Arizona Bao and Dumpling Festival with the Arizona Rice Fest

Menu/vendors subject to change. Pictures below

Exclusive Food Vendors and menu only at our event

• Happy Buns - Coconut bao, ube butter mochi (GF), Exclusive smoked pork belly bao, exclusive red bean bao
  
• Tambayan Filipino Food - Exclusive siopao and siumai
• Miniburi Thai - Exclusive thai bao
• Mama Lita's Soda Bar - Exclusive ube and cheese siopao and lemonade/drinks
• Hiw Kaow Thai - Exclusive crispy pork belly gua bao
• Scooptopia - Exclusive siopao
• Bonzai Boyz (vegan options available) - Exclusive 24 carat panko breaded soft shell crab gua bao
• Jasperz Island Fusion (Vegan options available) - Exclusive Jerk Chicken Gua bao (v), Garlic Noodles (v), Spring rolls (v), Carib rum cake, Carib green tea, Fried pork potstickers,

Saturday and Sunday

• HoWun Cheesecake - Japanese cheesecake (GF)
• Red Dragon Chinese Food - BBQ pork bao, steamed dumplings
• Boba Cutea - Gyozas, spring rolls, and more
• Duplex Boba Tea Station - Hong Kong milk tea with boba, taro milk tea with boba, white peach oolong tea with boba, Hong Kong Milk Coffee Tea with boba
• Hoyo's Kitchen - sambusa
• Mochinut Tempe - mochi donuts
• Eis Cafe - coffee and ice cream
• Sonya Market - sugarcane juice
• Lulu's Italian Ice
• Totally Rolled Ice Cream
• HJ Dumpling

Sunday only

• Takoyaki Balls (Sunday only)
• Let's Toast - Korean sandwiches (Sunday only)
• Flippin Rice - Exclusive Adobo gua bao (Sunday only)
• Bee happy Boba tea - Exclusive Fried Rice in a pineapple with shrimp, boba, fried chicken wings

Saturday only

• Boka Grindz (Saturday only) - Exclusive Siopao (Chicken Coconut Curry, Pork Adobo, Beef Asado, Ube & Ube Queso Blanco), Chicken Kelaguen Tacos, Chamorro Empanadas, Filipino Beef Empanadas, Lumpia, Spam Musubi, Furikake Chex, Latiya
  
  

Anime/Marketplace Vendors

• Nerdy Expressions
• Tea Cup Sheepie
• 80HDesigns
• Daito Apparel
• Valley of the Divine
• Confetti Kitty
• Osiris' Odduarium
• Love and Justice Boutique
• Rugalia Designs
• Desert Grace Beauty
• Jimenez Gifts
• Outa Town Pop
• Etigre Artist
• Crystal lee Craftworks
• Chibiawesome
• Nimbussibs
• Rogue Duck Art
• Imagine Threads
• P2 Cups
• MinnyWicks
• Weheart Fandoms
• Twisted Bee
• My Kawaii Kandle
• UnBelievable Skin
• Renewal by Andersen
• Process Solar
• Primavera Tech

The Arizona Bao and Dumpling Festival is returning for its 5th year, but the first time as a two day festival. This year will also be a double header event. If you love rice dishes, over 15 local businesses will showcase their creativity in the first ever Arizona Rice Fest. Explore all the different varieties of baos and dumplings from traditional to creative interpretations. What is a bao? From Food Republic, a bao or known as a steamed bun or baozi is a "complete meal conveniently packed away in a white, warm, soft bun." Or what we like to say, an amazing delicious experience. Baos are a form of dumplings and you can try different dumplings from various cultures from takoyaki to potstickers. 

WHERE:
Centennial Plaza Park behind Peoria City Hall
9875 N 85th Ave Peoria, AZ 85345

WHEN: Saturday, March 23rd // 11 AM - 5 PM and Sunday, March 24th // 11 AM - 5 PM

Different vendors are available on each day for a variety of dumpling and rice dishes

WHAT'S INCLUDED:
Tickets include free parking at the nearby garages, an exclusive sticker while supplies last, exclusive coupons to local businesses, and a curated dumpling experience. This is a one stop shop to support local and try from a variety of food vendors and purchase anime merchandise. Children 12 and under are free. Refunds are available up until 8 days before the event.

Performance by Carol Pacey & The Honey Shakers on Saturday and Sunday from 12:30 to 2:30pm

Martial Arts performances at 1:30 and 3:30pm 

https://carolpaceyandthehoneyshakers.com/

DETAILS:
For our fifth year, the event is outdoors. We will have local food businesses and menu prices range from $5 - $17. We will also have a curated anime marketplace with local artists. Boba, desserts, and other Asian dishes will be available too. Parking is free in in the parking lot. We highly encourage carpooling or rideshare. Feel free to cosplay!

All food and drink is sold separately. All of the local businesses will be collecting their own sales. They do not offset the event production costs. Most vendors will accept both cash and card. We do recommend bringing cash for this event and coming with a group of your friends and families to try a little bit from everywhere! Event times will be staggered to improve flow of the event. You can stay as long as you like and ticket times are only for how early you can arrive.

Early admission - Please arrive at 11am

General admission - Please arrive between 12:30pm and 3:00pm

Happy hour admission - Please arrive at 3:00pm and until the end of the event

Refunds are unavailable if you miss your admission time. If you need to switch tickets for a different admission time, you can email us at azbaodumpling@gmail.com and we will accommodate if tickets are not sold out online. General admission may have lines with an extended wait time from 30 minutes to an hour. If you come as a group, you can try from more vendors and create your own picnic. We suggest early admission or happy hour admission to avoid the lines. Happy hour admission is at a discounted price and most items will be available from vendors. Near the end of the event, lines are the shortest with sometimes less than a 20 minute wait. 

Happy Buns

Mama's Lita Soda Bar

Takoyaki Balls

Duplex Tea

Eis Cafe

Bonzai Boyz

Jasperz Island Fusion

Tambayan

Yuki Cheesecakes

Hiw Kaow Thai

Miniburi Thai

Hoyos Cuisine

Flippin Rice

Bee Happy Boba Tea

Let's Toast

Mochinut Tempe

Boka Grindz

Totally Rolled Ice Cream

Nerdy Expressions

Tea Cup Sheepie

Crystal Lee Craftworks

Weheart Fandoms

80HDesigns