Night Market In Kampong Lereh
Night market is a common sight in Malaysia. It is held every week in most of the towns and cities throughout the country. It starts as early as 3:00 o’clock in the afternoon and ends late at night. Everybody loves to go to the night market. Most of the parents would take along their children as well. There are many kinds of goods that can be found here in the night market. There are a lot of stalls selling variety of delicious mouth-watering food, a wide range of colourful clothing, exotic plants, fresh vegetables and fish, just to name a few. This makes the night market full of people, young and old. As the night market is a crowded place, it is usually very noisy which sometimes can be irritating as well as entertaining.
During my 6-week stay in Malacca the Historical City, I am glad that I had the chance to visit the night market in Kampong Lereh almost every week. Like any other night markets in Malaysia, this night market too is always packed with many people from all walks of life. The food that I love to buy there are "Penang Laksa" and "popiah basah"of course. Well, as a matter of fact not only me who love the the taste of them but the rest of my friends too.
People would come flooding the area just to buy things which are believed to be cheap. The hawkers would call out for people passing by trying their level best to attract and persuade the customers to stop by at their make-shift stalls. I could also hear the owner of the stall and his customer busily bargaining for the right price. Sometimes you might even think that their fighting over something. The housewives are usually very good at this, most probably because they know exactly the best price for all the goods especially the groceries. Just imagine when you hear most of them bargaining at the same time...urghhh, I find it rather annoying sometimes.
As my friends and I walk further on, we can hear another irritating sound of the sugarcane squeezer and the droning generator blended with the rhythm and blues music played at the “pirated CD” stalls. With only RM1.00 per glass, we can quench our thirst and enjoy the exotic taste of the sweet sugarcane. Not only that, to add more beauty to the night market, as we slowly walk along the stalls selling hot, fried noodles we could hear the sizzling sounds of the pots and pans which make the ever-hungry, growling stomach growls even louder. And the tantalizing aroma of the roasted tender chicken wafted in the air could easily make one's mouth waters. Ummm...yummyyyy!!!!
I notice that however noisy the place is, we can still find excitement in the crowd. The crowd somehow gives us a carnival sort of feeling. That is the beauty of it. Night market too is one of the tourists’ attractions as this is the place where they can see different kinds of races portraying a mini Malaysia. After having to visit the night market in Kampong Lereh for 5 or 6 times during my stay there, I feel that the night market is synonymous to Malaysian way of life and despite of being noisy and may give you a terrible headache, it still has its own attractions.
Here are some of the pictures I took during my visit there.
The wide range of local delicacies sold at this stall
Kak Jemi and Zurina, busy buying the rich in protein soya bean drink. Molly [in pink], I wonder what captures her interest there...
The fried noodle stall..."char kuew teow"...yummy!!!
During my 6-week stay in Malacca the Historical City, I am glad that I had the chance to visit the night market in Kampong Lereh almost every week. Like any other night markets in Malaysia, this night market too is always packed with many people from all walks of life. The food that I love to buy there are "Penang Laksa" and "popiah basah"of course. Well, as a matter of fact not only me who love the the taste of them but the rest of my friends too.
People would come flooding the area just to buy things which are believed to be cheap. The hawkers would call out for people passing by trying their level best to attract and persuade the customers to stop by at their make-shift stalls. I could also hear the owner of the stall and his customer busily bargaining for the right price. Sometimes you might even think that their fighting over something. The housewives are usually very good at this, most probably because they know exactly the best price for all the goods especially the groceries. Just imagine when you hear most of them bargaining at the same time...urghhh, I find it rather annoying sometimes.
As my friends and I walk further on, we can hear another irritating sound of the sugarcane squeezer and the droning generator blended with the rhythm and blues music played at the “pirated CD” stalls. With only RM1.00 per glass, we can quench our thirst and enjoy the exotic taste of the sweet sugarcane. Not only that, to add more beauty to the night market, as we slowly walk along the stalls selling hot, fried noodles we could hear the sizzling sounds of the pots and pans which make the ever-hungry, growling stomach growls even louder. And the tantalizing aroma of the roasted tender chicken wafted in the air could easily make one's mouth waters. Ummm...yummyyyy!!!!
I notice that however noisy the place is, we can still find excitement in the crowd. The crowd somehow gives us a carnival sort of feeling. That is the beauty of it. Night market too is one of the tourists’ attractions as this is the place where they can see different kinds of races portraying a mini Malaysia. After having to visit the night market in Kampong Lereh for 5 or 6 times during my stay there, I feel that the night market is synonymous to Malaysian way of life and despite of being noisy and may give you a terrible headache, it still has its own attractions.
Here are some of the pictures I took during my visit there.
The wide range of local delicacies sold at this stall
Kak Jemi and Zurina, busy buying the rich in protein soya bean drink. Molly [in pink], I wonder what captures her interest there...
The fried noodle stall..."char kuew teow"...yummy!!!
