Night And Day In Toronto's Chinatown
Of course, when in Toronto two weeks ago, we ended up in Chinatown — again. Looks like I can never really escape my Chinese roots — wait a minute… I’m not Chinese!
Nonetheless, I feel at home in crowded Chinatown. The smell of the food, the colorful signs and displays, the multicultural atmosphere make me feel good. Plus, it’s a great place to take pictures. It’s not easy though. From my experience, people get really nervous when you pull out a camera in Chinatown. I usually don’t have problems to shot whatever I feel like it but each time I was eyed suspiciously as a photographer, it was in Chinatown. The funny thing is, still from my experience, most Chinese love to take pictures. Hell, each time I went to China, I had to pose for pictures!
In the evening, we had the best baozi (small steamed buns filled with cabbage, meat etc.) in a small restaurant. It looks a bit like that (these were homemade) but steamed.
You can see the full set of the pictures taken in Toronto here.
 Chinatown |
 Bamboo Painting |
Spadina Street
 Crowded Street |
 Night In Chinatown |
 Wonton Soup, Anyone? |
 Busy Intersection |
 Grocery Store |
 Spadina |
 Waiting For Someone |
 Construction at Night |
Restaurants Street
Related articles:
- Chinatown In Ottawa
- Kensington Market
- Montreal’s Chinatown
- Toronto’s Chinatown
- Tourists in Toronto
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Wow. China Town. It’s really depressing that Scandinavian countries don’t have china towns
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I love that all the signs are in Chinese and so colorful! It totally changes the mood of the area on what was otherwise a grey day.
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Love the pictures, it looks much bigger than the one in Montreal!
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I totally know what you are saying!! Chinatown here in Vancouver is like my sanctuary when I get really badly Shanghai-sick and need to get back to the familiar comfort of street snacks, loud crowds and market places. Toronto’s one seems so much more vibrant and bustling than Vancity’s though.
Wow, that is a much bigger Chinatown than Montreal’s! Lots of Chinese signs on the buildings.. I thought the red girl with a large bowl is the logo of a Japanese’s noodle place, however, I am not sure either. It looks like it..:)
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