Toronto: the good, part 1
Ahh...the best part: dessert!
So what is good about Toronto? Tons of stuff! Since I really have a lot of work to do right now (and it's almost dinner time!) I will just write about one thing today.
The most characteristic and oft-quoted thing about the T-dot is its multiculturality (is that a word? well it is now). After enough people say it it starts to sound a bit like a cliche, however I assure you it is true! There is a village of every kind in Toronto: Korea town, Greek town, China Town, Little India, Little Italy, Little Portugal, the Ukrainian area (i.e. Bloor West Village), the Jewish area (all along Bathurst and Forest Hill)....and the list goes on! Here is a picture that I took a few years back that demonstrates this:
Here you can see a young man of African-North American descent walking with a young lady of some unknown but generally European descent through a very Asian (Korean specifically) area. Behind them is a man of Asian descent. Not only that, but they are walking by walnut cake stores, which as everyone knows are delicious! Speaking of which, each little area has its own flavour. Greek town is YUMMY! Little Italy has great gelato as well as a variety of interesting restaurants (not all Italian but they are still good). Little India (and Indian restaurants around the entire city) are quite good. And don't get me started on China town...there are SOOO many good restaurants there (on which I am quite the expert I might add. After years of experimentation, my favourite is called King's Noodle, which is just north of Dundas on the west side of Spadina Avenue. Their BBQed meat and its sauce are delicious, and the ambiance seems very authentic...never having been to China I can't say for sure, but it is one of the restaurants I found that seems to be more populated by Chinese than some of the other ones, which is why I went there in the first place as that is usually a good indication of good food!...or at least good value). In addition, Thai restaurants are scattered liberally throughout the city.
Anyway, the point is, Toronto is very diverse, and that helps make it an incredibly interesting place to live in. You can meet people that have been living here for years and not speak much english at all. Or the opposite: one day I sat down beside a little old chinese lady on the subway who I expected not to speak much english, then she started making fun of all the other passengers on the subway to me in perfect english! (I think there were some Goth kids on the train at the time, and people with piercings everywhere, which she evidently disapproved of and, and although I don't mind them it was pretty amusing to listen to, especially when she started saying that she thought I would never do such things to myself, because she could obviously tell that I was a much more proper young man :-P)
So what is good about Toronto? Tons of stuff! Since I really have a lot of work to do right now (and it's almost dinner time!) I will just write about one thing today.
The most characteristic and oft-quoted thing about the T-dot is its multiculturality (is that a word? well it is now). After enough people say it it starts to sound a bit like a cliche, however I assure you it is true! There is a village of every kind in Toronto: Korea town, Greek town, China Town, Little India, Little Italy, Little Portugal, the Ukrainian area (i.e. Bloor West Village), the Jewish area (all along Bathurst and Forest Hill)....and the list goes on! Here is a picture that I took a few years back that demonstrates this:
Here you can see a young man of African-North American descent walking with a young lady of some unknown but generally European descent through a very Asian (Korean specifically) area. Behind them is a man of Asian descent. Not only that, but they are walking by walnut cake stores, which as everyone knows are delicious! Speaking of which, each little area has its own flavour. Greek town is YUMMY! Little Italy has great gelato as well as a variety of interesting restaurants (not all Italian but they are still good). Little India (and Indian restaurants around the entire city) are quite good. And don't get me started on China town...there are SOOO many good restaurants there (on which I am quite the expert I might add. After years of experimentation, my favourite is called King's Noodle, which is just north of Dundas on the west side of Spadina Avenue. Their BBQed meat and its sauce are delicious, and the ambiance seems very authentic...never having been to China I can't say for sure, but it is one of the restaurants I found that seems to be more populated by Chinese than some of the other ones, which is why I went there in the first place as that is usually a good indication of good food!...or at least good value). In addition, Thai restaurants are scattered liberally throughout the city.
Anyway, the point is, Toronto is very diverse, and that helps make it an incredibly interesting place to live in. You can meet people that have been living here for years and not speak much english at all. Or the opposite: one day I sat down beside a little old chinese lady on the subway who I expected not to speak much english, then she started making fun of all the other passengers on the subway to me in perfect english! (I think there were some Goth kids on the train at the time, and people with piercings everywhere, which she evidently disapproved of and, and although I don't mind them it was pretty amusing to listen to, especially when she started saying that she thought I would never do such things to myself, because she could obviously tell that I was a much more proper young man :-P)
posted by a bike rider in the big smoke at 6:44 p.m.
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