{"url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/id=Locale_Chinatown;version=11","address":"","latitude":"","os_y":"","city":"London","timestamp":"2005-09-28T04:52:01","version":"11","website":"http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/","node_image":"","username":"Disaster Recovery Process","version_indpt_url":"http://london.openguides.org/wiki/Locale_Chinatown","os_x":"","summary":"","formatted_content":"<p><a href=\"?action=index;loc=chinatown\">View all pages in Locale Chinatown</a></p>\n<p>A part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.</p>\n<p>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.</p>\n<p>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...</p>\n<h4>News</h4>\n\n<p>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.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news/2004/11/19/press-release-save-london-chinatown-from-demolition-public-meeting.html\" class=\"external\">Press release about the development</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news\" class=\"external\">Site organising an opposition to the development</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Pubs</h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Guide recommendations:<ul>\n<li>[De Hems]<a href=\"?action=edit;id=De_Hems_%28Soho%29\">?</a> -- nice Belgian beer </li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Restaurants</h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Guide recommendations:<ul>\n<li>See the recommendations on the <a href=\"?Japanese_Food\">Japanese Food</a> and <a href=\"?Chinese_Food\">Chinese Food</a> pages. </li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants\" class=\"external\">Chinatown WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown</a> (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)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Neighbouring locales:</strong> <a href=\"?Soho\">Soho</a> / <a href=\"?Strand\">Strand</a></p>\n<p><a href=\"?action=index;loc=chinatown\">View all pages in Locale Chinatown</a></p>\n<p>A part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.</p>\n<p>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.</p>\n<p>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...</p>\n<h4>News</h4>\n\n<p>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.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news/2004/11/19/press-release-save-london-chinatown-from-demolition-public-meeting.html\" class=\"external\">Press release about the development</a> </li>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news\" class=\"external\">Site organising an opposition to the development</a></li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Pubs</h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Guide recommendations:<ul>\n<li>[De Hems]<a href=\"?action=edit;id=De_Hems_%28Soho%29\">?</a> -- nice Belgian beer </li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<h4>Restaurants</h4>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Open Guide recommendations:<ul>\n<li>See the recommendations on the <a href=\"?Japanese_Food\">Japanese Food</a> and <a href=\"?Chinese_Food\">Chinese Food</a> pages. </li>\n</ul>\n</li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http://www.eatoutgoout.com/Restaurants\" class=\"external\">Chinatown WC2.asp EatOutGoOut guide to restaurants in Chinatown</a> (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)</li>\n</ul>\n<p><strong>Neighbouring locales:</strong> <a href=\"?Soho\">Soho</a> / <a href=\"?Strand\">Strand</a></p>\n","node_image_licence":"","fax":"","phone":"","opening_hours_text":"","postcode":"","locales":["Central London"],"longitude":"","country":"United Kingdom","content":"@INDEX_LINK [[Locale Chinatown]]\n\nA part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.\n\nThe 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.\n\nA 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...\n\n==== News ====\n\nA 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.\n\n* [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] \n* [http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news Site organising an opposition to the development]\n\n==== Pubs ====\n\n* Open Guide recommendations:\n** [[De Hems (Soho)|De Hems]] -- nice Belgian beer \n\n==== Restaurants ====\n\n* Open Guide recommendations:\n** See the recommendations on the [[Japanese Food]] and [[Chinese Food]] pages. \n\n* [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)\n\n'''Neighbouring locales:''' [[Soho]] / [[Strand]]\n\n\n\n@INDEX_LINK [[Locale Chinatown]]\n\nA part of London with lots of South-East Asian restaurants and supermarkets. Good place to buy 10-kilo bags of rice.\n\nThe 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.\n\nA 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...\n\n==== News ====\n\nA 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.\n\n* [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] \n* [http://www.minquan.co.uk/sc-news Site organising an opposition to the development]\n\n==== Pubs ====\n\n* Open Guide recommendations:\n** [[De Hems (Soho)|De Hems]] -- nice Belgian beer \n\n==== Restaurants ====\n\n* Open Guide recommendations:\n** See the recommendations on the [[Japanese Food]] and [[Chinese Food]] pages. \n\n* [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)\n\n'''Neighbouring locales:''' [[Soho]] / [[Strand]]\n\n","categories":["Interesting Food Shops","Locales"],"node_image_url":""}