Bubble tea, lechon pork belly skewers, ube matcha purple-yam-and-green-tea soft-serve, hip-hop performances led by a Filipino-American duo . . .

The Charm City Night Market’s eclectic mix of food, crafts and entertainment drew 12,000 people last September to the Westside neighborhood that includes Baltimore’s barely-there Chinatown on Park Avenue.

It was a coup that earned instant cred for the Chinatown Collective, a 10-member, all-volunteer group of young Asian-Americans who are already planning a second Night Market.

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