Toronto's Chinatown
No matter where I travel, I always drop by Chinatown. It tells a lot about a city, because Chinatowns are not just about China — many other communities also find a home here. For instance, in Ottawa, Chinatown is also Little Saigon and in France, many traditional Asian shops sell Caribbean products.
Toronto’s Chinatown didn’t disappoint me. It was colorful, messy and it smelled of exotic and spicy food. I observed the people attending their daily business: biking around, shopping, cooking and chatting. Chinatowns are invariably little enclaves with local businesses, not franchises. It’s refreshing to walk more than a block without spotting a Tim Hortons or a Starbucks.
At noon, we stopped to have lunch in the tiniest restaurant ever. The woman at the front was making dumplings and boiling them in huge pots right past the restaurant’s door. We squeezed in and had a huge plate of boiled and fried 饺子 (chives and pork dumplings) with soya, vinegar and sesame sauce.
 Stores and Signs |
 Trinkets and People |
 Array of Herbs |
 Picking The Best Fruits |
 Making Noodles |
 Picking Oranges |
 Post No Bills |
 Making Soup |
 Making Dumplings |
 Bracelets |
 Boiling Dumplings |
 Fried Dumplings |
 Cutting Meat |
 Selling Fruits |
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Love it! Those trinket stands with the tassled curiosities are staples of China towns all over the world. I feel strangely comforted by the fact that they’re always around.
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Reminds me of San Francisco
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OK, that does it. I am off to a Chinese restaurant to find dumplings.
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Traditional Chinese characters （繁体字）are used here. I suspect most of the ethnic Chinese here are immigrants from Hong Kong or Taiwan.
When I was in California, I often went to Little Saigon to purchase Asian food.
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When I visit Toronto I go to the outskirt of the city because they have far more restaurants and shops. I also like T & T supermarket as well. Toronto’s great to eat food that can’t be find in Montreal.