We paid a visit to the night market (pasar malam) in SS2 recently and I just went about taking shots of the different foods and sights there were to be seen in the area.This pasar malam is held rain or shine every Monday night.
The stalls are on top of the parking bays, so where do I park?
Although parking is always a problem when it comes to pasar malams (no matter what part of town you are in), it’s usually quite an experience. Not many other places would you be able to get the commotion of a market, but in the middle of the night. As many of us work during the day, the novelty of going to the morning market (although it’s probably been 10 years since I’ve been to one) like what our mum’s do, is lost to us. The closest we can get is probably a pasar malam.
Many other countries in our part of Asia do practice night markets, but I don’t think they do it quite like Malaysia does. You have to remember, our night markets can be found in different locations, depending on the day of the week, that way, more people experience it and on a more regular basis. They also sell everything under the moon, from utensils, to cakes, to fruits, meat and even exotic things (like frog legs).
Like I said, utensils.
I would like to share with you all the sights, sounds and smells of the market place, but I only brought my camera, so you’ll have to imagine the other two in your head. If it helps, it sounded like people and cars and it smelled like food, road, people and cars. Now look at the pictures and imagine the rest:
Jelly of all shapes and sizes.
Different types of herbal tea
Homemade honeys, or is it honies?
Trying to navigate through a maze of fake T-shirts
Sour plums? I can feel my cheeks sucking in just by looking at them.
What are you 'loking' at? (get it?) - Lok Lok-
Fried beehoon and dumpling, good for breakfast the next morning
Corn on the cob.
Apong Balik,a traditional Malay pancake which is a combination of flour with crushed peanuts,corn and butter fillings.Tastes great.
Night fish.
Fruits galore
Huge slabs of deep fried chicken… mmm…originated from Taiwan
More fruits galore.
Tong Sui and Mango Dessert
Would anybody really buy a cake from a pasar malam?
Chee Cheong Fun. This one is slightly different it has har gou (some prawn thingy) and chopped turnips.
’10 sen pak’ thats what I call them. But now, i guess it’ll have to be ’50sen pak’ since the price has increased. This is a thinner version of the fluffy slice of goodness, ‘apong balik’ except that this one has no filling.
Fried Lobak. This is a popular shop as there is always a long line at this stall.
Pasar Malam, SS2
SS2 main square, on the roads around Wai Sik Kai Hawker Center
Monday Nights
Cuisine: Various
Halal and Non Halal
Parking: Random.
cumi&ciki, 3 years ago
helo helo! nice shots on the pasar malam! love the contrast in colors:)
twosuperheroes, 3 years ago
beautiful shots! :p
William, 3 years ago
Hi Cumi,Ciki and the two superheroes… thanks so much for the compliments on the photos of the pasar malam.
I just got myself a new lens, so hopefully the pictures can only get better from here on in… =)
Stay tuned for more (sounds like a TV advert huh?)
My Simple Food, 3 years ago
Nice shots, very nice. I wanted to blog about pasar malam too but my pics did not turn out nice cos I only have a digital camera. So sad.
Demsi Jake, 3 years ago
New lens doesn’t make the photo better tsk tsk ,
btw what lens did you buy ? Push your camera speed higher, don’t be afraid of noise =)
William, 3 years ago
My Simple Food: You can get good shots with a digital camera, it just takes a little more trial and error and some patience… and thanks for the compliments on the photos!
Demsi: you’re right, a lens doesn’t make a photo, but it helps with my shutter speed and the aperture… (I’m very scared of grainy pictures) haha.
Got a nikon 50mm f1.8 (RM360)
Demsi Jake, 3 years ago
Attaway,
That is a must get lens but becareful if your shooting portrait. Dunno why i use this lens i’d always get distorted Nose, make them look big =)
Honestly i was afraid of Grainy pictures when i started photography, but when you resize it smaller, it’s kinda pretty nice =) Your using a D80 right correct me if i’m wrong. D80 got very good control of noise, better than D200
William, 3 years ago
Yup I am currently using Nikon D80… actually you have a point there about the noise, maybe if I’m only resizing it to 450X302 that I’m using for the blog it’ll be ok… got to give it a try one day.
haha you said in your comment that you always get distorted ‘nose’ when taking a picture. That would be really funny in real life. Imagine, I take a picture of myself in the mirror, only my nose distorts but everything remains the same… hahaha.
=)
William, 3 years ago
wait… you REALLY meant you get a distorted ‘nose’ didn’t you? haha… that’s quite a strange thing to happen.
I’ll go take a picture of my brother and see if his nose grows.
Demsi Jake, 3 years ago
I did get those kinda distortion, me and my photofriend sold it off. 50mm f1.8 is a very multi purpose lens. Can almost do macro, good for lowlight portraiture. If you can afford 85mm that is much better lens. but screw 85mm lens, GET the 18-200 VR !!!!!! it’s a MUST GET !
William, 3 years ago
no money lah demsi…. =(
maybe in the future.
Evelyn, 3 years ago
Awesome shots Willy!
This post is pure evil for anyone overseas. Makes me want to jump on a plane and go straight to a pasar malam.
William, 3 years ago
Haha no problem… jump onboard, come on back and we’ll take you to the nearest pasar malam!