tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post3008341770447385612..comments2024-03-24T06:46:00.066+11:00Comments on B-Kyu: 30 years ago today - Sydney's Chinatown leaves the laminex image behindShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07175426309170881777noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-51709016057570566612016-05-11T12:45:55.150+10:002016-05-11T12:45:55.150+10:00The Covent Garden Hotel was a haven for crooks and...The Covent Garden Hotel was a haven for crooks and shifty operators in the early 80s. Strange how it could function as family friendly tourist trap aswell.<br />Puddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057937882102793308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-48464331485721240672014-03-23T11:54:32.083+11:002014-03-23T11:54:32.083+11:00I think it's just distinguishing the eateries ...I think it's just distinguishing the eateries set up by immigrants, cooking the food of their home countries and selling it cheaply and fine eating establishments established by wealthy people to cater to the higher end of dining. <br /><br />It's still exists quite prominently today, and I generally have much better experiences at "Ethnic" eateries. Cody Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934493291244101986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-68780220385766046522014-03-23T11:47:46.127+11:002014-03-23T11:47:46.127+11:00Chinatown has been much the same since the late 80...Chinatown has been much the same since the late 80s. It's nothing but a tourist attraction, the same goes for Paddy's market and Darling Harbour.<br /><br />The real experiences lay west. You go to Cabramatta for example and it's far more colourful than Chinatown has been in 50 years. You have ladies selling food on the street, cheap butchers/fruiterers and it's CHEAP. Honourable Cody Byrnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02934493291244101986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-57155151322451265242014-02-07T13:49:50.542+11:002014-02-07T13:49:50.542+11:00Thanks, it was great looking back. We feel the sam...Thanks, it was great looking back. We feel the same about the loss of the little shops, the regular retailers that make a community and a neighbourhood, not just a tourist attraction. Residential development might bring it back, or it might just mean another Colesworth in the city.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531327682856915545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-14169654657165768972014-02-07T13:48:07.539+11:002014-02-07T13:48:07.539+11:00We were wondering the same thing, I couldn't f...We were wondering the same thing, I couldn't find out much about Kaison. A mysterious lost food court?Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00531327682856915545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-26725478691941226562014-02-07T12:16:37.209+11:002014-02-07T12:16:37.209+11:00Very interesting read, it's amazing how much C...Very interesting read, it's amazing how much Chinatown has changed in 30 years, and how similar the issues facing it then are to the ones facing it today. I wonder what the Kaison Food Centre was? I'm assuming a food court of some description? Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519618782033018514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-5606974082559243712014-02-02T11:26:40.405+11:002014-02-02T11:26:40.405+11:00lol at casual racism of the early 80s, "ethni...lol at casual racism of the early 80s, "ethnic" restaurants can't be legitimate restaurants now ? this is a great read though, i learnt a lot about Sydney's Chinatown history. Jin Hien Lauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05015725478441444822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-82458469913949559942014-02-01T08:49:51.881+11:002014-02-01T08:49:51.881+11:00Thanks for the walk down memory lane, it was my ch...Thanks for the walk down memory lane, it was my childhood visits to Chinatown (a little over 30 years ago) that set me on my lifelong foodie journey. Xin Nian Kuai Le!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8643467301243569244.post-44863393992668501842014-01-31T18:37:58.493+11:002014-01-31T18:37:58.493+11:00Brilliant post. I hope Chinatown is revitalised an...Brilliant post. I hope Chinatown is revitalised and not gentrified with all the new development. In recent years imo Chinatown has lost a bit of its 'soul', yes there are still as many restaurants/food places as ever, but the other types of businesses that you'd expect to find in a thriving Chinatown, such as Chinese grocery stores, fishmongers, butcheries, keep disappearing. If this Mnoreply@blogger.com