour trolley and get off at the Dundas Street stop.
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| | | | Chinatown: Where are we, Lewis? | Tip Rating:  | | | | |
As you can see, Toronto's Chinatown is nearly in the shadow of the CN Tower! So, as a landmark, I guess you could say it is Northwest of the Tower. Sorry, but I don't recall the specific street where you will find the greatest amount of activity. There are many sights to see, restaurants to choose from, shops to roam, and things to do that we don't have in Hickory, NC! There are lot's of fruit and vegetable vendors and I thought I had a picture of the infamous durian, but I can't seem to find it now. Surely worth a visit for the sheer diversity of sights, sounds, and smells not to mention Dim Sum! Yum! Leave a Comment
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I love Toronto's Chinatown! It's my favourite place to hang out and I could literally spend my entire stay there; checking out all the the little shops, groceries, and restaurants. The sights, sounds, and smells (oh, yes smells! ) can be completely overwhelming on your senses. It feels like a fantastic break from Western culture. Chinatown runs along Spadina Street in downtown and is one of North America's largest Chinese districts. Try to find a resturant that's packed with locals--that way you'll get to sample the "real" cuisine and not stuff prepared for tourists. Buy some of the imported DVDs that have subtitles, many of the Asian movies are way better ours lately (especially the horror ones). Toronto's original Chinatown was located at Dundas and Bay St., but when construction began on the City Hall, it moved west to its current location at Dundas St. W and Spadina Ave. It began to really boom in the 1960s. Chinatown has grown to reflect a diverse set of cultres including Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean. It stretches for several blocks in every direction. Leave a Comment Address: Corner of Dundas St. W and Spadina Ave.Directions: Take 505 streetcar W (or walk) from St. Patrick subway station.
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