Comments on: Chinese dessert in Markham http://commeleschinois.ca/2008/11/22/chinese-dessert-in-markham/ 模仿中國人 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:21:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kakei Chan http://commeleschinois.ca/2008/11/22/chinese-dessert-in-markham/comment-page-1/#comment-598 Kakei Chan Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:24:03 +0000 http://commeleschinois.ca/?p=474#comment-598 Mainlanders already have their authentic joints representing them from various regions, with CCTV tuned to all the time just like back home, so they're ok. HK food culture on the other hand suffers from a lack of population base to sustain. Witness the massive exodus of MTL-HK ex-pat to Toronto temporary during long weekends in order to re-live what is lacking in MTL. Mainlanders already have their authentic joints representing them from various regions, with CCTV tuned to all the time just like back home, so they’re ok. HK food culture on the other hand suffers from a lack of population base to sustain. Witness the massive exodus of MTL-HK ex-pat to Toronto temporary during long weekends in order to re-live what is lacking in MTL.

]]> By: Cedric Sam http://commeleschinois.ca/2008/11/22/chinese-dessert-in-markham/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Cedric Sam Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:14:31 +0000 http://commeleschinois.ca/?p=474#comment-595 J: Yes, HK was quite a rush, and I ate perhaps once or twice at dessert houses only. This is a pic taken in Hong Kong that is now hanging in my kitchen: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/smurfmatic/2436371979/" title="Tong shui in Causeway Bay by Cedric Sam, on Flickr" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2212/2436371979_60e4116e74_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Tong shui in Causeway Bay" /></a> K: I think the real "salvation" for these types of establishments in a city like Montreal may also ultimately come from new immigrants from the Mainland, who are becoming overwhelming in numbers and will soon ask for quality hangout places... I wonder what the the new Swatow Place will have for food tenants? J: Yes, HK was quite a rush, and I ate perhaps once or twice at dessert houses only. This is a pic taken in Hong Kong that is now hanging in my kitchen:

Tong shui in Causeway Bay

K: I think the real “salvation” for these types of establishments in a city like Montreal may also ultimately come from new immigrants from the Mainland, who are becoming overwhelming in numbers and will soon ask for quality hangout places… I wonder what the the new Swatow Place will have for food tenants?

]]> By: Kakei Chan http://commeleschinois.ca/2008/11/22/chinese-dessert-in-markham/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Kakei Chan Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:26:12 +0000 http://commeleschinois.ca/?p=474#comment-593 The problem with Montreal is that if you open up one a real "cha chaan teng" or "tong sui" shop, you'll end up being the only one in Chinatown. After the initial buzz, people will go back to their routine by returning to the same mediocre restaurants. The solution would have to open up a bunch of them to create kind of a scene. Think of al the Vietnamese Pho places that can survive in the southern part of St-Laurent boulevard in Chinatown. That way it'll be inbedded into their collective realm that "cha chaan teng" and "tong sui" ARE part of their landscape, and not some sort of novelty. The problem with Montreal is that if you open up one a real “cha chaan teng” or “tong sui” shop, you’ll end up being the only one in Chinatown. After the initial buzz, people will go back to their routine by returning to the same mediocre restaurants. The solution would have to open up a bunch of them to create kind of a scene. Think of al the Vietnamese Pho places that can survive in the southern part of St-Laurent boulevard in Chinatown. That way it’ll be inbedded into their collective realm that “cha chaan teng” and “tong sui” ARE part of their landscape, and not some sort of novelty.

]]> By: jen http://commeleschinois.ca/2008/11/22/chinese-dessert-in-markham/comment-page-1/#comment-592 jen Mon, 24 Nov 2008 13:40:17 +0000 http://commeleschinois.ca/?p=474#comment-592 ced, those pictures make me miss HK so much! I could (& did) eat at dessert houses all day... ced, those pictures make me miss HK so much! I could (& did) eat at dessert houses all day…

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