First time in the Phoenix area so we were exploring for some Chinese grocery stores...of course we opened yelp and it took us to MeKong Plaza on S. Dobson. I guess it can be classified as a Asian strip mall, with Asian restaurants-gift shops-beauty salon-jewelry-bakeries all anchored by the well stocked Me Kong market. If you need anything to cook an Asian dish, they'll have it.
So we noticed that in the entryway they had a couple tables that were cooking some great smelling pastries, and people were lined up to get theirs. We didn't have time to wait so we wandered into the Aaozzy Bakery...it turns out that the 2 tables in the entry were their people. I bought a couple Cha sui bao(bbq sweet pork baked buns), a baked taro pastry with sweet yellow bean filling, and a pineapple filled flaky pastry...all were surprisingly tasty with lots of fillings! Of course the cities with a greater proportion of Asians (San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York) have better and wider selections of vendors to choose from but at least Phoenixians won't have to travel out of their area to get decent and authentic Asian food I'll definitely be back!