the fact that you sit on bean bags. You read that right. Bean bags. Asian Legend -- This place has got some of the best northern Chinese cuisine in the city. The prices might be a bit higher than the other three I've recommended, but when you go with a group of people and order dishes to share, it's totally worth it. I end up eating the food before I can take a picture, so here's a gif depicting my reaction to said food. 2. The Shopping At Chinatown, you can find lots of small shops and stores that sell knick-knacks. Need slippers? Little baskets? Funny looking chopsticks and spoons? Almost everything is less than $10. When I first moved here, I was in need of some chopsticks and spoons. I got 2 pairs of chopsticks and 3 ceramic spoons for about $4. After I figured out just how res works, I looked for house slippers. $4. It was awesome. But by far the most exciting shopping you'll do in Chinatown is grocery shopping. Grocery options around campus are sparse. What you spend can add up fast, so before you know it, you're spending $50 at Metro (it was the closest one to Woodsworth Res) on groceries that barely last you a week. At Chinatown, you get much more variety, and a bigger bang for your buck. You can easily at least 1.5 to 2 times more groceries with the same amount of money. Word of warning: shopping in Chinatown