Brisbane Chinatown has had a revamp, with some of the shops giving way to more parking – can’t say I am happy about it, as the old fountain and the line of cherry trees has also gone. But it was a lovely day and the Chinatown Mall still manages to look good.
You can see the pagodas which have stood in the Mall for 10 years have been fenced off – Brisbane Council is concerned that they are unsafe from dry rot. Hopefully they can be saved at least.
Luckily one thing hasn’t changed and that is the Burlington Supermarket, a fabulous cornucopia of all things edible and Asian. This was a shopping trip, needing to stock up on goodies like gunpowder tea, ginger pickles and cakes, and buy some new noodle bowls. This is where you find the best stuff and the best value.
The new fountain is beautiful but kind of small after the last one, with its enchanting little waterfalls – but at least the koi are still there:
Which leads me to the Coy Elf, which my daughter spotted and snapped in one of the local shops:
Enough said. On to Surfers, which proved a crashing disappointment on this visit. Ta, our favourite Japanese restaurant. has gone! Oh the pain. We were craving its delicious food and cheerful staff. Some God-awful apartment block is going up on the site in Cavill Mall, as well as the blighted Soul building.
A Surfer’s night still has a certain enchantment:
We ended the night at the Cavill Mall Timezone, where I found a very dodgy horse:
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It’s too bad your favorite restaurant was gone. Boo, hiss to apartment buildings!
Yeah, why is it that all that is interesting and familiar get swept away. Beautiful Chinatown, btw.
Love the turtles on the fountain but how sad that so much has been swept away – developers eh, tsk! Lovely pics, great to journey with you.
O.o There is something very wrong with that horse.
Ah, I miss nice currumbin nights. Its the breeze – to die for, especially in the summer.