New night market in Howard County seeks to provide place to celebrate Asian food and culture

Growing up in China, Yumin Gao frequented its night markets, as well as those in Thailand, Japan and other Asian countries. Gao loved the vibrancy of the open-air street bazaars, where people came together among vendors hawking authentic dishes at affordable prices. After moving to Baltimore, the Johns Hopkins University epidemiologist attended a few food festivals in the area, but they did not live up to his expectations. So he got together with some friends and they wondered, “Why can’t we do something like that?”