I have recently talked about our small but nice Chinatown: the area surrounding Via Paolo Sarpi in Milan, an area which is not even far from the modern Porta Nuova district.
Here I detail about a beautiful place inside the Chinatown: it is called Oriental Mall and it is basically a Chinese shopping mall.
Yes, you have read it correctly: it is an entire Chinese shopping mall. A big structure where you can feel literally like in China: everything is themed with Chinese decorations and lots of services are available here.
Inside the shopping mall you can find various shops (especially clothes and tech), a big Chinese hypermarket (Hu Market), Chinese health services, a Chinese food market (Hu Foods), a bar, two bubble tea stores (one of which, called Miss Cake, also makes Chinese pastries) and typical restaurants (including the most popular hotpot buffet restaurant, the Chong Qing House).
20 Likes
Hello @user_not_found ,
This looks amazing, thank you for sharing it with us!
As a huge Asian food lover, I guess that many specific ingredients could be found in this Oriental Mall, right?
Yeah @BorrisS , everything can be found here, but not only, and not even only just in the Milan Chinatown. Milan is full of Asian stores and also authentic Asian restaurants, especially Chinese.
1 Like
Thank you @user_not_found for the information, that’s good to know.
I’ve asked this question because, in the city where I live, even though there are many Asian shops you don’t always find some very specific ingredients.
@BorrisS Milan is home to the biggest Chinese community in Italy and maybe one of the biggest in Europe. Also Filipinos have a strong presence here. The vast majority of my friends are from these countries. In Milan there are even food places cooking dishes you would only find in China. Shops have everything and some are really big. For me, as I am really into Chinese world, it’s a paradise!
1 Like
