or two asking for spare change here. Cross east over Main and duck into the Ten Lee Hong Enterprises building on the opposite corner. One of the area’s most famous traditional teashops, it’s lined with aromatic leaf varieties, mostly imported from Taiwan and Mainland China. If your timing is right, you may get a choice of small free samples.
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Keep strolling east along E. Pender and you’ll find yourself in Chinatown’s main food shopping area. Fronted by pyramids of dry fish, leathery red lychees, and spiky durian fruits, the grocery stores lining this strip are a visitor attraction in themselves. Expect a sensory explosion of salty barbecue aromas and loud Chinese banter, and make sure you duck into the shops and pick up a snack or two for later.
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Continue east to the next intersection, then turn right along Gore Ave. Stroll south for one block. You’ll spot a handful of cottage vendors here selling everything from hand-knitted hats to unfamiliar backyard-grown vegetables to dried lizards splayed on sticks. At the next intersection, turn right down Keefer St. The shops here, from old-school apothecaries to garish trinket stores, are just as busy as those on E. Pender. This strip is the center of Chinatown’s popular summertime night market when the street transforms into an alfresco bazaar of hawker food, live music, and tempting stalls on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights.
Conclude your Chinatown walk with dinner at Hon’s Wun-Tun House, on the left-hand side of Keefer. Chinatown is stuffed with restaurants but this one has been a local favorite for many years. One of the first Vancouver restaurants to bring Hong Kong-style noodles to town back in 1982, it’s since branched out and developed a bewildering array of good-value dishes. The room here is often stuffed with chattering locals and if you’re not sure what to go for try the barbecued duck noodles with a side order of pork pot stickers.
POINTS OF INTEREST
Sam Kee Building 8 W. Pender St.
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden 578 Carrall St., 604-662-3207
Chinese Benevolent Association Building 108 E. Pender St.
New Town Bakery 158 E. Pender St., 604-689-7835
Ten Lee Hong Enterprises 500 Main St., 604-689-7598
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or two asking for spare change here. Cross east over Main and duck into the Ten Lee Hong Enterprises building on the opposite corner. One of the area’s most famous traditional teashops, it’s lined with aromatic leaf varieties, mostly imported from Taiwan and Mainland China. If your timing is right, you may get a choice of small free samples.
