"Pasar Malam" is the Malay words which mean 'night market' in English. Every Thursday evening there is a pasar malam in Bukit Sekilau, just a short walk from my house. It involves a number of stalls stretching for 150 metres on a village road in Bukit Sekilau. As you'll see from the pictures, a variety of foods and other things are sold at this weekly pasar malam.
I ordered my favourite, nasi dagang, which is rice with a piece of fish and curry. The rice is wrapped in the green banana leaves, the fish curry tied with rubber bands in small plastic bags.It costs just RM2.
This portable restaurant on wheels sells steamboat food, in particular fish...
My wife's favourite here. This Chinese food is called 'Pau' and is like a white bread which may contain a variety of different fillings...
Foods waiting to be fried and sold...
My wife loves this little pink dessert...
Can any Malaysians help me to identify this little treat?
A variety of fruits are sold at this stall. The big green one is soursop, and makes for a delicious drink. At far left is a fruit named 'jambu air' or water apple. The fruit 'longan' can be seen at far right, but I'm not sure what the small orange-coloured fruits are?
Our favourite drink, 'air tebu' or sugar cane! Every time we go to the pasar malam we will buy this gorgeous drink.
This is the sugar cane juice extractor machine. The man simply pushes in sticks of sugar cane at the top of the machine. The dried stalks come out and fall on the floor at the bottom; the juice is caught behind in a container...
Here's one of a handful of clothes stalls...
We also bought some 'satay' - flame-grilled chicken or beef on a stick with peanut sauce...
Finally, here are some paper cars, which the Chinese use to burn as an offering for the dead...
