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Sure it's a pain to find parking when it's during peak dining hours, but it isn't impossible to find one if you are patient enough. If you don't mind walking, park across the way in the Staples/Chapters/Longo's lot and run over, but beware of the drivers! They are out with a vengeance!
I've been coming to this place for quite a few years now whenever I'm in town, and the food options alone make this place worth coming back to. Mei Nung makes my favorite Taiwanese/Northern Chinese style braised beef noodle soup (with FRESH CUT NOODLES!!), and inside the mall, Tianjin Fine Foods sells great fresh potstickers and dumplings. I have tried the shao mai (steamed pork dumplings in the yellow wrapper) in the neighboring food stall, but wasn't really all that impressed by it. However, if you're in the mood for Korean food, there are plenty of choices here that will satisfy your taste buds. What you won't find? Any Western food.
First Markham Place has a ton of stores: ones that sell Chinese herbal/medicinal goods; hair salons, video game/manga/anime shops; optical/vision stores; vacation tour companies; banks; Asian novelty gift shops. Outside, there are furniture shops, more technology/electronic stores, a movie theater - something for everybody!
This place is great for walking, especially after you have stuffed yourself silly with the food choices here. The washrooms definitely deteriorate in terms of cleanliness towards the latter part of the day, but as long as you quickly get in and get out, you'll be fine!
As a note - If you're GPS'ing this place, the city limit is listed under Unionville, ON, not Markham, ON.
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