Last summer, having been in Korea for one year I visited the main Koreatown in Toronto which is located on Bloor St West between Bathurst and Christie Streets. Having lived in Korea for a year I was now familiar with Korean items and wanted to compare how authentic Koreatown actually was. The strip was quite long and had many stores of different natures. Most interesting was the basement E-Mart. This is a large chain in Korea like Walmart stores. I dont know if t...

Here is the first of a three part entry on Toronto's three Koreatowns - Yonge & Steeles - Bloor & Bathurst - Hurontario & Dundas These picures were taken at Yonge & Steeles in July 2010 before I first came to Korea. I was meeting some friends for dinner so noticed there was a large 'Seoul Plaza' and some neighbouring plazas on either side of Yonge Street with Korean stores. Later I met some other friends in the same neighbourhood so visited again ...

During my trip home we took my nephew to Marineland Niagara Falls to see the dolphins. I had also bought a new camera so I wanted to test a lot of the features. I bought a Panasonic Lumix Made in Japan with a Leica German Made lens. It has 20x magnification, 5.1 surround sound movie recording, 10 frames per second sports feature, 3D photo option and GPS tagging. I couldnt buy this in Korea as they only have Samsung and LG, cant explain any features to me, and pri...

Silk Road Restaurant - South Etobicoke http://www.yelp.ca/biz/silk-road-restau rant-etobicoke Xinjiang Restaurant - Steeles/Warden http://www.yelp.ca/biz/xin-jiang-restau rant-markham Chinese Halal Restaurant - Finch/Leslie http://www.yelp.ca/biz/chinese-halal-re staurant-north-york Chinese Halal Restaurant - Steeles/Kennedy http://www.yelp.ca/biz/chinese-halal-re staurant-scarborough

Here are some highlights from my Toronto trip back home..I will have a seperate entry on the two Koreatowns and Korea Grill House RestaurantNext week am off to Silk Road China! :D