10th Arizona Bao and Dumpling Festival Comes to Peoria This Weekend
The 10th Arizona Bao and Dumpling Festival will be held on the weekend of November 14-15 at Centennial Plaza Park behind Peoria City Hall, open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day with free admission.
Now in its tenth year, the food festival aims to help small businesses grow and to introduce visitors to new flavors. Local food vendors will offer handmade dumplings, Asian fusion dishes, Caribbean-style barbecue, Jamaican-style Chinese ribs, oxtail egg rolls and vegetarian bao, with menu prices ranging from $5 to $17. An anime market will also feature local artists showing their work.
The organizer says the festival promotes small businesses and creative food. Food and merchandise can be preordered online and will also be sold on site. The venue is Centennial Plaza Park at 8401 West Monroe Street in Peoria.
Arizona's Chinese community has continued to grow in recent years. The Tucson Chinese Cultural Center marks its 20th anniversary this year, and Chinese community groups and chambers of commerce in the Phoenix area are increasingly active. The Bao and Dumpling Festival has become a showcase of local Chinese food culture for the wider community.
Source: Arizona Bao and Dumpling Festival organizer
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 竹蒸笼里的蒸饺（Maksym Kozlenko 摄，Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0）/ Steamed dumplings in a bamboo steamer (photo by Maksym Kozlenko, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
