{"id":2086,"date":"2025-04-07T20:44:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T03:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/?p=2086"},"modified":"2025-07-02T15:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T22:59:09","slug":"fourth-annual-asa-night-market-at-the-university-of-redlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theredlandsbulldog.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/07\/fourth-annual-asa-night-market-at-the-university-of-redlands\/","title":{"rendered":"Fourth Annual ASA Night Market at the University of Redlands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Chinese dragon dance, Taiko drumming and traditional dishes like Indian samosas and Indonesian satay were just a small sample of what the fourth annual Asian Student Association (ASA) Night Market had to offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A crowd assembles for the Feb. 22 ASA Night Market. This event was open to students, faculty, staff and community members. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Flavors From All Around Asia<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foods and beverages were \u201cpurchased\u201d using a stamp system, with items ranging from two to six stamps. Each card had 10 stamps, making them worth one to three items. These cards were $5 for presale, $7.50 on-site and $10 for community members. There was also a special raffle stamp card for those who purchased an item from every booth. The prizes were a Lego set, snack basket and a Squishmallow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stamp cards were used to purchase food and drink items at the Feb. 22 ASA Night Market. ASA switched from tickets to stamp cards in an effort to reduce paper waste. Photo credit: McKenzie Rose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The 11 booths at the ASA Night Market served traditional dishes and drinks from Indonesia, China, Taiwan, The Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, India, Japan, Korea and the Pacific Islands. Menu items included lumpia and ube puto from the Philippines, Thai tea and pad thai from Thailand, samosas and rasgulla from India, miso soup and wakame from Japan, as well as spam musubi and Li Hing Mui gummy bears from the Pacific Islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n