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Bazaar Chowrasta @ Penang Road, Penang
2008.06.17
Although there are many markets in Penang, the most famous is Chowrasta market in Lower Penang Road. Its name is derived from the Urdu word for "four cross roads" and it was referred (and still is, by old timers) to as "Kelenga Bansan", or Indian Market, as many of the original traders there were from southern India.
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Although there are many markets in Penang, the most famous is Chowrasta market in Lower Penang Road. Its name is derived from the Urdu word for "four cross roads" and it was referred (and still is, by old timers) to as "Kelenga Bansan", or Indian Market, as many of the original traders there were from southern India.
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Apparently, the original single-storey structure built in the 1890s was torn down and the present structure is nearly half a century old.
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Apparently, the original single-storey structure built in the 1890s was torn down and the present structure is nearly half a century old.
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Chowrasta is divided into three main parts. The front portion which faces the Lower Penang Road is the most well-known; it's the place to go if you want to pick up any of the local food products that Penang is famous for, such as pickled nutmeg, biscuits, durian cake, dodol, preserved limes, black prawn paste (hey ko), belacan, or a myriad of locally-produced oils and balms which supposedly have panacea qualities.
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Chowrasta is divided into three main parts. The front portion which faces the Lower Penang Road is the most well-known; it's the place to go if you want to pick up any of the local food products that Penang is famous for, such as pickled nutmeg, biscuits, durian cake, dodol, preserved limes, black prawn paste (hey ko), belacan, or a myriad of locally-produced oils and balms which supposedly have panacea qualities.
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Every stall there also has a large section of yellow, red and even green sweet-and-sour pickled or preserved fruits (the malay word is jeruk): papaya, mango, the ubiquitous nutmeg, plums – you name it.
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Every stall there also has a large section of yellow, red and even green sweet-and-sour pickled or preserved fruits (the malay word is jeruk): papaya, mango, the ubiquitous nutmeg, plums – you name it.
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buah salak (Indonesian snake fruit)
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buah salak (Indonesian snake fruit)
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nutmeg products
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nutmeg products
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I used to go to the Chowrasta market when I was young. A real Penang icon. Does not seem to have changed much.
