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We already have a "White Mall". It's Queen St E in the Beach
I hope this Chinese mall is way better and more Western influenced like the Aberdeen Centre then Pacific Mall, Dragon City, Chinatown Centre, etc which are all duds.
and Yoshinoya (Japanese beef and rice bowl chain with locations in the Western US and New York).
No, the actual cooking tastes different. Not sure why, perhaps catering to a more "American" taste (given the number of Americans who can only accept Americanized Asian food and not the real stuff)?If Yoshinoya was in Toronto, I'd go every day! Although I hear the one in NYC isn't nearly as good as the ones in Japan, probably cause the quality of beef is vastly in inferior.
We need to get past this racism thing and see a Chinese Mall not as a mall for Chinese people to the exclusion of all others, but a mall where Chinese is spoken and Chinese products are available.
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^ Those are pretty good ideas. Many young Chinese who came from Hong Kong to Toronto only look forward to going back to HK to get a job after they finish university in Toronto, partially because HK's urban lifestyle is to them so much more attractive than what is available in Toronto. Even many Chinese born in Toronto (the CBCs) find HK to be a more exciting place than Toronto... every young Chinese in Toronto can tell a story of a friend who went back to HK for the first time, and came back a Fob ("First off the Boat", a term for someone who is immersed in pop Asian culture, fashion, food, etc.). Developments like this could help to improve the urban lifestyle here in Toronto, and could even stem the exodus of Chinese back to HK (many of them are well-educated in professional fields, so it's beneficial to Toronto's economy if they stay).
really? I'm suprised you got that treatment in any 'Chinese' mall in Markham ... the vendors in these types of malls are well cultured / accustomed to main stream Canadian customers ... further, I am quite certain they are REQUIRED by law to have English store names displayed (in addition to the Chinese store name if they so choose)