The Bazaar Baru Chow Kit is
a daily market and opened from 9am till 5 pm.
Chow Kit Market is located at the Northern end of
Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman The
market can be reached by KL Monorail easily. You'll get off the
monorail at the station "Chow Kit" and you walk back for about
100 meters at the left side of the road.
This colourful market is called
after the district Chow Kit. It's the largest "wet market" in Kuala
Lumpur.
"Wet Market" is a market,
selling fruit, vegetables,
tofu, spices, meat and fish, as well as meat, fish, crabs and
lobsters. But there are also food
stalls and stalls selling clothes, silk, shoes, cassette tapes and
fabrics.
Here in Chow Kit most people do their daily shopping.
It's not so busy, when we arrive
at
10.30 am. Narrow walkways lead us through maze off stall laden with fish,
fruit, spices, vegetables and meat.
Frequently there's water on the
walkways, because they splash the fish with cold water to keep it
fresh. Sometimes they use ice cubes.
Be aware that you put on the right shoes.
A kaleidoscope of colours and fragrances dominates the market.
None of the sellers is insisting to sell you anything.
You can walk around freely
and everyone wants on the
photograph, or wants to make a photograph of you.
Beside the chicken, fish, beef,
spices, vegetable and fruit, you can also buy silk and shoes.
There are also hawker stalls with lovely food, like nasi lemak.
At the market of Chow Kit you will meet NO tourists.
Een hele grote vrucht: de Jackfruit
This man in the white T-shirt makes
santen (photograph left). He takes at his left side a coconut and
beats these with a knife very skilled into two equal pieces. He
spills the coconut milk simply on the floor.
It has obviously no value. Pity!
When he has opened several coconuts, he holds the half of
the coconut note against a type scraper, for which is a type
washing-up bowl to prevent the splattering and loss of santen.
The scraper scrapes all flesh from the coconut. The empty coconut
will be sold later.
For him counts only the santen. This will soon be sold in small
plastic bags.
The scraped santen falls down in
another washing-up bowl and he takes another half coconut. The
laughing man in the back will soon take his place..
They love to be on the picture, because there is never tourist
coming to the Chow Kit Market..
However everyone likes it, when you
show interest in their stall. They will offer you all kind of
fruits to taste.
At the left: The Santen Man
Photo at the right:
There is an open spot on this
coloured market. . You will feel the heat immediately on your
head.
The narrow walkway between the stalls offer you coolness. The sun
can't reach you here, because the walkways are mostly covered by
canvas. Pay attention to the coloured parasols, which are
standing on the market.
KL-monorail runs along this
market. Get off at station: Chow kit
Photo at the left:
The narrow walkways of Bazaar Baru
Chow Kit are mostly covered by canvas to protect you from the sun. At the
right they are selling eggs and at the left spices.
The floor is wet!!
