As I promised here are a few more pictures from the oriental side of Newcastle (more of a street than an end really!), specifically ‘Wing Hong Chinese Supermarket’ where you can find a variety of weird and wonderful things which I doubt you’ll find in Sainsbury’s any time soon!
One of many shop’s in Newcastle’s China Town but probably the only one worth having a look round if you’re not Chinese!
Behold a variety of different ‘Hello Kitty‘ branded pastas - this is one fad which doesn’t look likely to end any time soon! This said, I find the thought of eating cat-shaped macaroni rather disturbing!
Hell Money - according to sources this is burn as an offering when you die. Apparently it’s name was a bit of a mistake as those who called it so thought ‘Hell’ meant ‘afterlife’ in English! (In case you were wondering, no I don’t have blue fingernails - it’s not my hand!).
I spotted this in a window of a health shop nearby - it begs the question of weather ‘Slim Tea’ is actually any thinner than your average cup, and how exactly does that work?! What I especially like are the photo testimonials of people who have hair regeneration therapy just below the sign and happy people who have lost weight just above it!
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Seems not “China” at all…that Kitty-food is made in Japan, what a pity!
Yes, I guess “China Town” encompases both Chinese, Japanese, Korean Thai goods…
Then why not call it “Asia Town”?
Actually I'm a chinese, I think the town is far away from a real China Town.
Yeah it would be a good idea but for some reason these places are always called China Town - perhaps it's because there are usually proportionally more Chinese people living there than other - i.e. it's a generalisation or just a tradition in the UK
I do not see why you can call it Asia Town because any thing that is identified as Asia (e.g. Sky TV just for one) is all about India. You can get about ten + channels classed as Asian and they are all Indian. There is only one channel for Chinese speaking Asians and one English speaking Chinese channel.
My wife is Chinese.