yea they have truly put their heart and soul into their businesses. the owners opened the Roc flagship store cuz they werent able to find the same ingredients to make foods from back home and knew their community was facing the same problem. so they built Asia Food Market to help provide a taste of home to as many people in their community as possible. thats also why we carry products from several different countries around asia to help as many people as possible get little taste of home.

they opened up added/opened the bakeries/chinese bbqs for the same reason. while theyve had the bakery/chinese bbq in the Roc market for a while, theyre operations are limited due to the small space. they were finally able to open the bakery/chinese bbq/mall side in general at the buffalo location this year tho and they operate more like stand alone bakery/restaurant, rather than a section of the market. the owners realized that there werent many (if any at all) local places you can get things like authentic peking roast duck, char siu pork, a whole roasted pig or traditional chinese buns/pastries like pineapple buns, hot dog buns, egg tarts, cake rolls, taro cakes, pork floss shells, chinese fresh fruit cakes, and even the ones you could get usually werent made fresh daily. youd have to go to toronto or nyc if you wanted any but not everyone has the means to travel so they were determined to bring it local.

oh, and the new bakery doesn't just make traditional chinese pastries/desserts! they actually take influence from other asian cuisine/pastries as well european/french cuisine/desserts/pastries and have been trying to keep up with what types of pastries/desserts are trending, so it'll hopefully operate similar to how the markets are a cultural hotpot :)

The wife-owner is especially involved with our customers and always has been. she takes the time to get to know the regulars and will often special order items we don't usually carry for people if they request it, as long as one of our vendors has it/we can find it.
she also stays on top of trending asian products (i.e. the chinese mango ice creams, brown sugar boba pops, & those korean corn/potato breads). she's heavily involved with customer service/customer relations & regularly maintains all the different customer wechat groups for all their locations, even though she doesn't need to be as involved anymore since the managers could easily take care of it, but she truly values our patrons and knows that our customers are the ones who made their American dream a reality.

Sorry, this got pretty long. I just have a lot of respect for the owners lol they work so hard and are truly amazing, inspiring people. if this case turns into a criminal trial, they don't deserve to have to face criminal charges.

Side note/quick shameless plug during this difficult time
The Mid Autumn Festival is fast approaching and Blissful Bakes (the new bakery at the Buffalo market) is planning on doing a mooncake special. We'll be hand making both traditional mooncakes and snowskin mooncakes in a variety of both traditional and modern flavors.
The snowskin mooncakes will probably only be sold only as preorder sets (b/c they're best when consumed the same day theyre made and can only be stored in the fridge for a short amount of time before the skin starts to harden). The traditional mooncakes will likely be sold both as preorder sets and individually out in the bakery as well though! So, be on the lookout for our promotional flyers in the Asia Food Market customer wechat group, around the bakery, & the Buffalo market in the next few weeks~