Lol do they mean the plaza with the H mart?

If it's what I'm thinking of, it's not exactly a walkable Chinatown. There's a high concentration Chinese/Taiwanese grocery stores and restaurants on the southern end of Edison between rt 27 and rt 1 including a few dim sum and dessert shops in Festival Plaza (where Hmart, which is not Chinese, is), Kam Man Foods, 99 Ranch on rt 1 south, and a bunch of lovely restaurants on Old Post Road including Prince Tea House and Golden Seafood Restaurant. There may be a dozen boba tea shops in the vicinity as well.

Until today I'd thought of it as a pan-Asian-town since there are Malaysian, Vietnamese, and Korean businesses intermixed with them, but I can see why someone would think of it as a Chinatown.

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Strip mall china town !

around Rt 27 strip malls, plazas around Kam Man on Old Post Rd, some parts of Rt 1. Most of the non-food related businesses exist along Rt 27 between Costco and Highland Park, but it’s not as concentrated as Oak Tree Rd Little India

I was going to say the section of route 1 and 27 right before getting into New Brunswick.

Yea “Chinatown” is pretty disingenuous, if anything it’s more of a “ktown”

eh, the Hmart plaza is sort of its own Korean island in Edison (and debatable as half of the restaurants in that same plaza are Chinese as well). There are many more Chinese/Taiwanese businesses, and not just restaurants, in the surrounding area along Rt 27 and 1.

Yea I was replying to the hmart comment specifically. Idk about half being Chinese though…. Even Paris baguette is Korean owned

But yea you are right there’s other businesses along 27 and 1.

check the west side building on gmaps, all of the restaurants there are Chinese (happy lamb hotpot, tasty moment, dunhuang etc)

Yeah some on the side like tasty moment and the hot pot spot. Also some Chinese places on 27 down the road. I’d say it’s Asia town. Maybe not Chinatown or Ktown. But I guess you could say Edison is basically Asia town with all the Indian spots too.

A lot of Chinese owned businesses on Rt 27. Look up “loving care pharmacy”, and that’s where the businesses are. I certainly wouldn’t call it a “Chinatown” though

It's not a concentrated Chinatown like Manhattan.

There's some clusters and some single station stores.

> What are the core businesses they mean?

• Restaurants
• Groceries
• Clothes and Supply
• Entertainment spots

This isn't touristy like NYC. Like, if you go to dim sum here, they expect you know what to do and the etiquette.

I think you have the wrong ethnicity or the wrong town.

Rt 27 Shanghai dumpling house, start there and walk in a tight circle, there’s your Chinatown

i moved here from nyc because of the diversity, love it!