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Here is a partial list of where the Oriental City traders have moved to — please add more if you know any:
* Hamazaki Bakery is moving
to 82 Totteridge Lane, N20 8QG, near [[Totteridge and Whetstone Station]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_City according to Wikipedia])
* Koreana is moving to 32 Headstone Drive, HA3 5QJ, near [[Harrow and Wealdstone Station]] ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental_City according to Wikipedia])
* Oriental City Supermarket has moved to [[Locale Bayswater|Bayswater]], specifically 26 Queensway, W2 3RX (ta [http://londonist.com/2008/06/the_dim_sum_sho.php Londonist])
* Puji Puji Satay, a Malaysian place from the food court, has moved to 122 Balls Pond Road, N1 4AE (see [http://www.doshermanos.co.uk/2008/08/puji-puji-praiseworthy-malaysian-on.html Dos Hermanos review] and [http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/545485 Chowhound thread])

The info below is retained for people who want to know what it used to be like.
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* China City (restaurant upstairs)
* Utsuwa-No-Yakata (the crockery shop) ([https://www.utsuwa.com/Company/StoreLocations.asp their website just says "closed"])
* the durian stall
* Yong Tofu
* Roti stall (used to sell proper roti canai)

The info below is retained for people who want to know what Oriental City used to be like.

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Oriental City was a large South-East Asian mall and community centre in North London, reasonably close to Colindale Station. It closed for redevelopment on 1 June 2008. It's expected to be closed for at least three years, and many of the traders have nowhere to go, so are unlikely to still be around when/if it reopens.

The info below is retained for people who want to know what it used to be like.

Food court

The (covered) food court on the ground floor is a proper food court, with stalls arranged around the edges, and chairs and tables in the middle. You can have Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Malaysian, Indian, you name it. Select your favourite dishes from as many stalls as you like, and collect them when your number comes up.

Specific recommendations: there are two dim sum places, and the one that's called "Dim Sum House" has a better selection than the other, the "Royal Lido". (Although their "Shanghai style" pork dumplings are not in fact soup dumplings; my quest continues. --Kake)

Highlights

  • The food court, of course!
  • Other food places, including a cafe that does bubble tea, and a sushi bar.
  • The Japanese crockery shop.
  • The Japanese supermarket — all kinds of interesting vegetables, sushi-grade fish, meats, noodles, rice, spices, oils, vinegars, exciting things in packets.
  • The durian shop. Located outside the main building, for reasons that will be obvious to anyone who's ever come within smelling distance of durian.

Getting here

Colindale Station is closest; Burnt Oak Station is also within walking distance, but as it's one stop further out than Colindale it's probably less useful. If you're driving, it's worth knowing that they have a free car park.

See also

Other people's writeups, news reports, etc:

Last visited by Ewan, Sarah and others, 1 June 2008. Food court opening hours verified from notice outside, September 2007.

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