From top left: local peppers organized in neat piles for transactional ease; ginger buds are just about the most beautiful and amazing tasting spice in this part of the world; a vendor tallies the total for each bunch of petai (or stink beans); bananas, bananas everywhere
Like a mountaineer perched atop Everest, I have finally conquered.
Last week, I paid a visit to Pudu Market, the largest open-air market in Kuala Lumpur and home to over 1000 vendors. It wasn’t my first time; three weeks after the hubby and I moved here, we brought our first set of visitors from the US to the market around noon, just as the activity was winding down for the day. The place was in disarray as vendors splashed away chicken blood and other waste with buckets of water, and the whole place was a steaming, sweltering mess. We’d gone in search of street eats, but even those seemed to be largely finishing up their daily business, so after about a half an hour of wandering aimlessly, we headed on to greener pastures.
As a person with the last name Jack, I bet “jackfruit” is like the best ever.
Great pictures!! I especially love the guy cutting the coconut!!
LJ: actually, it’s a little like durian, another Southeast Asian fruit, except it doesn’t smell like rotten garbage. It has the texture of soft cheese. I’m not sure what this says about you.
Rachael M: Thanks!