To allow us to provide a better and more tailored experience please click "OK". Sign Up. Travel Guides. Videos Beyond Hollywood Hungerlust Pioneers of love. Jaclynn Seah. Copy link. Map View. This area is a feast for the senses with sights, sounds and smells serving up an authentic Chinatown experience. Head to Mao Shan Wang on Temple Street for ice cream and pizza topped with durian fruit , and quench your thirst with bubble tea and frozen yoghurt drinks from Super Dream on Terengganu Street.
More info. Open In Google Maps. Trengganu Street, Outram, Singapore, , Singapore. Give us feedback. Atmosphere: Family Friendly. This light green mosque, on South Bridge Road in the central Chinatown district, is a real head-turner, with two minarets jutting up towards the sky. The mosque is open daily to both Muslim and non-Muslims visitors for free, with tours given around the two prayer halls and other areas. Keen photographers are permitted to take photographs quietly.
Visit Website. Market, Natural Feature. Thinking of bringing home souvenirs? This pedestrianised strip, which was once known for its opium-smoking dens, is now home to dozens of bargain shops and stalls selling goods including silk clothing, fancy chopsticks and traditional Chinese medicines. Keep up your energy with a pit-stop at one of the restaurants dotted along the strip; Chuan Garden Restaurant is a popular choice for its Sichuan cuisine.
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The Museum of Chinese in America, founded in , is devoted to preserving and presenting the history, heritage, and culture of Chinese immigrants in the United States. The museum has earned its place as being a national archive for the narratives of diverse Chinese-American communities. The permanent exhibition space is entirely dedicated to sharing the hardships that Chinese-Americans faced within our nation, beginning with the Chinese Exclusion Act of , as well as demonstrating the growth and success that the Chinese population has contributed to our nation today.
The range of exhibitions at the museum vary year-round and include floating projections, stunning photography, and interactive scenarios, which allow visitors to feel as if they are being questioned by immigration authority. More info. Open In Google Maps. DeMille, but it was in fact designed by the local Chinese community. Far East Plaza looks unassuming from the outside, but step into the corridor of this pioneering ethnic shopping mall to find a mart overflowing with local character.
With 32 acres of open space directly adjacent to Chinatown, L. State Historic Park boasts an amazing view of Downtown. The park was once home to major events like FYF, Renegade Craft Fair and Hard Summer, but all went quiet with a major multi-year renovation that started in Upon its completion in spring , the park redesign added drought tolerant landscaping, a scenic overlook bridge and an orange grove. In business since , Philippe the Original is one of two local spots that claims to have invented the French dip sandwich.
Savvy customers select the traditional lamb or lighter turkey filling, then ask the server to double-dip the bread in the meaty juice; a French-dip sandwich is also incomplete without some of the sinus-clearing house mustard. This was L. Exhibits spotlight the history of L. Union Station may sit just on the outskirts of Chinatown today, but this plot of land was once the heart of Old Chinatown. In fact, the original neighborhood was demolished to make room for the station.
By , just seven passenger trains were running here a day. The hip-and-gable roof and meticulously crafted columns of the Thien Hau Temple stand out amidst the neighboring boxy condos and apartment complexes. Across the street from the neon glow of Chinatown Central Plaza, the neglected Hollywood backlot-esque appearance of Chung King Road belies the cultural hipness of the pedestrian alleyway.
Some of L. The Olvera Street-adjacent museum takes up residence in the restored Italian Hall, once a focal point of the Italian-American community from its construction in until the early s.
The collection includes some 6, artifacts, photos and documents that examine the history and contributions of Italian Americans in L. Starline Tours essentially operates an entire network of double-decker bus circuits across the city, from Downtown and the Valley to Santa Monica and LAX. The Purple Route includes three stops in Chinatown, from the Central Plaza to Union Station , and continues on into Downtown with connections to the rest of the city.
Promotional wraps on the bus obscure the view from the interior, lower level, but the view from the open-air, upper level is unexpectedly fantastic. Even for locals, it provides a fresh vantage point that really highlights the natural and architectural beauty of some of L.
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