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Andrea, you should stop writing in Portland. Sorry, but you cast too large a shadow. I'm sure you are better suited for fiction novels or short stories in Seattle. Best of luck.
2
I missed it, can't wait for the next one.
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This event has potential, but the night market itself was sort of disappointing. There wasn't a great selection of Asian food--a Bahn Mi stand and a Fillipino place and then some random stuff, the shopping vendors were kind of boring, and the whole event was so crowded you basically just pushed through a wall of people at all times. Your average food cart pod anywhere in Portland has a much better selection of Asian food. We didn't even bother trying to get to the beer garden or watch music by the time we got to that part of the market.

It does seem to work in terms of bringing people to check out the neighborhood; because the food selection was so lacking at the market, every other restaurant around the event was completely packed, though poor Beijing Hot Pot looked shell-shocked and was unable to bring out food for most customers for over 45 minutes(and you cook it yourself) and Ocean City was closed with a wedding event.

I have hopes that they figure out a way to make this a better event, for one, why not build it in the much bigger back parking lot of Fubonn? And get some Chinese food vendors(considering it's supposed to be Portland's actual Chinatown) or grilled meat/seafood on a stick like every other Asian night market in existence and maybe they'll be able to get people to come back. But how it is right now, I'm not that excited about returning.
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#1: What does that even MEAN?
5
Sounds like Jade night is a big hit, needs room to grow and evolve. Whom is in charge of this event, maybe we can help.
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@Melogna: I think they were calling her fat.
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Enormous crowds of people crammed into a small space? Yep. Sounds a lot like my experiences in Beijing, so I guess that makes the Asian night market legit!
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Take Know Your City's tour to the next night market this Saturday! Fantastic, and ends at the night market this week http://knowyourcity.org/2014/08/30/jade-di…
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What an odd article, and another lesson of Portland's white privilege. I would expect more from The Mercury -- taking 10 minutes to reach out and learn more of the roots of the story vs just reporting surface observations. I don't know of a more diverse event in Portland's recent history, nor one envisioned and organized by communities of color, immigrants and refugees.

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