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Photos from Night It Up 2011

Posted by Staff / July 16, 2011

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Night It UpThe 10th annual Night It Up! night market started with a bang last night as crowds hungry for exotic Asian street eats descended on the grounds of the Markham Civic Centre. Always one of the GTA's most popular food festivals, Night It Up! seemed even larger this year with over a hundred food vendors and massive line-ups (that moved relatively quickly). But it was all worth it. From fresh takoyaki to smelly tofu, the cheap eats offered didn't disappoint. Other tasty finds include Hong-Kong style egg puffs, barbecue squid, Malaysian Style Murtabak, fried oyster pancakes, raw oysters from Diana's Seafood Delight, fried sugar coated chestnut, fresh coconut juice, Pineapple smoothies, Taiwanese shaved ice and fig jellied lemonade.

The two-day festival concludes today (Saturday, 12pm until 12:30am) with an outdoor screening of Ip Man 2 (9pm), an MMA sports section featuring Grant Brothers MMA and live communal painting. Check out photos from last night (below) plus an additional set on our Facebook page.

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Chinatown Fried Rice / July 16, 2011 at 05:45 pm
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talk about diversity. the crowd was 90% asian, 5% other and 1% white. Multi-cultral my A**. why do the gai low's ignore such a massive foodie event like this? It was really good but the lineups and prices were a real bother!
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BH / July 16, 2011 at 07:44 pm
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I think you answered your own question. When finding seating and waiting for your food becomes a chore it just isn't worth it.
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W-hat / July 16, 2011 at 08:42 pm
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"gwai lo" is a slur. It's like a white person saying "chink". You can't talk about diversity and bandy about terms like that.

The festival looks cool, but Markham might as well be Sudbury as far as I am concerned.
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rats / July 16, 2011 at 10:02 pm
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If only Shilin was this temperature.
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Greg replying to a comment from W-hat / July 16, 2011 at 10:06 pm
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Sudbury has a lot of Chinese people, like Markham. Also, both are only accessible by 5 hour drive.
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Chris replying to a comment from Chinatown Fried Rice / July 16, 2011 at 10:30 pm
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Calling me a "gwai lo" is kinda like me calling you a "chi-com". It's pretty racist but really doesn't have any meaning to either of us. The percentages were pretty much bang on. The lineups were long and prices kinda high, but in tune with any other food festival in the city. Having spent at least a half hour to hour in line for bbq lamb, I'd say it was worth it since there aren't many restaurants I know of that cook it over coal (maybe one on midland north of finch?). I wouldn't want to stand in line again but I probably would.
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hop replying to a comment from Chinatown Fried Rice / July 17, 2011 at 12:09 am
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Asians aren't homogenous.
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Dave / July 17, 2011 at 01:17 am
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Why do some white people think Gwai lo is equivalent to calling a Chinese person a chink? Good grief, talk about ignorance and misunderstanding. Gwai lo has been used without any negative connotation or intent for many decades now and most gwai lo I know have no problem with it but when it comes to the internet a few idiots pop out of the woodwork. Chink has and is currently used with negative connotations and intent.

Thank god not everyone is overly uptight like you few folks.
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handfed / July 17, 2011 at 11:02 am
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who cares?
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Euro Kimchi lover replying to a comment from Chinatown Fried Rice / July 18, 2011 at 10:42 am
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Sad part is, it would be more diverse if people were less ignorant and less afraid to immerse themselves into a different culture. Our ridiculous 'self-preservation instincts' are rather irrelevant as of 2011.

Also, 90% + 5% + 1% doesn't quite add up to a 100%.
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WTH!! / July 18, 2011 at 11:26 am
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WTH!!! How come something so big is not advertised better!! >:-(
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F / July 18, 2011 at 11:36 am
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With a name like 'Night it up' no wonder ppl don't know! I thought nightitup+asian=HUGE drugged up all night rave!!
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V replying to a comment from Chinatown Fried Rice / July 20, 2011 at 03:04 pm
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FYI - "Asian" encompasses a number of different cultures.
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white dud / July 22, 2011 at 11:56 pm
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White dudes don't go, as we never heard of it, and its too far away. Going to check out the Cherry Beach one. Have one in Chinatown downtown!!! then you will see people,
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