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| - What I got: Burrito Ice Cream ($10), Tea 168 Bubble tea ($10 for 2 with free egg roll), Lamb Skewers ($10 for 5), Twist Potato ($7)
Pros:
- Came here on a Saturday around 1-2pm. Although Pacific Mall tends to be short on parking, at this time it wasn't too bad and we found spots at the back.
- Some stalls were offering items that were cheaper than regular prices in stores, maybe because you were paying in cash. For example, Chaplus was having a buy 1 get 1 free deal on large size bubble teas. Tea 168 also had $10 for 2 large teas with a free box of egg rolls.
- Although there were no seating areas, the mall was close enough to access seating and washrooms.
- Lines were not bad, the longest I waited was for the Burrito ice cream, which took 10 minutes.
- I've been around to food festivals quite a lot and they had all the standard food fest items: skewers, takoyaki, liquid nitrogen ice cream, bubble tea, and stinky tofu.
Cons:
- I've been to Night It Up for 5 years and since it's the original night market, I'd still say it was the biggest and probably the best organized when it comes to access to washroom and eating areas. Performances are also more engaging at NIU and catered to millennial audiences, probably because the whole night market is organized by youth.
- The size of this event was probably half that of NIU but I wouldn't say that's a bad thing as long as it has all the classic night market items.
- I was a little disappointed by the Chatime booth, the bubble teas were $6 and they only had 4 flavours, none of them being the classic roasted milk tea. But the good thing about these events is that you can shop around.
- Burrito ice cream was quite expensive and inconvenient to eat, the cotton candy melts and becomes sticky when held and it was hard to eat the ice cream and cotton candy together- I ended up eating them separately. Though it looked cool to make in concept, it was probably something I'd try only once.
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