Marketing At Jelapang Wet Market, Jelapang

My ex-colleague told me that there is a wanton noodle stall in the Jelapang wet market that is good and cheap. The only wanton noodle shop that we usually go to is not in the wet market but a short walking distance away from the market. When I inquired about the wanton noodle stall in the wet market from a friend who knows Jelapang very well, she replied that it is true but the surrounding may not be comfortable to some people. It is of the typical village and market environment.

Last week hubby wanted to eat our usual Jelapang wanton noodle for breakfast. I was not hungry and I told him that I will take a walk to the wet market on my own and told him to wait for me in the wanton noodle shop. I took the lane beside the shop and walk straight to the wet market.

This is the lane from the wanton noodle shop (Jalan Simpang) to the wet market.

On reaching the market, I saw food stalls on my left.

That's the wanton noodle stall, where the yellow T-shirt girl is standing. If my ex-colleague wanted to try the wanton noodle, I now know where it is.

On my right, a salesman promoting his product.

Vegetables stalls on my left.

Most of the small time sellers are usually elderly people. They place their items on the ground and they sit on low stool.

I bought 2 bundles of vegetable fern spikes (sayur paku pakis) from one of the elderly auntie. 1 bundle costs MYR 2 (0.55 USD). I bought 2 bundles.

It was an interesting walk because I saw many kinds of items being sold here that are not sold in the main market.

This is the bigger stall selling more items.

Fish sellers with their fresh sea products.

The fishes looked very fresh but I didn't ask the price.

I have tasted this before, the baby shark cooked in curry.

Fruit stalls selling both local and imported fruits.

Big red, juicy watermelon. One big whole watermelon costs MYR 8.00 (2.21 USD). Half a fruit costs MYR 4.00 (1.11 USD) & a quarter fruit costs MYR 2.00 (0.55 USD).

I passed by the toilet and I was really surprised. It looked very clean, neat and non-smelly at all. The walls are also pasted with lovely flower posters. Credit should be given to the cleaner and people in charge.

Next I came to this stall, making and selling Chinese crullers (yau char kwai). Boss preparing the crullers and wife frying them in big kuali.

I checked the oil to ensure the oil is not black before deciding to buy some.

I bought a "mah keok" (horse hoof) and a "hum chim peang" for my breakfast. These were made from the same flour mixture as the Chinese crullers.

Stall selling T-shirts, shorts, etc.

Then I saw a young man selling these clams at MYR 7 for a kilo. The main market was selling at MYR 20 for a kilo. I bought a kilo to cook for dinner. That ended my marketing and I walked back to Jalan Simpang to meet my hubby.

This was my simple breakfast with my home brewed black coffee.

Only the young tender shoots of these vegetable fern spikes were plucked off for cooking. The rest of the fibrous and stringy part were discarded or used as compost.

I usually used about 2 to 3 inches of the young and tender shoots.

Home cooked stir-fried vegetable fern spikes (sayur paku pakis) with dried shrimp and chili sambal belacan. I used home grown bird's eye chili from my garden for the sambal belacan.

Home cooked stir-fried clams with chopped garlic, ginger, bird's eye chilies and preserved salted bean paste.

Linking to Our World Tuesday.

Then God said, "Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant

throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.

And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals,

the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground

- everything that has life. And this is what happened.

(Genesis 1:29-30, New Living Translation-NLT)