Asiantque Market draws a large crowd
More than 500 people enjoyed Thai food at the Asiantque Market behind the Masonic lodge at 6911 Columbia Pike Sunday evening.
This was the biggest crowd yet at the monthly food festivals, said organizer Nelson Figueroa Velez.
There were 26 vendors, offering grilled squid, dumplings, giant shrimp, coconut balls, grilled chicken, mussel pancakes, sugar cane juice, mango with sticky rice, and much more.
Velez, a native of Puerto Rico and an immigration attorney based in Annandale, launched the Asiantque events to raise money for International Embassy Inc., a nonprofit he founded dedicated to helping child victims of human trafficking.
The Asiantque Market is held monthly at the same location, 5-9 p.m., through October. The next one will be May 26.
The events usually include entertainment. At the April 28 event, however, the DJ and the dance group that was scheduled to perform canceled at the last minute.
There is no admission charge, although visitors were scanned and counted to ensure the event doesn’t get overcrowded.
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I wasn’t aware of this event. Please let me know when the next one will be. Thank you.
The event was noted in an earlier article here in Annandale Today. Next one is…May 26! Now you know.
The article says “The Asiantque Market is held monthly at the same location, 5-9 p.m., through October. The next one will be May 26.”
What kind of scanning did they do? I have had tickets and phone QR codes scanned, but this event seemed not to have tickets. Facial scans maybe?
Read the article.
If I knew attendees were scanned then I obviously read the article. You must not have read my question.
I was curious about that too. The article’s last line is “There is no admission charge, although visitors were scanned and counted to ensure the event doesn’t get overcrowded.”, but doesn’t say what the scan was. Temperature for infection risk, facial recognition, security scan(a la airport), photo for promotional purposes…those are the top ideas that come to mind.
It has (free) tickets; the event is on TicketLeap
I got tickets for the August date but there doesnt seem to be a barcode or qr code or anything, just the receipt — what exactly is being scanned? Thanks
It has tickets. They can be purchased here: https://internationalembassyevents.ticketleap.com/sunday-april-28-asiantque-market/
When will they be back???
I also had no idea this was happening. We will check it out next time.
It was listed on the Annandale Today events page.
There needs to be police next time to assist with pedestrian/traffic it’s a zoo on Columbia Pike u-turns, cars looking for parking, and people walking across the street someone gonna get run over soon!
Yeah, it’s not too safe. Across the street in Broyhill Crest neighborhood, a car actually overturned on someone’s yard with another car being hit. It was pretty bad… People need to slow down and not been in a frenzy to find parking. Don’t worry folks, when you get to the food fest, it’ll be an hour or two wait for the food anyways.
Imagine living next to this. It is very loud. The organizers are very inconsiderate of the residential neighbors. A lot of the visitors are parking in the nearby communities and create unsafe conditions for the residents of those communities.
Is there a list of Vendors and what they sell?
Hope it comes to McLean.
I’m glad you’re interested. However, this is not a traveling circus or rock band on tour–it’s a local community event. I’m sure my neighbors (who work hard to make this happen) would be happy to welcome you here.
Most of us that are neighbors of this event would be glad to see it move to McLean. It has no reason to be in a location that causes so much havoc on residential. It is load and the visitors cause too much traffic in next door communities. I really don’t understand how they got permits for this, without input from the local communities.
Does the event allow walk ins? The tickets are sold out for the next 3 months!
Seeing as people who got tickets might not show up, would there be a chance that I would be allowed in without having gotten a ticket for the July date?
A great event!
With this level of interest, It would be excellent if the org and the lodge could work together to put in some tables or seating at the back of the lot.