Dim sum with my friends

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We celebrated the actual St-Jean-Baptiste as it should at the dim sum restaurant (Kam Fung on St-Urbain). Frankly, dim sum, “small bits” Chinese brunch, may not always be my favourite meal to have. But in Montreal, it doesn’t get better, as a way to assemble our group of friends around the same table. In fact, … Continue reading “Dim sum with my friends”

Dim sum with friends

We celebrated the actual St-Jean-Baptiste as it should at the dim sum restaurant (Kam Fung on St-Urbain). Frankly, dim sum, “small bits” Chinese brunch, may not always be my favourite meal to have. But in Montreal, it doesn’t get better, as a way to assemble our group of friends around the same table.

In fact, one good thing about Chinese restaurants is the round tables, instead of rectangular ones that you’d find in Western restaurants. It’s really nice, because I wouldn’t have been able to speak to everyone sitting around the table otherwise.

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On a célébré la St-Jean-Baptiste comme il se doit, c’est-à-dire au restaurant dim sum (Kam Fung sur St-Urbain). Mais pour être franc, le dim sum est loin d’être mon choix personnel de resto, mais y’a rien qui bât ça quand vient de trouver quelque chose pour rassembler tous mes amis autour d’une table.

Le resto chinois, peut-être comparé au resto occidental, a la qualité de placer les convives autour d’une table ronde, ce qui favorisera les interactions. Si on s’était mis autour de tables rectangulaires, je n’aurais certainement pas pu parler à tout le monde rassemblé ce midi-là. Alors, bravo au concept des tables rondes !

Viewshop, 1972 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest

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I know that I should stop amazing for these things, but I just can’t help it. These are photos of a new shop on rue Ste-Catherine Ouest in Montreal (near du Fort). It has been replacing the old Movieland (physical world video rental, what a backward business model) for at least the past month, I … Continue reading “Viewshop, 1972 rue Ste-Catherine Ouest”

Viewshop, 1972 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal

Viewshop, 1972 Rue Ste-Catherine Ouest, Montreal

I know that I should stop amazing for these things, but I just can’t help it. These are photos of a new shop on rue Ste-Catherine Ouest in Montreal (near du Fort). It has been replacing the old Movieland (physical world video rental, what a backward business model) for at least the past month, I asked one of the clerks. It is basically borrowing from the concept of small shops within a big one that you see a lot over here in my corner of Asia.

Viewshop is like the little brother of the department store model. Most of the shop(s) belongs to its owners, but small open spaces within it are rented out to tenants, such as the Korean cosmetics booth (Korean brands like LaNeige are hugely popular all across China).

Some of the products sold in the shop are remarkably Chinese. They could be sold in some upscale-ish store in Shanghai or Hong Kong, I feel. On one side, it’s all clothing, all for women I think, and on the other, you would find various electronics gadgets (alarm clocks, USB cup heaters) and fancy stationery (an apple-shaped notepad?). Then, a small (bubble tea) café, and the cosmetics.

Yes, the owners are Chinese, after I asked, but wasn’t that already obvious? Yup, that is Montreal’s other Chinatown, far from Asian fonts clichés.

Chinese kid doing the Chinese squat

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I was walking down on Ste-Catherine last Saturday, and saw this kid just sitting there, apparently waiting for his parents to catch up or something. The Chinese squat is a comfortable sitting position perfected notably by certain people, such as the Chinese… You see that a lot more in mainland China, at lunchtime near construction … Continue reading “Chinese kid doing the Chinese squat”

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I was walking down on Ste-Catherine last Saturday, and saw this kid just sitting there, apparently waiting for his parents to catch up or something.

The Chinese squat is a comfortable sitting position perfected notably by certain people, such as the Chinese… You see that a lot more in mainland China, at lunchtime near construction sites, or at bus and train stations at any time of the day. In Hong Kong, not so much.

Blogue sur Radio-Canada.ca pour la Coupe du monde

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À défaut de voir la Chine (peu importe la dénomination République populaire, Taipei, ou Hong Kong) être représentée dans la ronde finale du tournoi de la Coupe du monde, je vais bloguer pour la Corée du Sud dans le cadre de la section « 32 blogueurs » du site FIFA 2010 de Radio-Canada Sports. Voici … Continue reading “Blogue sur Radio-Canada.ca pour la Coupe du monde”

À défaut de voir la Chine (peu importe la dénomination République populaire, Taipei, ou Hong Kong) être représentée dans la ronde finale du tournoi de la Coupe du monde, je vais bloguer pour la Corée du Sud dans le cadre de la section « 32 blogueurs » du site FIFA 2010 de Radio-Canada Sports. Voici le lien:

http://blogues.fifa.radio-canada.ca/KOR/

Je vais essayer (du mieux de mes capacités de fan de hockey) de commenter les performances des tigres de la péninsule coréenne, mais surtout d’essayer d’apporter de l’agrément hors-terrain en direct de Hong Kong, et de Montréal, où je passerai en vacances du 16 au 28 juin.

Vous pourrez par exemple lire ma vignette sur Nintendo World Cup, le jeu qui m’a plus marqué que la Coupe du monde elle-même, lorsque j’étais ti-cul en 1990-91. J’ai aussi une entrevue avec un fan de Man Utd et de ce qu’il pense de Park Ji-Sung, le Crosby (et bien plus) de l’équipe sud-coréenne.

San Francisco Chinatown — Colours of Chinatown

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Maybe I became colour-blind with Montreal’s Chinatown, but San Francisco’s struck me in awe as spectacularly multicoloured — especially in shades of fluorescent orange, green and yellow. Well contrasted with generous usage of the Asian font and you find a Chinese America from a past era, or at least, forever stuck in a generation’s imagination … Continue reading “San Francisco Chinatown — Colours of Chinatown”

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Maybe I became colour-blind with Montreal’s Chinatown, but San Francisco’s struck me in awe as spectacularly multicoloured — especially in shades of fluorescent orange, green and yellow. Well contrasted with generous usage of the Asian font and you find a Chinese America from a past era, or at least, forever stuck in a generation’s imagination of what a Chinatown should look like.

Somehow, it’s an interesting walk, in the same way a walk at Windows of the World is interesting.

San Francisco Chinatown

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Snake Deadly Act showing at Concordia U. this Saturday

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A reader of CLC is promoting such a movie night this Saturday night! It’s a movie called Snake Deadly Act (1979) by Wilson Tong. Check their Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109853092368690

A reader of CLC is promoting such a movie night this Saturday night! It’s a movie called Snake Deadly Act (1979) by Wilson Tong. Check their Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=109853092368690