A Sunday at Market

At the Central Market (or Pasar Besar) of Ipoh... Below are just some random shots taken over the phone on one of the few privileged days when I could be at home.

At one of the beansprout stalls there. Ipoh is known for its good qualitied beansprouts, possibly due to the greater alkaline content of the water there.

Next, a vegetable stall with various vegetables readily weighed and packed up...

Kampung eggs...

Vegetables and fruits..

"Yong tau foo"... I've actually got 2 more pictures that show a colourful variety of yong tau foo, however I've not uploaded them here as the pictures were blur due to my own unintentional movement while taking the photos. After all, I only took the photos when I think it's time when people are least likely to notice that I was taking photos. Didn't want to appear as though this was the 1st time I went to the marketplace when in fact, I've been my mom's companion to the market since I was in school (the *bonus* of having daughter at home).

The fish market... I've got a few more photos too, but they're not uploaded as those pictures may appear gross to those who either do not like fish or those who do not consume meat.

So, the above are where we normally go to at the market. Just in case if anyone were to think if I don't consume other meat, well I do, which is chicken. But on that particular day, we did not buy chicken. As for red meat, I hardly take them nowadays, especially pork.

Contrary to what most people here think (i.e. that pork is synonymous among the Chinese), I actually don't like pork and so, I generally don't eat it. Speaking of this meat, roasted suckling-piglet particularly scares me because it makes me imagine of "eating up" a baby who's still nursing on its mom's milk. So, that keeps me even further away from the meat during festive occasions (so, people... please never serve this dish on my wedding if at all I marry).

Back to the topic... Last, but not least, after buying a number of things from the market, we went to a vegetarian restaurant located opposite the market.


I'm not a vegetarian, but I like some of the dishes served by vegetarian restaurants. Long ago, I had a different impression about vegetarian dishes. However, after being exposed to such dishes when I joined my vegetarian colleague cum friend from my former workplace for lunch, I started to realise that there are nice vegetarian dishes around.