The Open Guide to London: the free London guide - Differences between Version 11 and Version 8 of Locale Chinatown
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A part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice. |
A part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice. |
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The street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring. |
The street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring. |
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A genuine Chinatown, rather than a manufactured one. Worth a visit. Check out the electrical stores for interesting DVD machines. Also a great place to buy gifts, get a haircut, visit a great cheap cafe... |
A genuine Chinatown, rather than a manufactued one. Worth a visit. Check out the electrical stores for interesting DVD machines. Also a great place to buy gifts, get a haircut, visit a great cheap cafe... |
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==== News ==== A property developer seems to have recently bought up the leases to a chunk of Chinatown and the are currently proposing a large redevelopment which seems to involve knocking things down and building a "Trocadero-style" shopping centre. * [http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news/2004/11/19/press-release-save-london-chinatown-from-demolition-public-meeting.html Press release about the development] * [http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news Site organising an opposition to the development] |
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** [[De Hems (Soho)|De Hems]] -- nice Belgian beer |
** [[De Hems, W1D 5BW]] -- nice Belgian beer |
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* [http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants_Chinatown_WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown] (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed) |
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* [http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants Chinatown WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown] (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed) '''Neighbouring locales:''' [[Soho]] / [[Strand]] @INDEX_LINK [[Locale Chinatown]] A part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice. The street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring. A genuine Chinatown, rather than a manufactured one. Worth a visit. Check out the electrical stores for interesting DVD machines. Also a great place to buy gifts, get a haircut, visit a great cheap cafe... ==== News ==== A property developer seems to have recently bought up the leases to a chunk of Chinatown and the are currently proposing a large redevelopment which seems to involve knocking things down and building a "Trocadero-style" shopping centre. * [http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news/2004/11/19/press-release-save-london-chinatown-from-demolition-public-meeting.html Press release about the development] * [http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news Site organising an opposition to the development] ==== Pubs ==== * Open Guide recommendations: ** [[De Hems (Soho)|De Hems]] -- nice Belgian beer ==== Restaurants ==== * Open Guide recommendations: ** See the recommendations on the [[Japanese Food]] and [[Chinese Food]] pages. * [http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants Chinatown WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown] (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed) '''Neighbouring locales:''' [[Soho]] / [[Strand]] |
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A part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.
The street signs also appear in Chinese, which is very exciting to those of us who know a bit of Chinese writing. Stop us if we are being boring.
A genuine Chinatown, rather than a manufactued one. Worth a visit. Check out the electrical stores for interesting DVD machines. Also a great place to buy gifts, get a haircut, visit a great cheap cafe...
Pubs
- Open Guide recommendations:
- De Hems, W1D 5BW -- nice Belgian beer
Restaurants
- Open Guide recommendations:
- See the recommendations on the Japanese Food and Chinese Food pages.
- EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown (with a little map and dots to show where the places are, though this does require javascript and popups and moreover seems a little badly-designed)
Neighbouring locales: Soho / Strand
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