Dear Asian Avenue readers, This is an exciting time for us at Asian Avenue magazine as we head into our 14th year! Thank you to many of you for participating in our reader survey to help us improve and work on a rebrand look for the magazine. We will be rolling out a new logo and new designs in the coming months. We also appreciate all of the kind and appreciative feedback—these comments inspire us to keep going! Congratulations to our friends at the Sakura Foundation for celebrating five years of positively impacting Colorado’s Japanese American and Asian American communities. We are so proud of all of the partnerships you have built and the exemplary work you have been doing as leaders in our community. We look forward to seeing what the next five years have in store. We know it is unlikely that many of you have had the opportunity to experience the famous Yunnan rice noodles, but now’s your chance! The newly opened Shi Miao Dao - Ten Seconds Yunnan Rice Noodles restaurant in Aurora is the first of its kind in Colorado! Each order comes with soup and noodles on the side (which can be cooked in ten seconds!). We hope you will give them a try and don’t forget to order your milk tea to help slurp down those noods! Lastly, are we in SoCal? I can’t believe there are 30+ bubble tea shops in Denver! Check out our directory on page 17!
Annie Guo VanDan, President Asian Avenue magazine | www.asianavemag.com Published by Asian Avenue Magazine, Inc. P.O. Box 221748 Denver, CO 80222-1748 Tel: 303.937.6888 | info@asianavemag.com
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Bubble or boba tea began as a trend in Taiwan that has taken over the mile-high city with tea shops popping up in every shopping center. What’s your favorite drink?
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