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Oriental City is a shopping centre in Colindale , London specialising in various oriental foods and items. It can be reached via Colindale Tube Station and also directly off Edgware Road . It has a dedicated car park, and 2 floors. SHOPPING CENTRE Oriental City was previously a Yaohan Shopping Plaza; after the Yaohan company collapsed, it changed hands. Many locals and visitors still refer to it as ''Yaohan Plaza''. Its address is 399 Edgware Road, London, NW9 0JJ. The centre contains a large oriental supermarket ( SuperMaz ), and a food court with a range of foods from different areas of South-East Asia ; stalls offer Malaysian , Thai , Vietnamese , Chinese , and Japanese foods including Bento boxes and Sushi , Ramen noodles, and assorted Asian desserts. The food court is immensely popular with surrounding office workers and the North London community; and often becomes very crowded at weekends. The food court is complemented by a number of oriental restaurants in the complex, with the majority of them located on the upper floor. The complex contains two Dim Sum restaurants, a Szechuan restaurant, and an 'all you can eat' restaurant. Outside, there is a Durian stall and a satay stall. Aside from the food outlets, the complex also contains a number of small shops. There is a high turnover of shops, with only one remaining original tenant in the facility, the Japanese tableware store, Utsuwa no Yataka. The centre previously housed an import game shop, a Sanrio store, and one of the largest oriental bookshops in London ( Asahiya Shoten ). Shoppers can now find a tailor's shop, a jeweller, a hairdresser, a beauty shop, Chinese medicine shops, a martial arts store, and a large furniture store. Oriental City also hosts a Sega Dome Arcade which has been a feature since the complex's opening. The centre is a focal point for the oriental community, often hosting weeks which promote the cultural identity of different South East Asian countries. These events typically consist of various performing arts, and the promotion of that country's particular cuisine. FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT In November 2006, Oriental City was bought out by the developer Development Securities who planned to demolish the centre and replace it with a 2007 ) . The issue generated so much attention that it featured on an episode of Inside Out (London) broadcast on 23 March 2007 where Liu was featured. Finally, after a petition gathered several thousand signatures, in June 2007 it was announced that the campaign had been successful and Oriental City would remain open until at least May 2008. {Link without Title} REFERENCES SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
'Oriental City Agreement Reached' http://www.dimsum.co.uk/viewpoints/oriental-city-agreement-reached.html 'Oriental City protest' article http://www.dimsum.co.uk/viewpoints/oriental-city-protest.html |
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