It is not your regular air-con supermarket with broad range of items displayed neatly on the shelves. You can buy fresh fruits, vegetables, meats and live seafood from different vendors in this wet market which I think is called Ban-San market in Penang (Malaysia).
A lady selling fresh fishes, prawns, squids, etc.
A fish stall with helpers cutting up big fishes into smaller parts for sale.
Big live crabs selling at RM17 per 500 grams.
These are aquarium fishes for sale.
Unlike supermarkets which open from day to night, wet markets start operating in early morning and close by noon. Customers usually buy breakfast after visiting the wet market so it’s common to see food stalls in the vicinity too.
Colourful and delicious Nonya Kuehs to satisfy your sweet tooth and hunger. “Kuehs” can be described as pastries and unlike Western pastries, they are more often steamed than baked. The most common flavouring ingredients are coconut cream, grated coconut, pandan leaves or palm sugar.
A popular Chinese stall selling roasted pork and char siew or barbecue pork.
A food stall selling “ban chien kueh” on a trishaw.
During the first nine days of the ninth lunar month, “Jiu Wang Ye” (九皇爺) festival celebrates the return of the Nine Emperor spirits that are worshiped as emanations of Mazu, the goddess of sailors.
Big joss sticks with colourful dragon decoration.
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Wet Market!!
I missed this kind of place!
Hoyeah!!
eh, i can see some ‘kuehs”
getting hungry…
ehmm,. always love to eat wet wet wet kueh….and the rest of the pictures are interesting,..A lady selling fresh fishes, prawns, squids, etc are looking so serious lol…
Everything looks so FRESH and delish. I’d love to taste that BBQ pork. YUM. I always find it so interesting to visit markets in different countries – and even in different locations within a country, since it tells you so much about the place.
Oh I love going to wet markets. I love seafood a lot..seaweeds.
@Zara: I like kuehs too, but only if they are not so sweet.
@dede: haha yeah serious business!
@Lifecruiser: That BBQ pork stall is very popular!
@mharms: Yeah fresh seafood.
Hi, Eunice. These are very nice pictures. Are you a traveller?
both blog walking and SEO are important, its seemed that we could get double in return..
@Grace: Ha! I blog my travels only, not the kind of traveller who is touring around the world 365 days. =D
omg the char siew…
so red and yummy!
Hi Eunice,
Your wet market is beautiful. I love going in that kind of places simply because i love to cook. What did you buy there?
Have fun and enjoy your day!!!
@Mei-Wah: That char siew stall is popular. I was told that the stall is manned by a lady boss and when she was young she was pretty girl “leng lui”. =P
@Sam: My relative bought some meat from there, including char siew and roasted pork. =D I was in Penang last month. Now in Singapore my home. =D
the people there might have wondered why you are taking photos of them. i like the long fish.
Wa, I am craving for Penang Nyonya kueh leh! So long didn’t eat already!
@dong ho: Right, that’s what it takes to be a candid photo blogger! haha
@peteformation: yeah same here…
nice place…all are very fresh.
especially green vegetables…and big fish..i like it
@Friendz: Yep, fresh food!
the vegetables look so green and fresh—-I guess they were just from a nearby farm. I love vegetables….
JB is not that bad now it seemed!!, or maybe because we used to visited during day time? ya this time i went alone as my family went back for holiday,…home alone hehehee. rgding promoting online, my friend also dont blog heheheee…but we actually can make loyal visitor, by making friend online,..if i am not a loyal online, i wont be visiting your blog anymore?..hehe just kidding..
@salingPUSA: Indeed fresh. However, we usually buy frozen meats in Singapore. There aren’t many wet markets in Singapore nowadays…
@dede: JB really has high crime rate. People around me either got robbed before or their friends got robbed before. Haha yeah same here, if you always visit me, usually I will return flavour too. haha =P joking.
the nyonya kuehs looked yummy. but i doubt they are original. im a half breed baba myself, mum’s a pure but dad’s a cina apek…hehehehe. you can get the originals from my house. my mum used to make em during her free time.
i have not been to penang for like 15 years now. my next year’s resolution. cheers….
@Calvin: I want to eat nyonya kuehs from pure breed Nyonya!! LOL!! Hope you meet your resolution next year! =D
Penang’s market is so clean and organized, just like Hawaii’s chinatown. Except, we dont have that Nonya Kueh or coconut puddings.. I had some those before in the Philippines and I bet the taste is pretty much the same with that of Penangs.
@Bridge: That Penang market is very wet! =P Oh for Nonya kueh, our friend Calvin who is half breed Nonya thinks those kuehs do not look like authentic Nonya kuehs. Anyway once a while I like to eat kuehs, but not too often as I find some of them too sweet for me.
hi guys,plz help me to find the addrres of this market.i am in penang,i need fresh…….