Chinatown Boston

The Chinese community can be found almost everywhere. Every country and every city have their own little Chinese community thus you can find a Chinatown on every state or city. It's not only the Chinese who prefer living in Chinatown but other Asians prefer to reside here as well.

When you travel to Boston Mass, you can find tasty Chinese delicacies as well as Koreans, Japanese and even Vietnamese delicacies. The Chinatown is highly populated and there are about 28,000 people living per square mile of land as of the year 2000. People here usually have low salary and they take advantage of the low rent and cost of living.

As a non-Asian, going to Chinatown Boston gives you the feel of what it's like in their land that is halfway around the world. You don't need to actually go to China to experience the life of the Chinese people. In Chinatowns, you can see them as the majority residents, you can taste their genuine Chinese foods and you can sip their Chinese tea any time you want.

They indeed have delicious dim sums, noodles, dumplings, siopao, Chinese vegetables and many more and they come at a cheap price. Yes, eating Chinese foods is inexpensive compared to buying unhealthy American foods such as a hamburger that was cooked in oil!

What is a Chinatown without their Chinese drugstores? China has their own way of healing the sick through herbs and roots. It's amazing how they perfected their brews over thousands of years and these Chinese medicines actually really work- just don't mind the taste. The Chinese community doesn't spend a lot of money for medications as they rely more on their Chinese herbs as they do for over thousands of years.

Shops in Chinatown Boston that you should not miss visiting are the Studio Verticale, Vessel, Hei La Moon, Eldo Cake House and Gourmet Dumpling House. Don't forget the steam carts that may roll by in front of you. They sell delicious pork buns and shrimp dumplings! Delicious!

Come here every Chinese New Year and you'll see the place come alive! Dance to the beat while they perform the dragon dance. Be amazed by their fireworks display and don't forget to wear red so you will blend in!

It really doesn't matter what color your skin is, in Chinatown Boston you'd forget you're not even Chinese! It's fun to come here when on Boston travels every once in awhile and indulge in a different kind of lifestyle.