The Utah Asian and Anime Market is an Asian food festival, showcasing small businesses and their creativity! Our goal is to be a platform for small businesses and a place for people to discover new foods and shop from local artisans to anime merchandise. There will be exclusive vendors travelling from Phoenix as well as local Utah businesses. Preorder food from Happy Buns and Takoyaki to guarantee availability during the event as they often sell out early. Please see below for the items available to purchase online.

WHERE:
Viridian Event Center (Indoor and Outdoor venue)
(8030 S 1825 W, West Jordan, UT)

WHEN:

Friday, July 17th // 5:30 PM - 10 PM
Saturday, July 18th // 5 PM - 10 PM
Sunday, July 19th // 11:00 AM - 3 PM

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Includes Early Entry for Saturday- Skip the lines and enter at 4:00pm
Free 3 x 3 exclusive sticker - Chef Bao holding dumplings

DETAILS:
The event is indoors with an outdoor amphitheater. 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. We highly encourage carpooling or rideshare.

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.

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 nomnomevents48@gmail.com and we will accommodate if tickets are not sold out online. If you come as a group, you can try from more vendors and create your own picnic.

Vendors from Phoenix, Arizona

Duplex Matcha and Tea Bar - Matcha latte, coco water matcha, taro matcha, Taro milk tea, peach tea, Strawberry tea, Thai tea, Iced coffee, mango smoothie, ribena lemonade, pomegranate coconut water, brown sugar oat milk coffee, brown sugar boba
Dubai Chocolate Cup
Taiyaki - Japanese fish shaped pancakes
Happy Buns, an Asian bakery - Ube butter mochi and mochi stuffed cookies
Takoyaki - Japanese crispy dumplings
Hot Bamboo - Character bao, inari, musubi, and rice bowls
Eltigre Artist - Anime artwork (@eltigre_artist)
Sloppy Brush - Anime artwork (@sloppy_brush)
Uwu Station - anime plushies (@uwu_station)

Local food vendors (subject to change)

Friday only

Riposo Lounge
- Waikiki - pineapple soft serve, organic mango slushy, popping boba, and whipped cream.
- Tokyo banana - vanilla bean soft serve, banana slices, chocolate, drizzle, Oreo, crumbs, pokey sticks, kinako (roasted soy powder).
- Harajuku - vanilla bean soft serve, strawberry slices, mochi bites, strawberry sauce, strawberry pocky sticks.
- Taipei- vanilla bean soft serve, Brown sugar syrup, brown sugar jelly
Fatty Tuna - Sesame Balls, curry croquettes, sushi rolls

Saturday only

Happy Tummie - Japanese fried chicken, Japanese grill chicken, Shrimp Tempura, Japanese Fried Tofu (vegan)
Bao & Dough - Asian baked goods (Saturday and Sunday only)

Friday and Sunday only

Kin Kao Thai - Pad Thai, Pad Kra Pow, Thai Fried Rice, fresh young coconut, dumplings

Salt Suburban Kitchen - Birria potstickers, pork leek potstickers, butter chicken on brioche (gluten free option), gourmet burger, cubano bao, brisket loaded fries
Sweet Cocoa Crepes - Japanese style crepes
UT Craft Ramen - Onigri, Sandos, Open faced bao, Rice Bowls (Friday to Sunday)

Anime and local vendors (subject to change)

Friday to Sunday

MariquitaMari - anime artist (@mariquitamari52)
Zoltan - 3D printing
Lilikha Crafts and Creations - customizable clickers (@lilikha.cc)
Paperclovers - anime artist (@paperclovers)
Project 100 manga - (@Erik_suaste)
Thorin3dshop - anime and gaming characters (@Thorin3dshop)
Tach of Love - live anime portraits (@tachof_love)
BeeDazzled by Agnes Crystals - crystal carvings (@beedazzled2022)
Jicky arcade services - gachapon (@jickyarcadeservices)
Crimson Detonation - anime artist (Crimsondetonation)
Golden Crystal Gems - jade & Crystal (@Golden_crystal_gems)
Core Ceramic - ceramic tea cup sets, flowers, and vases (coreceramic.art)

Friday to Saturday

Tzorith - anime artist (@tzorith)
Timeless by Jeanine - Permanent Jewelry in SLC
Enchanted Baubles - D&D dice, potions, teacup koi, art, baby dragon eggs, and more (@enchantedbaublesfantasyshop)

Eevee Blue - Anime artist (Saturday to Sunday only)

Utah Asian and Anime Market

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