Night Market, hosted by Luckyrice is returning to The Archway in Dumbo on Wednesday, May 4, 2011.
Night Market brings festive Asian night market traditions found across Asia from Taipei to Kuala Lumpur back to the historic Archway in DUMBO, Brooklyn. Serving up traditional Asian street grub as well as more inspired offerings interpreted by local gastrohipsters, this popular LUCKYRICE event recreates the celebratory chaos and delicious energy of the quintessential Asian night market experience–with a distinctly Brooklyn flavor.
Along with tastings of street food grub from nearly 50 participating restaurants and eateries, admission includes custom cocktails, sake, shochu, beer and wine at our indoor bar. Whether you’re in the mood for hot dogs dressed with banh mi toppings or authentic Taiwanese stinky tofu, you will find it all under the Archway.
Last year’s sold out event was hosted by David Chang. See our video recap of last year’s event (done by Dumbo based Kitano Pictures).
Purchase your tickets at luckyrice.com.
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Friends of mine attended last year and encouraged me to join them this year. They were shocked, as was I, by the atmosphere of the evening. We were all expecting a nice, civilized experience, tasting various bites from various restaurants. Instead, we faced a mob of people that created the feeling of a feeding frenzy. Pure chaos. Wall to wall people made getting food extremely difficult. We were forced to split up and wait in line separately, in order to expedite the tastings. And the building that housed the beverages felt like a sauna. A loud, crowded hot house.
Worst of all, my husband’s wallet was stolen and within minutes, every card was used.
What a grim night. They sold way too many tickets. They needed more security. And the food! Wow, the food.My friends commented on how much better the quality was last year. I’m sorry to say that with a few exceptions, the food resembled takeout from an unforgettable, bordering on fast food Chinese restaurant. To pay $53 for mediocrity was just really sad.
The whole night left a bad taste in my mouth. I sadly will be spreading the word next year to any friends who express an interest in the event. I think they got too greedy based on last year’s success.
Friends of mine attended last year and encouraged me to join them this year. They were shocked, as was I, by the atmosphere of the evening. We were all expecting a nice, civilized experience, tasting various bites from various restaurants. Instead, we faced a mob of people that created the feeling of a feeding frenzy. Pure chaos. Wall to wall people made getting food extremely difficult. We were forced to split up and wait in line separately, in order to expedite the tastings. And the building that housed the beverages felt like a sauna. A loud, crowded hot house.
Worst of all, my husband’s wallet was stolen and within minutes, every card was used.
What a grim night. They sold way too many tickets. They needed more security. And the food! Wow, the food.My friends commented on how much better the quality was last year. I’m sorry to say that with a few exceptions, the food resembled takeout from an unforgettable, bordering on fast food Chinese restaurant. To pay $53 for mediocrity was just really sad.
The whole night left a bad taste in my mouth. I sadly will be spreading the word next year to any friends who express an interest in the event. I think they got too greedy based on last year’s success.
I agree with Stparkes. At least you and your friends are lucky enough not getting suckered buying the VIP tickets like us. By the time we decided to go the regular admission tickets are sold out. We paid over $200 for VIP tickets. This event is definitely over-hyped. Not all the food for sales has samples. We would like to try the laksa from Fatty Crab but they are only for sale and no samples. We thought VIP tickets entitled you to sample everything in small portions? We were there early (well before 6pm for the VIP event) and among the first entered but the place is over-packed. We definitely do not feel like a VIP at all. The participants were slow to put out samples. We even have to ask the participants for samples when they are more interested in pushing us to buy their food. We think the ticket price is a huge rip-off since we are not big drinkers. For the price we paid, this event was a huge disappointment. As we were leaving at 7:30pm, we saw a huge line of people trying to get in. We were thinking of selling our VIP wristbands to the people in line so we can recuperate the money we spend on the tickets. Maybe we came in with too high of an expectation. We will most probably not go there again next year.
I agree with Stparkes. At least you and your friends are lucky enough not getting suckered buying the VIP tickets like us. By the time we decided to go the regular admission tickets are sold out. We paid over $200 for VIP tickets. This event is definitely over-hyped. Not all the food for sales has samples. We would like to try the laksa from Fatty Crab but they are only for sale and no samples. We thought VIP tickets entitled you to sample everything in small portions? We were there early (well before 6pm for the VIP event) and among the first entered but the place is over-packed. We definitely do not feel like a VIP at all. The participants were slow to put out samples. We even have to ask the participants for samples when they are more interested in pushing us to buy their food. We think the ticket price is a huge rip-off since we are not big drinkers. For the price we paid, this event was a huge disappointment. As we were leaving at 7:30pm, we saw a huge line of people trying to get in. We were thinking of selling our VIP wristbands to the people in line so we can recuperate the money we spend on the tickets. Maybe we came in with too high of an expectation. We will most probably not go there again next year.
Don’t you guys know Asian Fusion food = let’s rip off stupid white people food.
wow- quick jump to racist overtones
You can get way better asian food in chinatown across the bridge for a fraction of the press, but then you would have to slum it out with chinese people… dumbo crowd can’t do that.
Don’t you guys know Asian Fusion food = let’s rip off stupid white people food.
wow- quick jump to racist overtones
You can get way better asian food in chinatown across the bridge for a fraction of the press, but then you would have to slum it out with chinese people… dumbo crowd can’t do that.
the night market was a disaster . over crowded .food sucked ,food stalls out of food at 715 .
the night market was a disaster . over crowded .food sucked ,food stalls out of food at 715 .
I have two sold out tickets for sale, no fee too:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tix/2974316392.html
I have two sold out tickets for sale, no fee too:
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/tix/2974316392.html
Don’t bother, its a shit show.
Don’t bother, its a shit show.
Went to this event a few weekends back thinking there was going to be yummy fried foods and authentic asian street fare. BUT there was NONE of that. My girlfriend and I split up so that we could try all the food and was not impressed one bit by any of the offerings from the restaurants. The best thing was the all natural ginger ale.
This is our first time attending an asian night market in NYC, and because of the experience we had at this event, we will no longer be attending any of them. When you think asian street food, the first thing that pops into your head, for those of you that have experience Asian street food, is DEEP FRIED goodies. Also there were two places serving korean fusion style bibimbap (which was terrible btw…) No where in Seoul do you find a street vendor selling bibimbap, NO WHERE!!! Also the night markets in Kuala Lumpur offer service and seating, so this event was far from an authentic “Night Market”.
Next year the name of this event should be changed to “Asian Fusion Night Market” with a description of what to expect.
– Expect Crowds so get there early (5pm)
– Once you’re in the tunnel, there will be utter chaos
– Lining up for food? F**K that just go up to the front and cut in.
– The food prepared will be Asian FUSION, mediocre, and not authentic.
– Did we already mention the food will be “just ok”?
– Don’t come hungry or you will leave hungry
That way less people will buy tickets for the event providing a better experience to those who actually decide to go next year.
Oh and we emailed Lucky Rice about our dissatisfaction, and the best they offered was a discount for their next event along with the “I’m sorry but all ticket sales are non-refundable”
Went to this event a few weekends back thinking there was going to be yummy fried foods and authentic asian street fare. BUT there was NONE of that. My girlfriend and I split up so that we could try all the food and was not impressed one bit by any of the offerings from the restaurants. The best thing was the all natural ginger ale.
This is our first time attending an asian night market in NYC, and because of the experience we had at this event, we will no longer be attending any of them. When you think asian street food, the first thing that pops into your head, for those of you that have experience Asian street food, is DEEP FRIED goodies. Also there were two places serving korean fusion style bibimbap (which was terrible btw…) No where in Seoul do you find a street vendor selling bibimbap, NO WHERE!!! Also the night markets in Kuala Lumpur offer service and seating, so this event was far from an authentic “Night Market”.
Next year the name of this event should be changed to “Asian Fusion Night Market” with a description of what to expect.
– Expect Crowds so get there early (5pm)
– Once you’re in the tunnel, there will be utter chaos
– Lining up for food? F**K that just go up to the front and cut in.
– The food prepared will be Asian FUSION, mediocre, and not authentic.
– Did we already mention the food will be “just ok”?
– Don’t come hungry or you will leave hungry
That way less people will buy tickets for the event providing a better experience to those who actually decide to go next year.
Oh and we emailed Lucky Rice about our dissatisfaction, and the best they offered was a discount for their next event along with the “I’m sorry but all ticket sales are non-refundable”