Fro-yo girl here. I stopped going to 626 Night Market in Arcadia because of the pandemic. Going anywhere with crowds just seemed unappealing. But I returned this year because I saw that at least one vendor was going to offer frozen yogurt. The last time I went was in 2019. I reread my 2019 post and it sums up how I felt about the 2025 edition. It was far less crowded than in prior years, but maybe that’s because I went on July 4th. They’ve added more tables and benches for you to sit.
I saw many trends, but most have already been offered elsewhere (e.g., Labubu dolls, Dubai chocolate cups, tanghulu, charms, crochet dolls, freeze-dried fruit). It felt like there were fewer food vendors and fewer food trucks. They used to have better food trucks and more Chinese food. There used to be at least two stinky tofu vendors. This year, I didn’t smell stinky tofu once, and there were more Japanese food vendors than Chinese. You can still find adventurous foods like balut, pork blood cake (so delicious), and durian smoothies.
But, frozen yogurt returned! MOJO had fried yogurt skewers, aka thick-cut yogurt. The yogurt is poured onto a freezing pan and sliced into bite-sized shapes after freezing. Some shops add fruit, nuts, seeds, and grains.
MOJO had three flavors of fried yogurt: mango, strawberry, and pitaya. The cubes were made with yogurt and fruit. Each skewer had three cubes. Two skewers were $7. The strawberry yogurt cubes were creamier than the pitaya cubes. The pitaya yogurt had more tang. The cubes were very firm. The yogurt was lightly sweetened. Because the cubes were so plain, it felt like something that I could easily make at home. But, it was nice to see a frozen yogurt treat at the night market.
There were a few things that I wanted to try, including the Japanese fried sando from Sandoitchi and the Japanese egg-shaped cakes.
Free parking. Admission is $5.90 (presale), $6.93 general admission.
You know you love me. X0 X0, fro-yo girl.
Looking for more frozen yogurt news, discussion boards, and resources? Check out the International Frozen Yogurt Association website at http://internationalfrozenyogurt.com/. The IFYA is the independent voice of the frozen yogurt industry.
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