: : Ramadhan Bazaar ~ KL Version : :

Phone conversation in my cousin’s car. Time approx. 4.00 p.m.

TV : Let’s go to the Ramadhan Bazaar at Kampung Baru. You must see it.

Wena : Sure or not? Will it wet? Raining in Ampang and KLCC just now lah.

TV : Should be okay. Where do I pick you up?

Wena : Hmm.. Bangsar Shopping Complex?

TV : Okay. At 6 p.m.

So, managed to meet up with TV Smith of DuaSen parody fame. Insisted on taking me to Kampung Baru to check out the bazaar and it was pretty colorful. It was a pretty quaint area, packed with people buying food back for Buka Puasa @ Breaking Fast (not breakfast lah!). So, two people with cameras walking around taking pictures. Loads of pictures.

Same picture of the hawker taken by TV in this Photo Essay on Ramadhan. Just that it was at a different angle. His’ was a lot better than mine. The stall owner was more than happy to pose for the photoshoot. Note that there was some coloring added into the watermelon juice. Look a bit too red for me to try it out.

The last picture : the hawker was actually holding up a bunch of veggie and posing for the camera. However, I messed up the shot so when I ask him to take it again, he chickened out and got another pal to hold up the veggie. Cheh!

Now, what is a festive season without some local snacks to munch on? I’m a junk food junkie. Having said that, I hate getting my fingers dirty so will occasionally use a pair of chopsticks to eat it. :p

Me and purple stuff. Including fruits. Private joke with many friends about the color purple. The above is a shot at the mangosteen at one of the many fruit stalls.

For lack of a better word, I’m just going to call this picture a pic of lok-lok. :p The cucur looks so tempting. I’m a sucker for cucur.

Love letters! They are thin wafer biscuits that are both sweet and extremely crunchy. I have yet to meet someone who doesn’t like kuih supit @ love letters. If you that person, you do not know what you’re missing. Unless u’re allergic to the ingredients, of course. :p

This is the mold for making the ketupat. Whole bunch of leaves were being sold at this one particular stall. The Muslim Community is now working throughout the nite, cooking massive amounts of food for tomorrow. Yep, the celebrations start tomorrow. Can’t wait to try out rendang.

Dedicated to my mother : you have one ice-cream tub full waiting for you in the freezer when you get here.

Colorful Asian drinks. Didn’t realised until today that TV also took a similar picture. Tried to look for the picture again and couldn’t find it on his site. The poor guy behind the stall was so bashful. Didn’t want to face the camera and got a lot of ribbing from his friends.

Another bashful guy. He was frying some cempedek with batter. Can you imagine someone bringing back cempedek on an airplane? Aiyo. The stink. Durian is bad enough. Should put signs up to warn people not to bring cempedek anywhere near an airplane.

Left to Right : Ketupats, belachan, chilli boh and last one I have absolutely no idea. Bit lazy to go and check out what it was. Didn’t want to hear any sales pitch from the hawker.

That was the walk through the Ramadhan Bazaar in Kampung Baru. Not a lot of foodstalls compared to the one in Kuching but definitely more variety of stuff for sale. And to think I was thinking of not going.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to the Muslims! Am doing the round with my Dad again tomorrow morning. He’s coming in from Miri to visit a few people. I’m eyeing to eat some rendang @ dry beef curry and lemang @ glutinous rice cooked in bamboo.