Tastea Bites: Life Is DeliciousTastea Bites

Bao, orange chicken & milk tea, fresh at your Phoenix-area market.

I’m the cook behind the sky-blue tent. I’ve been making Chinese food since I was a kid cooking for my own family. Now I steam, fry, and shake it fresh for yours. Come hungry.

“When someone comes back to the counter to tell me they loved it, it turns an ok day into a great day.”

the cook, about why this stall exists
A bowl of glossy orange chicken over white steamed rice

Orange Chicken

$14

From the steamer & wok

Hand-pleated potstickers, soft bao, crispy rangoon. The board changes with the morning, the favorites don't.

Two soft white steamed bao in a bamboo basket

BBQ Pork Bao

$6
Steamed bao buns stacked beside a bamboo steamer

BBQ Chicken Bao

$6
A steamed taro bun split open, purple taro filling inside

Taro Bao

$6
A steamed custard bun torn open, golden custard inside

Custard Bun

$6
Pan-fried potstickers, crisped side up, with soy dipping sauce

Potstickers

$5
See the whole board →

From the cooler

Milk teas and fruit green teas, shaken to order. Boba on everything if you want it.

A Tastea Bites cup of classic milk tea with boba, on the market table

Milk Tea

$6
Bright orange Thai tea over ice

Thai Tea

$6
Brown sugar milk with syrup streaks down a Tastea Bites cup

Brown Sugar Milk Bubble

$7
Strawberry milk with real strawberry swirls and boba, in a Tastea Bites cup

Strawberry Milk Bubble

$7

This week at the stall

Markets move, specials change, so the stall lives on Instagram. This is where you'll find the week's locations and what's steaming.

Feeding a crowd? That's how I started.

I cooked for my whole family before I ever had a stall. Catering is the same thing, just more chairs: trays of orange chicken, bao by the dozen, a milk tea bar.

See you Saturday?

The tent goes up at markets around Phoenix, Scottsdale, Glendale, Peoria and across the Valley. I post each week’s spots on Instagram so you always know where the steam is rising.