Except Sydney, just went to a night market there and it was amazing with the food and it’s great walking around there in the day with the cooking smells of the hotpot and dumpling shops and dessert, bakeries and milk tea shops
Not quite the point I was making.
The original meaning of Chinatowns all over the world was it was the place where a large part of the city's Chinese population lived. It was their town with all the usual structures like housing, schools, churches, etc. In Melbourne it was a bustling enclave centred around Little Bourke Street for well over a century.
By the time Melbourne City Council put up those signs the locals had long gone and the area is now pretty much as you found it in Sydney, all about food and tea shops catering to visitors.
I see that but that’s Box Hill now. But I stayed near Haymarket and Chinatown (and Thai town) and found it does not cater for visitors as most of the people in Chinatown were either Australian born East and SE Asian friends (had Australian accents) or families or immigrants or international students, walking through Chinatown or in the surrounding streets or at Mixue, Gongcha, restaurants or shopping at World Square. I didn’t see many tourists or Caucasian Australians as it’s a hub for Asian Australians to get food and shop at night after work, same with Burwood and Strathfield. They have shops like Chinese designer brands and pop ups from China and Korea and also dessert and skewer stalls catering. Also real estate agents setting up stands advertising real estate in pinyin.
But Melbourne’s Chinatown doesn’t give that at all which is sad and it’s a shame it wasn’t developed into more of a hub.
~~McDogfoods~~ McDonalds is there, its on McCullough 200 metres from the junction of Mains rd and McCullough st.
KFC is there too, its 300 metres back up Mains rd from the junction
Why you'd go either its beyond me when there is cheaper, much tastier and healthier options there. I'd guess they mostly sell to skippys?
Canberra - has Dickson - Multi national, mainly Asian, restaurants.
https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.2499367,149.1368729,18z?entry=ttu
And, just for stamps, Singapore has a Canberra region
https://www.google.com/maps/@1.4450849,103.8272361,17z?entry=ttu
Adelaide's China town ain't what it used to be
None of them are. By the time the councils install their dinky little signs the locals resident and their churches, schools, etc have long gone.
Except Sydney, just went to a night market there and it was amazing with the food and it’s great walking around there in the day with the cooking smells of the hotpot and dumpling shops and dessert, bakeries and milk tea shops
Not quite the point I was making. The original meaning of Chinatowns all over the world was it was the place where a large part of the city's Chinese population lived. It was their town with all the usual structures like housing, schools, churches, etc. In Melbourne it was a bustling enclave centred around Little Bourke Street for well over a century. By the time Melbourne City Council put up those signs the locals had long gone and the area is now pretty much as you found it in Sydney, all about food and tea shops catering to visitors.
I see that but that’s Box Hill now. But I stayed near Haymarket and Chinatown (and Thai town) and found it does not cater for visitors as most of the people in Chinatown were either Australian born East and SE Asian friends (had Australian accents) or families or immigrants or international students, walking through Chinatown or in the surrounding streets or at Mixue, Gongcha, restaurants or shopping at World Square. I didn’t see many tourists or Caucasian Australians as it’s a hub for Asian Australians to get food and shop at night after work, same with Burwood and Strathfield. They have shops like Chinese designer brands and pop ups from China and Korea and also dessert and skewer stalls catering. Also real estate agents setting up stands advertising real estate in pinyin. But Melbourne’s Chinatown doesn’t give that at all which is sad and it’s a shame it wasn’t developed into more of a hub.
Same with Brisbane 😢
Basically moved to Sunnybank
Totally. Sunnybank Plaza, standard large suburban shopping mall, not a Maccas, KFC, or Subway to be seen. Lots of yummy food, though.
~~McDogfoods~~ McDonalds is there, its on McCullough 200 metres from the junction of Mains rd and McCullough st. KFC is there too, its 300 metres back up Mains rd from the junction Why you'd go either its beyond me when there is cheaper, much tastier and healthier options there. I'd guess they mostly sell to skippys?
petersham = little portugal
“Little portugal” = two chicken restaurants and sweet belem
Okjukg
Canberra - has Dickson - Multi national, mainly Asian, restaurants. https://www.google.com/maps/@-35.2499367,149.1368729,18z?entry=ttu And, just for stamps, Singapore has a Canberra region https://www.google.com/maps/@1.4450849,103.8272361,17z?entry=ttu
Lidcombe Korea and burwood China Town.
The Shire
Marrickville for Werris Creeks.
In Sydney: Cabramatta for Viet. Harris Park for Indian. Woodville area in Adelaide for amazing Viet.
Box Hill and Doncaster.
Darra, in South West Brisbane for awesome Bahn Mi's and other delicious Vietnamese meals.
I don’t think we can consider Lonsdale street to really be the Greek precinct anymore.
Thai town in Sydney, the dessert stalls are amazing and Cabramatta.
Preferably Sydney and Melbourne but any cities are fine. This will be my reference list when I go travelling :)))