Boston’s Chinatown

By Kanbe M.

Boston’s Chinatown..Not the biggest but is unique in it’s own distinct way.From the flashing lights of the restaurants and stores to the murals and the paifang gate,Boston’s chinatown is one of the most unique and historic places in New England.It’s definitely not the largest but has it’s own character.Chinatown, Boston is a neighborhood located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is the only surviving historic ethnic Chinese area in New England Since the demolish of Chinatown’s in Providence, Rhode Island and Portland, Maine after the 1950s. Because of the high population of Asian Americans living in this particular area of Boston, there is an abundance amount of Chinese and Vietnamese restaurants located in Boston’s Chinatown. It is one of the most densely populated residential areas in Boston, and is the center of its Asian American life.There are many distinct characteristics about Boston’s chinatown from the moment you walk in.First is the “Paifang gate”.The Paifang gate is green and has chinese characters engraved on it and to the side there are 2 foo lions on each side.The characters means Tian Xia Wei Gong, a saying attributed to Sun Yat-sen that translates as "everything under the sky is for the people", and Li Yi Lian Chi, an ancient Chinese proverb meaning a good person is one who understands "Manner", "Loyalty", "Honesty", and "Shame".Continuing on there is a huge Mural that is being displayed.It is displayed in “scroll form” as Ms.Donoghue says and is beautifully presented.We contiued walking and decided to eat a traditional vietnamese dish called “Pho”.As “Pho Experts” Ms.Donoghue and I showed my fellow writers how to eat,what to put it and so on.It was interesting to see the reactions on there faces after first trying and suprisingly David finished everything from the noodles to the soup.We then went to a local gift-shop and they sold many fasinating things.From plates,tea pots and cups to bamboo,it was an interesting place and is definitely worth going to.We ended the trip going to get Boba tea for Robert, who didn’t even finish the whole thing.Overal,l the trip was a great expirience and i’m glad I got to eat good food with great people.If you are in Boston and want to look for an area with great restaraunts, historic places and a great atmosphere,Boston’s Chinatown is that place!!

Chinatown

By Robert A. and Brendan M.

For our latest city exploration, we went to Chinatown. In Chinatown our group tried this food place called Pho Hoa. The food was rather interesting in a good way. To be honest it was very good. Pho is kind of like a soup with many different flavored broths and delicious rice noodles.  It was a different type of food that we had and it expanded our culinary pallets. After eating, we walked around and went into a little corner store. When we went in the store we were greeted by a dog full of energy. When we went in the corner store we saw tiny trinkets such as chopsticks, silk clothing, pottery and bamboo.  

Kanbe was the expert on this trip he knew exactly where to go. If anyone that reads this is interested on vietnamese food go down to Chinatown. If you ever want to go to Chinatown hop on the red line on the MBTA and get off at the Chinatown train stop. Man was this trip interesting at least this time everybody got on the train at the same time lol no one forgot Robert (ME) and David this time. It was an amazing trip because at night the bright lights in Chinatown and the old authentic atmosphere makes this city so beautiful, from many different food places to stores on the corner of streets that sell old china silverware and Japanese movies to a bubble tea place :) This trip was a amazing, and we would recommend you go when you have free time.