Blessed experience out in Riverside. Welcome Year of the Dragon 2024✨
Alex Allison
Okay. Lots of beautiful art.
Arnold K.
This time panana did not provide good environment but great vendors. You can see the seafood the king crab leg was the best night market food I have seen so far. I think everyone should go today if the weather is good and go to eat the crab leg!
Nikki O.
So came here on an impromptu date night since I won complimentary tickets through yours truly, Yelp. We had a great evening and enjoyed the live music. We got to walk around and see all the vendors they had and what was for sale. Some pretty cool vendors that sell pretty cool stuff. The food was also a hit. Plenty to choose from and it was a little overwhelming so ending up ordering from two vendors. We had BBQ sticks from a Filipino vendor and a Pulled Pork Mac N Cheese Sandwich from a vendor that is locally in Long Beach. Both had great customer service skills and also tasted good. Want to go back next year to get one of those cool souvenir cups and to also order a D-Cake. Gotta do it for the Gram!!!
Adel D
Great food, entertainment and some nice goodies. A bit pricey but worth it.
Christine Y.
Got free tickets thanks to Yelp Elite! Parking was not terrible thanks to copious mall structure parking right across the street, though the event did offer paid valet parking. There were definitely a ton of yummy and unique food and drink offerings spanning all types of cuisines (most were cash only but they did have atms on site). There were your usual carnival games and music as well, though we just focused on the food. All in all, a very nice local family friendly event, hopefully one that comes back!
Tami N.
Some tips that made my night market experience better: 1) Park across the street from the AMC on the LA Fitness side and walk over as parking does get congested. 2) If you hate crowds and lines, go on a Sunday night which seems to be much sparser. 3) Bring cash for entry and for some vendors. Vendors were mostly Chinese BBQ to Mexican treats. Nothing much in-between. If you're a local, this is a cute little night market but don't expect 626night market variety in the slightest. I had the BBQ squid and a waffle puff dessert. Enjoyed both! I'd say take a walk around the market first before letting your stomach decide what it is craving. Thank you very much to the Yelp LA West team for the tickets. Very appreciated. Had a great time!
Jo S.
Thank you Yelp Elite and Panama Night Market for the complimentary tickets! So nice to have a night market so close to home in the Southbay! Went on a Friday night around 7:30pm. Parking was full and it took a while to find a spot as market is located in the parking area across PF Chang's and Lazy Dog Cafe at Del Amo Shopping Center. Along with the food vendors, they had carnival games; entertainment; and vendors selling merchandise. Some of the items we tried: Bully 24 inch chicken stick (honey butter flavor with whipped cream) $9; Bully lightbulb rainbow slushee with a free lighted lightbulb keychain $8; Yakitori Yado's Chicken and mochi sticks (2 for $8); Lightbulb drink (free refills) plastic bulb lights up $10; Deep fried mozzarella cheese stick $5; Modern Char Shortrib Baos ($11); fatty pork Baos ($11) and Thai Tea mochi ice cream sticks (free if you order 2 items). Everything was good except for the Modern Char Fatty Pork Bao which one of two tasted like a piece of charred fat. In addition none of us liked the Thai Tea mochi ice creams, so unfortunately we ended up throwing those away. All in all it was a fun night. Great atmosphere!
Jean R.
Got invited to go from my good friend and fellow Yelper @Adria L. (check her our and follow her she's amazing!) She won tickets from yelp and we arrived around 7:30 pm on Saturday night. Alright first off parking was crazy not only was it pitch dark in a secluded area. The parking lot was full and there was no parking at all! It took about 15 minutes to find a spot. Overall the night market was fun but very small there were many general vendors selling various items such as clothing, cellphone accessories, stickers, and children's toys. The big reason why we did a 45 minute drive all the way to LA was of course the food! They had some amazing street food like chicken and waffles, BBQ ribs, chicken skewers, and lots of desserts to try. We had the BBQ pork nachos from Smokehouse, drinks from Bearology , we tried the D-Cake which was a Nutella stuffed waffle topped with condensed milk. We were stuffed by the end of the night. Overall, 4/5 stars! Thank you @Adria L. (Again go follow her she is hands down amazing!) for inviting me to this event and a huge thank you yelp! Can't wait to go again!
Jennifer H.
Right next to the Del Amo Fashion mall, couldn't miss it. Parking wasn't bad since there were a few structure by the mall and it was walking distance to the night market. Many had said it's a smaller version of 626 Night Market, and they were right. Got there right when it opened, checked in and in I went. It took maybe 10 mins to walk around the whole market. There were a lot of locals with Korean, Filipino, Mexican, Chinese, Vietnam fusion and American (Nashville chicken sandwiches non local). Lines to the food booths weren't long and people were friendly. Some were offering samples before purchase and some were offering free drink floaties after purchase. That made my day! Overall, if you're by the mall, should check it out. Family friendly and also there's chairs to watch live performance from the locals. Entry fee $5 per person, certain age kids I believe can get in for free.
Thank you Yelp for free admission tickets to my first night market! Even for $5 a ticket, I still think that's not too bad. However, I live about a 5 minute drive away and I don't think it would be worth it to travel from outside of Torrance for this night market. I came around 8:30 PM on Friday and parking was terrifying. The spots were all taken and the lot was completely full of cars driving around trying to find a spot, so I ended up giving up after about 10 minutes and just parking in the lot in front of Old Navy/BJ's. The first issue I ran into is that at will call, I redeemed 3 of my tickets but one of my friends was running late so I went in first. Little did I know, the worker marked all 3 tickets so when my friend came and I gave him a ticket, he couldn't use it because it was already "used." I had to talk to the worker and explain the situation which turned out okay, but I think there was bad confusion/communication there. The first huge issue I ran into is that a majority of the vendors were cash only or had a high minimum for card. I normally wouldn't mind but a heads up would've been nice because I wasn't prepared and had only $10 in my wallet. Personal tip: share with the people you come with so that you can hit a good number of vendors and get a nice variety in! With my two other friends, we tried: EGGHAUSTED: Tried the Black Truffle Cheese Tomagoyaki (egg omelettes) because it was the best seller. It's basically an omelette with a filling. Pretty darn great if you ask me! It is very creamy and heavy, I personally think this is something you'd want to share with at least one other person. HEADBANGIN' NOODLES: Build your own bowl of noodles! Possibly the biggest BANG for your buck of the things I tried. It still is pricier than when you go out to eat regularly ($10), but for a night market... the portion is pretty reasonable. We got medium for our spice level and it was not spicy at all... medium felt mild in our opinions. We wanted a heart-shaped egg on our noodles but forgot to check it off and the workers ended up generously enough giving it to us anyway, on the house! Although if I'm being honest... I think the noodles look more Instagrammable without the egg because the egg was not very heart-shaped. QQ BALL: Got an order of 4 puffy cakes with filling for $8. Tried S'mores, Matcha, Red Bean Milk, and Milk Tea. S'mores was definitely my favorite just because it had a lot more going on compared to the others. My next favorite would be Milk Tea, although it didn't quite taste like Milk Tea. Matcha was more true to a matcha taste and not very sweet, so something to keep in mind. LUCKYBALL: Not 100% sure on the name of the vendor but I think it was the only one selling giant squids? At $12 a squid, I think you're definitely paying partially for the novelty and partially for the squid. Tasted alright and the consistency was surprisingly great (not insanely chewy like some squid). EL CHEF TACO: Got to try an Elote Corn on the Cob for the first time and was blown away! That s*** is delicious. Only disappointing part is that we got it for $5 and not long after, while we were eating it, a worker comes out with a sign announcing that the corns were down to $2.50 each. ): GAMES: Didn't play any of the games but the prizes were so unbelievably cute! My favorite ones were the sushi and boba plushies. If they seemed easier to win, I just might've given in. OTHER GOODS: A lot of these booths were so cute and I really loved the style/vibe of them all. I didn't get the chance to see all of them, but among the ones I did see, some two my favorites were Little Woman Goods (cute feminist apparel and accessories) and Ace Car Studio (cheap car air fresheners with many different characters). If Yelp hosted another free ticket event for Elites I'd definitely be back. Otherwise, it'd take some convincing or more thoughtful considerati
Adria L.
Won tickets from yelp and drove 45 mins from Garden Grove to Torrance. Arrived at around 7:30pm and parking was a disaster. The lot right next to the event was extremely dark and pretty much full by the time we got there. Since I had won tickets for free entry, I was advised to pick them up at will call. However, I just went into the "online ticket" line and told the guy I was from yelp and he let us in immediately. Event was fun, but kinda small so you'll run out of things to do quickly. We got to try a lot of food since there are so many vendors! Not only do they serve food here but they have carnival games, live performances, and small shops scattered around the area. Overall, thankful I got tickets to the event. Probably wouldn't go again considering the long drive. But thank you yelp anyways!!
Elena C.
Thanks Yelp for giving me free entrance tickets to Panana!We drove 35 mins from LA and had a little confusion with the gps. Maybe it's better for u to ignore the waze / google / apple maps pin and just look for "AMC Del Amo" and you'll see the closest parking lot next to the night market itself.Parking is rather dark but who cares. The ticketing booths were empty at 8pm in Sunday. I told them my name, they wanna see some ID then the girl gave us stickers and let us in. The size is pretty small I would say. The stickers vendor was cute, but so expensive. 1 sticker for $5, buy 2 get 3. Still expensive.. The majority of food vendors for some reason consists of either korean or mexican (influenced) cuisine.We ate from 3 vendors..The noodles vendor with the minced pork ($10), chicharron tacos (1 for $4 plus $1 extra chicharrones) and the yakitori mochi stall (2 for $8). Surprisingly the chicharron tacos were the best out of the 3. The rinds were mostly crispy except for 2 hard parts. But yeah $4 for a taco.... expensive.The noodles were taken from an instant noodle packet. (I saw as they made them. They weren't trying to be discreet about it). The flavors were eh ok and it helps fill your stomach i guess. It was a solid 3 star night market food.The yakitori was so not cool. Something I could make at home. The sauce was meh, the mochi was only at the end of the stick, and was terrible. That was a waste of $8, could have gotten 2 more tacos.We went two rounds to see what else we wanted from the food vendors, but nothing else excited us. I actually began to feel kind of sad for some of the vendors who have so much food left like they haven't sold much that night. By 9pm, the noodles stall was packing up, and the chicharron stall was taking down their signage. That must be tough.The performances were really nothing to shout about. Not worth mentioning. Barely anybody was watching. Maybe just the friends or family members of the performers?The crowd was pretty sparse.. looking from the near empty trash cans all around the market, it was not a good night for business. But hey maybe I'm wrong.. maybe everybody came at 4-5pm and had left by the time I came.Personally I won't come back again, more so if I have to pay for entrance. It's far for me, and the additional $5 per pax (there were 4 of us, so $20) would have made all the (sour) difference.
Jennifer B.
Thank you, YelpEliteLA crew for the complimentary tickets! Party of 4 (yes, Yelp comp'd all four of us!) came through a bit earlier than opening hour because I wasn't sure where to park. The said description/location was that it's at a parking lot at Del Amo and my initial thought was... "there's a lot of 'em..." I did a bit of reading and many fellow Yelpers suggested just parking right behind the theater. Familiar enough, so that's what I did. After a bit of walking, we found ourselves at its main entrance. I showed my confirmation email and walked through with no problem. We were there at opening hour, so we didn't have to deal with a lot of people. With lots of time to kill, we all walked around first to see what may interest us. None of us felt like playing any of the parlor games (I didn't really see a lot playing in the duration I was there either.) There were a few non-food vendors, but none appealed to any of us. The food selections, though, were decent. Ended up at the following: THE HEALTHY STUFF: The ONLY vendor in the entire place offering lobster rolls. GodNiece immediately decided that's what she's having. I didn't get to taste it, but she said it was "alright." That pretty much means she's had better. LUCKY BALL BBQ: Only $2 for a lemonade with any combo, so we went for the pork BBQ combo. I had to ask them to place the skewers back on the grill because it was a bit undercooked for me. Cashier had a bit of attitude. First, he rolls his eyes at me, then he said it was gonna take awhile since they just started. Seriously, how hard is it to put three damn skewers back on the grill and cook it to our liking? There was plenty of room. Totally unhappy about that. I told him I'll wait, so wait I did. But ohhh, that wait was SOOOO worth it. The pork is the absolute star of that combo. Recommending it for sure. BULLY'S: We were just way too curious about those 24" skewers so we got a BBQ one. Chicken was a bit overdone and BBQ was too strong. Most likely will not order this again. KAPAMILYA: Orders were for to-go. Pops wanted to bring home crispy pata and GodNiece wanted to try their chicken skin. We were told it would take some time because they still needed to cook the crispy pata. No worries, we had time. (It did take long, though, approximately 20 minutes.) Got to try both when we got home, and both were on point delicious! They even included some rice. My only holdback? I loved the crispy pata and all, but I don't think it belongs on a food line up for an event like this. 20 minutes is a bit too long of a wait. Lots of places are offering free refills on their drinks, so shop around first. Didn't see any vendors offering alcoholic drinks either. Not as many vendors as I expected, but still decent. Overall a great experience! So grateful and humbled to be chosen for this perk! I may come through again the next time it comes back around!
Jenn G.
Thank you Yelp for tickets to Panana Night Market! I was happy to hear Panana Night Market was back at Del Amo Fashion. They had different vendors this time and I was curious to see how they were. This go-around there was a Filipino vendor via the Kapamilya Restaurant. They had various bbq sticks and street food. Combos with two items were $10. I got to try the chicken bbq stick and it was ok. It's a bit more pricey than outside Filipino food. QQ-Ball 2016 offering Taiwanese puffy cakes was also a new vendor. They had a special $5 puffy cakes with ice cream. I tried this with cookies and cream and this made for a nice dessert. I wanted to try their character puffy cakes (they had Hello Kitty) but for $7 for 4 pieces and no ice cream; I thought the special $5 was a better deal. Another new vendor was YouMe Hot Dog; offering sausage and mozzarella hot dogs. I have to say this was my favorite! It looked very simple but the batter was delicious. It is definitely one of the best corn dogs I've had ever. This was only $5. Sutekiya Catering was also new and they were offering the cutest bear curries for $10. This was definitely instagram worthy. Mr Bully 909 was a vendor that was there the last go-around but I didn't get to try it. For this visit; I finally got to check it out. I got their Korean bbq ribs along with their bulgogi cheese fries for $15. This was actually another entree I really liked. I loved how the ribs were tender and meaty. The fries were also quite tasty. Overall as many have mentioned; food can get pricey. I am very happy to have received complimentary tickets via Yelp because then I could spend money for more tasty dishes ;). Thank you Yelp!
Blessed experience out in Riverside. Welcome Year of the Dragon 2024✨
Okay. Lots of beautiful art.
This time panana did not provide good environment but great vendors. You can see the seafood the king crab leg was the best night market food I have seen so far. I think everyone should go today if the weather is good and go to eat the crab leg!
So came here on an impromptu date night since I won complimentary tickets through yours truly, Yelp. We had a great evening and enjoyed the live music. We got to walk around and see all the vendors they had and what was for sale. Some pretty cool vendors that sell pretty cool stuff. The food was also a hit. Plenty to choose from and it was a little overwhelming so ending up ordering from two vendors. We had BBQ sticks from a Filipino vendor and a Pulled Pork Mac N Cheese Sandwich from a vendor that is locally in Long Beach. Both had great customer service skills and also tasted good. Want to go back next year to get one of those cool souvenir cups and to also order a D-Cake. Gotta do it for the Gram!!!
Great food, entertainment and some nice goodies. A bit pricey but worth it.
Got free tickets thanks to Yelp Elite! Parking was not terrible thanks to copious mall structure parking right across the street, though the event did offer paid valet parking. There were definitely a ton of yummy and unique food and drink offerings spanning all types of cuisines (most were cash only but they did have atms on site). There were your usual carnival games and music as well, though we just focused on the food. All in all, a very nice local family friendly event, hopefully one that comes back!
Some tips that made my night market experience better: 1) Park across the street from the AMC on the LA Fitness side and walk over as parking does get congested. 2) If you hate crowds and lines, go on a Sunday night which seems to be much sparser. 3) Bring cash for entry and for some vendors. Vendors were mostly Chinese BBQ to Mexican treats. Nothing much in-between. If you're a local, this is a cute little night market but don't expect 626night market variety in the slightest. I had the BBQ squid and a waffle puff dessert. Enjoyed both! I'd say take a walk around the market first before letting your stomach decide what it is craving. Thank you very much to the Yelp LA West team for the tickets. Very appreciated. Had a great time!
Thank you Yelp Elite and Panama Night Market for the complimentary tickets! So nice to have a night market so close to home in the Southbay! Went on a Friday night around 7:30pm. Parking was full and it took a while to find a spot as market is located in the parking area across PF Chang's and Lazy Dog Cafe at Del Amo Shopping Center. Along with the food vendors, they had carnival games; entertainment; and vendors selling merchandise. Some of the items we tried: Bully 24 inch chicken stick (honey butter flavor with whipped cream) $9; Bully lightbulb rainbow slushee with a free lighted lightbulb keychain $8; Yakitori Yado's Chicken and mochi sticks (2 for $8); Lightbulb drink (free refills) plastic bulb lights up $10; Deep fried mozzarella cheese stick $5; Modern Char Shortrib Baos ($11); fatty pork Baos ($11) and Thai Tea mochi ice cream sticks (free if you order 2 items). Everything was good except for the Modern Char Fatty Pork Bao which one of two tasted like a piece of charred fat. In addition none of us liked the Thai Tea mochi ice creams, so unfortunately we ended up throwing those away. All in all it was a fun night. Great atmosphere!
Got invited to go from my good friend and fellow Yelper @Adria L. (check her our and follow her she's amazing!) She won tickets from yelp and we arrived around 7:30 pm on Saturday night. Alright first off parking was crazy not only was it pitch dark in a secluded area. The parking lot was full and there was no parking at all! It took about 15 minutes to find a spot. Overall the night market was fun but very small there were many general vendors selling various items such as clothing, cellphone accessories, stickers, and children's toys. The big reason why we did a 45 minute drive all the way to LA was of course the food! They had some amazing street food like chicken and waffles, BBQ ribs, chicken skewers, and lots of desserts to try. We had the BBQ pork nachos from Smokehouse, drinks from Bearology , we tried the D-Cake which was a Nutella stuffed waffle topped with condensed milk. We were stuffed by the end of the night. Overall, 4/5 stars! Thank you @Adria L. (Again go follow her she is hands down amazing!) for inviting me to this event and a huge thank you yelp! Can't wait to go again!
Right next to the Del Amo Fashion mall, couldn't miss it. Parking wasn't bad since there were a few structure by the mall and it was walking distance to the night market. Many had said it's a smaller version of 626 Night Market, and they were right. Got there right when it opened, checked in and in I went. It took maybe 10 mins to walk around the whole market. There were a lot of locals with Korean, Filipino, Mexican, Chinese, Vietnam fusion and American (Nashville chicken sandwiches non local). Lines to the food booths weren't long and people were friendly. Some were offering samples before purchase and some were offering free drink floaties after purchase. That made my day! Overall, if you're by the mall, should check it out. Family friendly and also there's chairs to watch live performance from the locals. Entry fee $5 per person, certain age kids I believe can get in for free.
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Thank you Yelp for free admission tickets to my first night market! Even for $5 a ticket, I still think that's not too bad. However, I live about a 5 minute drive away and I don't think it would be worth it to travel from outside of Torrance for this night market. I came around 8:30 PM on Friday and parking was terrifying. The spots were all taken and the lot was completely full of cars driving around trying to find a spot, so I ended up giving up after about 10 minutes and just parking in the lot in front of Old Navy/BJ's. The first issue I ran into is that at will call, I redeemed 3 of my tickets but one of my friends was running late so I went in first. Little did I know, the worker marked all 3 tickets so when my friend came and I gave him a ticket, he couldn't use it because it was already "used." I had to talk to the worker and explain the situation which turned out okay, but I think there was bad confusion/communication there. The first huge issue I ran into is that a majority of the vendors were cash only or had a high minimum for card. I normally wouldn't mind but a heads up would've been nice because I wasn't prepared and had only $10 in my wallet. Personal tip: share with the people you come with so that you can hit a good number of vendors and get a nice variety in! With my two other friends, we tried: EGGHAUSTED: Tried the Black Truffle Cheese Tomagoyaki (egg omelettes) because it was the best seller. It's basically an omelette with a filling. Pretty darn great if you ask me! It is very creamy and heavy, I personally think this is something you'd want to share with at least one other person. HEADBANGIN' NOODLES: Build your own bowl of noodles! Possibly the biggest BANG for your buck of the things I tried. It still is pricier than when you go out to eat regularly ($10), but for a night market... the portion is pretty reasonable. We got medium for our spice level and it was not spicy at all... medium felt mild in our opinions. We wanted a heart-shaped egg on our noodles but forgot to check it off and the workers ended up generously enough giving it to us anyway, on the house! Although if I'm being honest... I think the noodles look more Instagrammable without the egg because the egg was not very heart-shaped. QQ BALL: Got an order of 4 puffy cakes with filling for $8. Tried S'mores, Matcha, Red Bean Milk, and Milk Tea. S'mores was definitely my favorite just because it had a lot more going on compared to the others. My next favorite would be Milk Tea, although it didn't quite taste like Milk Tea. Matcha was more true to a matcha taste and not very sweet, so something to keep in mind. LUCKYBALL: Not 100% sure on the name of the vendor but I think it was the only one selling giant squids? At $12 a squid, I think you're definitely paying partially for the novelty and partially for the squid. Tasted alright and the consistency was surprisingly great (not insanely chewy like some squid). EL CHEF TACO: Got to try an Elote Corn on the Cob for the first time and was blown away! That s*** is delicious. Only disappointing part is that we got it for $5 and not long after, while we were eating it, a worker comes out with a sign announcing that the corns were down to $2.50 each. ): GAMES: Didn't play any of the games but the prizes were so unbelievably cute! My favorite ones were the sushi and boba plushies. If they seemed easier to win, I just might've given in. OTHER GOODS: A lot of these booths were so cute and I really loved the style/vibe of them all. I didn't get the chance to see all of them, but among the ones I did see, some two my favorites were Little Woman Goods (cute feminist apparel and accessories) and Ace Car Studio (cheap car air fresheners with many different characters). If Yelp hosted another free ticket event for Elites I'd definitely be back. Otherwise, it'd take some convincing or more thoughtful considerati
Won tickets from yelp and drove 45 mins from Garden Grove to Torrance. Arrived at around 7:30pm and parking was a disaster. The lot right next to the event was extremely dark and pretty much full by the time we got there. Since I had won tickets for free entry, I was advised to pick them up at will call. However, I just went into the "online ticket" line and told the guy I was from yelp and he let us in immediately. Event was fun, but kinda small so you'll run out of things to do quickly. We got to try a lot of food since there are so many vendors! Not only do they serve food here but they have carnival games, live performances, and small shops scattered around the area. Overall, thankful I got tickets to the event. Probably wouldn't go again considering the long drive. But thank you yelp anyways!!
Thanks Yelp for giving me free entrance tickets to Panana!We drove 35 mins from LA and had a little confusion with the gps. Maybe it's better for u to ignore the waze / google / apple maps pin and just look for "AMC Del Amo" and you'll see the closest parking lot next to the night market itself.Parking is rather dark but who cares. The ticketing booths were empty at 8pm in Sunday. I told them my name, they wanna see some ID then the girl gave us stickers and let us in. The size is pretty small I would say. The stickers vendor was cute, but so expensive. 1 sticker for $5, buy 2 get 3. Still expensive.. The majority of food vendors for some reason consists of either korean or mexican (influenced) cuisine.We ate from 3 vendors..The noodles vendor with the minced pork ($10), chicharron tacos (1 for $4 plus $1 extra chicharrones) and the yakitori mochi stall (2 for $8). Surprisingly the chicharron tacos were the best out of the 3. The rinds were mostly crispy except for 2 hard parts. But yeah $4 for a taco.... expensive.The noodles were taken from an instant noodle packet. (I saw as they made them. They weren't trying to be discreet about it). The flavors were eh ok and it helps fill your stomach i guess. It was a solid 3 star night market food.The yakitori was so not cool. Something I could make at home. The sauce was meh, the mochi was only at the end of the stick, and was terrible. That was a waste of $8, could have gotten 2 more tacos.We went two rounds to see what else we wanted from the food vendors, but nothing else excited us. I actually began to feel kind of sad for some of the vendors who have so much food left like they haven't sold much that night. By 9pm, the noodles stall was packing up, and the chicharron stall was taking down their signage. That must be tough.The performances were really nothing to shout about. Not worth mentioning. Barely anybody was watching. Maybe just the friends or family members of the performers?The crowd was pretty sparse.. looking from the near empty trash cans all around the market, it was not a good night for business. But hey maybe I'm wrong.. maybe everybody came at 4-5pm and had left by the time I came.Personally I won't come back again, more so if I have to pay for entrance. It's far for me, and the additional $5 per pax (there were 4 of us, so $20) would have made all the (sour) difference.
Thank you, YelpEliteLA crew for the complimentary tickets! Party of 4 (yes, Yelp comp'd all four of us!) came through a bit earlier than opening hour because I wasn't sure where to park. The said description/location was that it's at a parking lot at Del Amo and my initial thought was... "there's a lot of 'em..." I did a bit of reading and many fellow Yelpers suggested just parking right behind the theater. Familiar enough, so that's what I did. After a bit of walking, we found ourselves at its main entrance. I showed my confirmation email and walked through with no problem. We were there at opening hour, so we didn't have to deal with a lot of people. With lots of time to kill, we all walked around first to see what may interest us. None of us felt like playing any of the parlor games (I didn't really see a lot playing in the duration I was there either.) There were a few non-food vendors, but none appealed to any of us. The food selections, though, were decent. Ended up at the following: THE HEALTHY STUFF: The ONLY vendor in the entire place offering lobster rolls. GodNiece immediately decided that's what she's having. I didn't get to taste it, but she said it was "alright." That pretty much means she's had better. LUCKY BALL BBQ: Only $2 for a lemonade with any combo, so we went for the pork BBQ combo. I had to ask them to place the skewers back on the grill because it was a bit undercooked for me. Cashier had a bit of attitude. First, he rolls his eyes at me, then he said it was gonna take awhile since they just started. Seriously, how hard is it to put three damn skewers back on the grill and cook it to our liking? There was plenty of room. Totally unhappy about that. I told him I'll wait, so wait I did. But ohhh, that wait was SOOOO worth it. The pork is the absolute star of that combo. Recommending it for sure. BULLY'S: We were just way too curious about those 24" skewers so we got a BBQ one. Chicken was a bit overdone and BBQ was too strong. Most likely will not order this again. KAPAMILYA: Orders were for to-go. Pops wanted to bring home crispy pata and GodNiece wanted to try their chicken skin. We were told it would take some time because they still needed to cook the crispy pata. No worries, we had time. (It did take long, though, approximately 20 minutes.) Got to try both when we got home, and both were on point delicious! They even included some rice. My only holdback? I loved the crispy pata and all, but I don't think it belongs on a food line up for an event like this. 20 minutes is a bit too long of a wait. Lots of places are offering free refills on their drinks, so shop around first. Didn't see any vendors offering alcoholic drinks either. Not as many vendors as I expected, but still decent. Overall a great experience! So grateful and humbled to be chosen for this perk! I may come through again the next time it comes back around!
Thank you Yelp for tickets to Panana Night Market! I was happy to hear Panana Night Market was back at Del Amo Fashion. They had different vendors this time and I was curious to see how they were. This go-around there was a Filipino vendor via the Kapamilya Restaurant. They had various bbq sticks and street food. Combos with two items were $10. I got to try the chicken bbq stick and it was ok. It's a bit more pricey than outside Filipino food. QQ-Ball 2016 offering Taiwanese puffy cakes was also a new vendor. They had a special $5 puffy cakes with ice cream. I tried this with cookies and cream and this made for a nice dessert. I wanted to try their character puffy cakes (they had Hello Kitty) but for $7 for 4 pieces and no ice cream; I thought the special $5 was a better deal. Another new vendor was YouMe Hot Dog; offering sausage and mozzarella hot dogs. I have to say this was my favorite! It looked very simple but the batter was delicious. It is definitely one of the best corn dogs I've had ever. This was only $5. Sutekiya Catering was also new and they were offering the cutest bear curries for $10. This was definitely instagram worthy. Mr Bully 909 was a vendor that was there the last go-around but I didn't get to try it. For this visit; I finally got to check it out. I got their Korean bbq ribs along with their bulgogi cheese fries for $15. This was actually another entree I really liked. I loved how the ribs were tender and meaty. The fries were also quite tasty. Overall as many have mentioned; food can get pricey. I am very happy to have received complimentary tickets via Yelp because then I could spend money for more tasty dishes ;). Thank you Yelp!