This is Central Market in Kuching. It’s only open on Sundays. I was
liberated from my slumber from one of my friends to go along with him
and his girlfriend, and I thought, why not…
There are all sorts of things there, strange things like this upside down plant.
It was a hot day, iced sugarcane drinks are a must…
L-R: Huai Bin (me), Miriam, Ah Lung
I know my pants are falling down; most of my attire doesn’t fit anymore without a belt.
We ate our way through the market. This is keropok lekor, which I
assume is some kind of fish. There were samples and I thought it was
pretty good, so I got some. It tastes like real fish.
There were strange stuff on offer…these are edible.
Here’s a stall with assorted kuih. The long phallic looking things
in the middle is a derivative of the fish keropok, or so I’m told.
This is a drinks stall with old skool 60 cent bottled sodas.
Memories…back when I was young, we didn’t have enough pocket money to
buy anything but these.
Textiles…
RM 160 canines…
Cacti – none of them psychoactive, unfortunately.
My favorite – cats!
These are quails – note the quail egg at the side. I’ve never seen quails this huge before.
Stop looking at me like that, feline…
I’ll give you some goldfish to eat if you want?
Pearl grass at RM 10 per plot. Jesus, the grass at my house back
home looks exactly like this. You can have that for free if you want.
Here’s some parangs for sale.
Doesn’t look all that sharp to me. I’ll stick to balisongs, thanks.
Scary figurines to bring the wrath of the god(s) down on yourself or
to bring good fortune to your enemies. Or is it the other way round?
Fuck, this is one HUGE rabbit. It scared me.
The stall owner told me these are “vegetarian drumsticks”. I got one to try.
It’s pretty good actually, and the “bone” is made of a slice of sugarcane…sweetens the whole thing.
Salted fish anyone?
Here’s a stall offering deep fried stuff.
I saw they just got a batch of goreng pisang out, so I got some of that.
I also had some of these huge sotongs…it’s a WHOLE sotong on a
skewer. Note the body at the end and the tendrils (or whatever
appendages they have) on the front.
I’m heading out again, will reply all the comments later. See ya!
