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Vancouver has a high asian population and probably Canada's best China Town district. I wouldn't say it is the same is going to China but it's pretty good I have to say.
Take advantage of the many restaurant opportunities and I would have liked to attend some of the events that happen in this district. I have a web site address provided when event listings so you can try to take in this if your in the area at the right times.
I would also take time to visit the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Classical Chinese Gardens.
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You have to go to Chinatown. It's the 2nd largest in North America, second to San Fran. You feel like you are actually in Asia, and for a period of time you forget that you are in Canada. Leave a Comment
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Chinatown is located around West Pender St., and is roughly bordered by Abbott Street and Gore Ave. This is the third largest Chinatown in North America, after San Francisco and New York.
If you can't make it to Hong Kong, Vancouver's Chinatown makes you almost think you are there. Chinese businesses and immigration has become more centered on Richmond, a suburb of Vancouver, but it's still fun to stroll and browse downtown Chinatown, taking in the smells, sights, and sounds.
Don't miss the Sam Kee building, the world's narrowest office building, only 1.5 m wide. Located at the corner of Pender and Carrall Sts. Leave a Comment
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The Chinatown of Vancouver is one of the largest in North America. It is located east of downtown Vancouver and south of Gastown.
Pay attention if you are on foot that the route between Chinatown and Gastown (10-15 minutes) leads through one of the less attractive/safe areas of Vancouver. So during the night this might be not such a good idea. During a summer afternoon however, there are enough other people around. Nevertheless, be careful here. Leave a Comment
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Chinatown is one of the largest in North America, after San Francisco. Chinatown is mainly bordered by Keefer, Gore, Hastings and Columbia Street. The area has many shops featuring Chinese merchandise. There are many "cute" stores that sell Japanese cartoon branded merchandise and other trinkets. There are bookstores selling books and imported Chinese newspapers and magazines in the Chinese language. There is a Chinese CD store called MAL that stocks a large selection of Chinese CDs as well as imported English CDs. There are several Hong Kong style coffee shops around the area, featuring Hong Kong style coffee and tea and Chinese baked goods and pastries. Chinatown is known for the fresh Chinese typed produce, and fresh, tasty BBQ meat. They are in abundance and reasonably priced. Leave a Comment
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If you come to Vancouver from anywhere other than Hong Kong or China, you really must check out chinatown.
Bordered roughly by 2 blocks east of main st, 2 blocks west of main street, Pender to the North, and Venables South, it is located right downtown Vancouver.
Dr. Sun yat sen gardens is a must see, with part of it free to all to wander through (very small though), and worth paying the extra to see the rest if you're a fan of beautiful gardening or general feng-shui.
There's a lot of surprising things for sale at the markets, like giant eels swimming in little tanks for dinner, or barrels of live frogs for the same purpose, plus many other things that you don't quite know if they're animal, vegetable or mineral.
Hon's wonton house is popular for lunch, and for the very cheap of you (like me), there's actually Hon's offsale kitchen a couple doors down, where you can get a meal (try the chicken steamed buns) for less than $5 (in fact, I think you can eat for about $2.50 there).
Be aware though that right outside of chinatown is some of the worst area of vancouver, the 'downtown eastside', however people there stay out of chinatown. You'll know if you've walked a little too far. Don't let this deter you though, I know plenty of young women or families that go to chinatown regularly. Leave a Comment Directions: Located just east of downtown Vancouver along Pender St. (can walk from downtown core, I'd recommend walking along Dunsmuir until Main st, then turn left).Website: http://www.vancouver-chinatown.com/
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Vancouver has a large and historic Chinatown, reported to be second in size only to San Francisco in North America.
One can easily spend a morning or afternoon exploring the many interesting shops & restaurants in Chinatown.
If you've never tried "Dim Sum", then I'd highly recommend you do! It's the equivalent of Chinese brunch, featuring all sorts of little dumplings. It's not for everyone but I find it delicious!
Like in other cities, the area in & around Chinatown can sometimes be seedy. Vancouver's unfortunately sits right beside the most crime ridden area in all of Canada. But Chinatown itself is quite safe. Leave a Comment Directions: Located east of downtown Vancouver. It's STRONGLY recommended that you enter & depart Chinatown via Pender Street. For your own safety, please stay clear of East Hastings!Website: http://www.vancouver-chinatown.com/
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Over 30% of the population of Vancouver is of Asian decent so as you can imagine, not all of them live in the area officially known as Chinatown. It usually doesn't take long for visitors to discover the influence Chinese-Canadians have had on the city, nor does it take long to find a good Chinese restaurant! Perhaps for this reason (and also because my friend Catherine still wasn't over the shock of finding herself surrounded by junkies in Downtown Eastside on her way to Chinatown) I hadn't really planned on going to Chinatown, but when Rob, Dennis and Dave suggested going to the Chinatown Night Market as part of our VT meeting, I was happy to accept their invitation! We did have to walk through what Rob rightly compared to a scene from "The Night of the Living-Dead" as we made our way from Gastown to Chinatown, and had to make way for drug dealers fleeing the scene as the cops showed up. Nothing at all happened to us, but I was still glad not to be by myself.
When we did make it to the market, however, we were treated to a whole new scenery: there were lights and colours everywhere, music, kids running around, and delicious smells coming from all the food stands. Apparently, the night market in Richmond is much bigger, but I was still quite happy with the one in Vancouver. On top of all the traditional Asian snacks, you can shop around for some well-priced handicrafts, clothes, CDs, DVDs and so on. Dennis treated us all to some delicious dragon's beard candy, and Rob took quite a few amazing pictures, which he kindly shared with me. It was a really fun and different nightlife experience!
The Chinatown Night Market runs from mid-May to mid-September, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night from 6:30 pm to 11:00 pm. Leave a Comment Phone: 604-682-8998Directions: Downtown Vancouver, between Main and Columbia St.Website: http://www.vcma.shawbiz.ca Other Contact: vcma@shawcable.com
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Chinatown is the largest Chinatown outside of San Francisco. The street signs on the corners have sculpted dragons on the posts and ever business is signed in Chinese and English. The narrowest building in the world is there, an insurance company now. It's the length of the side of a building but only 1.8 meters deep. Apparently in 1908, the zoning by laws and land appropriations left the owner with almost nothing to build on and the owner was so ticked off that he decided to build on the narrow strip of land he was left with, just for spite!
There is a Chinese cultural center, fronted with an elaborate gateway and a Chinese gardens that I didn't take the time to explore. There were markets with bins of mostly unidentifiable items, one store that carried all sorts of kitchen goods, both Chinese and western. The area was a little run down and shabby, mostly just businesses lining the streets, some with flats in the buildings above the stores. Leave a Comment
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China Town was one of the stops on our Vancouver Trolley car tour. However, it is not a far walk from the centre of downtown.
It is located on the north East side of Downtown, just next to Gastown - its fairly easy to find.
We didn't get a chance to get off and walk about China Town - we had already done so much that day! However the driver did go slowly round it so that we could get some photos and a good look.
Like the China Town region of other major cities, this one had some stunning architecture and everything from street lights to walls were decked out with scupltures - all of them extremely detailed.
China Town Vancouver is also apparently home to the world thinest building. The driver told us the building was in the Guiness Book of World Records - and after seeing the building, i can believe him! (See the photo opposite. Its the building right on the corner. You can see the right side wall). Leave a Comment
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