COMBINED2 March 2015 National Geographic Abroad

M
Nlrtdti
&
Hrfr
N
GIIAI!
Hk*..
ll{dt tI3l! tt
NITIrINTI
#
OINTTIITiTAV/II
FRENCH LAVENDER FIELDS IN WASHINGTON . CHINESE NIGHT MARKETS IN ONTARIO
GERMAN OKTOBERFEST IN MARYLAND . AFRICAN-STYLE SAFARIS IN OHIO . AND MOREI
Canada,:find a co:-:=,
at Nadbge
:
Toronto's Q.
Little India
Gerrard Street East
between Coxweli and
Greenwood
BEST BET: Chat houses
and colorful silks at
Gerrard India Bazaar
Koreatown
Karaoke bars and
restaurants along
Bloor Street West,
between Bathurst
and Chrlstie
BEST BET:
rooms. BMB Karaoke is
one of the city's largest,
is experiencing rapid
change. You'll still find
located on the Bloor West
strip, and instant noodles
are served alongside your
it teeming with vendors
selhng fruit, bustling
tel 4t6-53o-z7Bt
crowds speaking
Cantonese, and nooks
for after-hours "cold
tea" (read: cold beer)
and hearty Szechwan.
But perhaps the best
place for an authentic
Chinese experience is
T&T Supermarket, where
more than 15,OOO Asian
products are colorfully
packaged and stacked
high on shelves, including
teas, noodles, frozen
dumplings, and specialty
items like taro buns and
Taiwanese star fruit.
There's a food court too.
T&T Supermarket, zzz
Cherry St., tel 4t6-463B ll3, tnt-supermarket.com
*r*!r:ag*r:t:
E=ia::Sighl Fri*rk+i*
As Toronto expands and
gentrifres, its Chinatown,
radiating from the corner
of Spadina Avenue and
Dundee Street West,
The South Asian
population's strong
presence in Greater
Toronto makes the
popularity of dim sum
karaoke machlne. At X(J
Karaoke you can sip on
soj4 a Korean alcohol, as
you belt along to any of
the bar's vast catalogue of
5oo,Ooo tunes, including
new ones in Korean,
Japanese, and Chinese. Or
rent a room in Toronto's
comfortable old karaoke
classic, the zo-year-old
Freezone Karaoke, to
stage your "Gangnam
Style" moment.
BMB Karaoke,593 Bloor
St. W., tel416-5sS 8z86;
XO
Karaoke,6% Bloor St. W.,
teL
416-fi S-3734; Freezone
Karaoke,7zt BLoor St. W.,
248 Abroad at Home
and night markets no
surprise. One weekend
every July, you canjoin
the hungry swarms at
Night It Upl market,
where alfresco vendors
selling ethnic food evoke
the chaotic, 1ive1y street
cultures of Hong Kong
and Taiwan. Try the
famous Taiwanese stinky
tofu, a fermented dish
that gives off a pungent,
distinctrve odor, followed
bythe sweet Hong Kong
Puffie, a mini egg wa[fle
topped with gooey
ingredients like chocolate
and marshmallows. Then
nudge your way through
the crowds to piay games
like frshing in swimming
pools (with prizes), in the
kind of zaniness you'd
find in the parking lots of
Taipei or Tainan.
ni.ghtitup.com
5r-*::+3:. 3{i=s
Quebec may be the
true enclave of Irench
culture and heritage in
"Real"
Korean food at Buk
Chang Dong Soon
Tofu
neighborL:
-
th:
.
urbane,
a trendy P::.
and prod;:=
worthy ol c
-
Nidege Nc world-renc'.'
from Lyon. :
known for : =
macqrons.'
:
crispy she--s
moist gana::
flavors like .
cotton can:.
What's go:::
swallows ta.r
day or twc ::-.
Chinatown
Shops, restaurants
and spas along
Spadina Avenue
BEST BET|
t_
oronto
I
|.---
[:] ARil
ENUR
Lion dances
ourlng Lnrnese 1\ew
r
Toronto City
Year festival
Little Italy
Restaurants, bakeries,
and shops on College
Street between
Euclid and Shaw
BEST BET:
c
?
a
7a
Wine
and appetizers at
Trattoria Taverniti
N
I
l
\ftl
Greektown on
the Danforth
Cosmopolitan
restaurants, caf6s,
and stores on
Danforth Avenue
between Chester and
Dewhurst
BEST BET: August's
Taste of the Danforth
food festival
T
-
5
Ti::1,:.,
Market.
1 I onthe e..
sington Mari
for a steam-:-meat sand'..,:
-