One can easily spend an entire week in Toronto and, with no objections, eat with chopsticks every night—and eat extremely well at that! Toronto boasts the second-largest Chinatown in North America (San Francisco having the largest). The gateway to the ethnic neighborhood is at the intersection at Dundas and Spadina Streets. Here the avenues are teeming with Asian culture, lined with countless markets and storefronts, much resembling the bustling streets of Hong Kong. Vendors sell live ducks and other meats at every corner, as pedestrians meander through produce stands and seafood stalls, browse herb shops and investigate massage parlors. Live crabs snap their claws in sidewalk buckets, young children hock fresh fruit and vegetables to passers-by, Asian spices scent the very air that resounds with the native tongues of Korea, China and Vietnam, while patrons negotiate prices in Eastern arts and crafts stores.

Of course, the cuisine in this expansive neighborhood is as authentic as the citizens who live there. Numerous restaurants are scattered throughout, ranging from five-star establishments to delis and lunch buffets. A cultural favorite among Torontonians is a meal at King Noodle, located on the corner of Dundas and Spadina, where many residents pop in for a quick snack of salted donuts and hot & sour soup. Keep in mind that Chinatown overlaps Kensington Village, home to the famed Kensington Market, where a whole new world of ethnic eccentricities abounds, from food and groceries to vintage clothing.