Three delicious reasons to send Sydney s Chinatown some love
Terry Durack
Photo: Anna Kucera
Think Chinatown, and you think a swirling mass of humanity, colour, come-hither smells and good feeds. But the lion dances and fireworks are distant memories, as the noodle shops, butchers, dumpling houses and greengrocers of Chinatown and Haymarket battle for survival.
That s why Kevin Cheng, Peter Wong and Hayden Wong launched the Soul of Chinatown social media initiative in June 2021. Sydney s Chinatown is fading, and we want to help bring the spotlight back, says Cheng, a Taiwanese Australian food writer and digital content producer. We want to preserve the culture, history, tradition of Chinatown and its community, but also ensure its survival.