the readviewer

So anyway, right now, my Muslim friends would be going through the month of Ramadhan, the fasting period for Muslims all around the world. We locals call it "bulan Puasa" (fasting month).

But you know what's the funny thing? Even my non-Muslim Chinese and Indian friends eagerly look forward to Ramadhan (yeah, me too, me too!). Why so, you may be asking? Because of the Ramadhan Bazaars (we locals call it Pasar Ramadhan) that blossom all over Malaysia during this time... they sell really wonderful Malay food and let me tell you, this is the BEST place to buy stuff and then stuff your face... so while our Muslim friends buy food to prepare to break their fast, we non-Muslims are basically just being greedy Malaysian.

And so, being seduced by the wonderful evening breeze, the bright evening sun and a greedy lust for food, this readviewer headed over to the Pasar Ramadhan to check out the fair that they had to offer...

It's really hard to miss a Pasar Ramadhan because ANY free place around it is always automatically turned into a parking lot. The wonderful thing that I noticed about this Pasar Ramadhan was the fact they actually got their motorcycles parked in order! WOW!

The other reason you can't miss the Pasar Ramadhan is because the smell of food basically invades your nostrils and you can't help but just walk towards it... in my case, it was the smell eminating from the satay stall....

And right at the next stall, I'm already fascinated... it wasn't so much the fact that it was nice juicy chicken wings for sale, but more the fact that the owner had additional items on sale....

...just what on earth is TONGKEN and PEDAL, I have no idea... I didn't see anything much there to help solve the mystery either...and I was a bit shy to ask the pakcik what it was also... so just pretend bodoh sombong ler! =) Ok, but seriously, anyone can help me out here?

Moving along, I see a mountain of debris right next to this shop. This sugar cane seller is definitely getting very good sales.. I mean, look at the amount of sugar cane he's crushed!!!

And if you guys thought the names tongken and pedal are mind boggling, check out what this stall had to offer!

These guys really bring a new meaning to the term "succulent bone marrow"! I mean, they actually sell the bone marrow with a straw for you to suck it out from! I couldn't help myself this time...

The conversation was in Bahasa Malaysia but I've included an English translation with what was probably happening in our heads while talking)

Well, that was as far as it got.. I wasn't gonna pay RM13.00 of my hard earned money to figure out how bone mush tastes like.

But just in case you foreigners wanna try this soup concoction next time, it's called:

After walking around, I couldn't take it.. I had to stop taking photos and start buying. It wasn't just the fact that I was getting real hungry, but it also had to do with the fact that I was getting a few curious looks about what this clown is doing taking photos in a Pasar Ramadhan when everyone else was more interested in buying the food....

I saw this stall selling corn, but it wasn't your normal corn that is steamed.. it was roasted corn... yummy! Bagi 1 jagung panggang kak!

My greedy tummy then led me to the stall that sold briyani rice. Yes, technically briyani is an Indian dish, but hey, if it's good, I'm not gonna complain. There were a few stalls selling briyani rice, but this shop had the rice that looks SO good.. look at all those cashew nuts just begging to be eaten!

After buying the nasi briyani with beef, it was time to get a drink. The sugar cane stall was kinda tempting, but air mata kucing won in the end....

Then it was time to get more food... I love kebabs.. so off we went to get kebabs... but opposite the kebab shop, I saw something else.. it was Roti John (literally translated: John's bread). And it wasn't just your run of mill Roti John... it was SPECIAL Roti John....

The photo is a little blur, but then again, I was running out of battery and didn't have a spare with me. So, my apologies for that.

So, what is John's Bread? John's Bread is basically a long piece of bread, almost half the length of your french loaf which is cut down the middle. A mumbo-jumbo mix of eggs, chicken, beef, and black pepper sauce is beaten together and then poured onto the middle of the bread which is then cooked on a hot surface (somebody help me with the proper term, I got a word-block right now) until nice and fragrant. Thankfully, I still managed this shot with my battery precariously low on batt....

Usually, this is where a normal post would end... but NO, on the readviewer, we go the extra mile to show you what it looks like just before all the food ends up my greedy little tummy... heheh.....

And of course, the last shot... the picture of the greedy readviewer before he chomps down everything like the glutton that he is....

Until the next post, this is the readviewer signing off.... to go get himself fatter than he already is! =)