Located at West of Spadina, South of Bloor, this 'town' is a vibrant place to visit. Once you turn the corner off the main streets you would be forgiven if you thought you had stepped out of Canada and into China.
If you like Chinese food there are hundreds of restaurants to choose from. For shopping there are tons of small out of the way places as well as a lot of produce stores that are priced significantly lower than their north American competitors. And where else can you basically be guaranteed to find star fruit year round!
English is sometimes a little sparse, and a lot of the roads are not very well paved. Don't bother driving as parking is next to impossible. Instead take the spadina street car from the subway station and get off when you think things begin to look interesting.