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MONTREAL Six Montreal restaurants with Asian menus came together to create a special offering for some deserving diners on Monday. The chefs teamed up to prepare original dishes that were donated to the hard working staff at the Children’s and Jewish General Hospitals. The feast was organized by food blogger Raj Brar. On his Instagram page he posted a link to a GoFundMe page, asking for help. Brar said the event was his way to celebrate his own birthday by helping others. Basically, I said Why don t we make this huge? So, we re donating over 100 meals to the Children’s and the Jewish General, to the front-line workers, he said.
Anti-Asian crime spiked in Montreal last year, police say
Members of Montreal s Asian community are speaking out against increasing hate crimes, which they say are likely linked to the pandemic.
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Bill Wong, director Chinatown s business development group, says China-bashing throughout the pandemic has fuelled anti-Asian sentiment.(CBC)
Members of Montreal s Asian communities say they are still targets of anti-Asian hate crimes a year after the first case of COVID-19 in Quebec.
Between March and December 2020, the Montreal police service (SPVM) recorded 22 crimes targeting Asian-Montrealers, an increase of 19 over the previous year.
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Last year, for Lunar New Year, Serena Zhang hosted an annual gala at Place des Arts’ Théâtre Maisonneuve, featuring traditional singing and dance performances by various local groups. This weekend, she’ll be hosting a similar celebration on Zoom.
It’s just one of the many ways Montreal’s Chinese community is adapting what is traditionally a time to come together, under the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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“Everyone misses the social interaction,” said Zhang, who is president of the Young Chinese Professionals Association (YCPA). “We miss being physically together to celebrate the New Year, but it’s better to be prudent and conscientious under the circumstances.”
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At this time of year, the sights and sounds of the raucous lion dance, a Chinese tradition believed to bring good fortune and banish evil, would usually be delighting visitors to Chinatown’s streets. But COVID-19 and its resulting curfew have put a damper on Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, which falls on February 12. While festive red is still de rigueur for the lunar holiday, getting together in large groups, at home or in restaurants, is simply not possible, leaving many with little to look forward to, other than the food, to celebrate the Year of the Ox.