Category Archives: Market

Sai Aua

Leave a comment Posted by on August 25, 2016

Fanning the freshly fried sai aua, a Northern Thai spicy sausage

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Noryangjin Fish Market

Leave a comment Posted by on February 19, 2016

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This one is an exclusively seafood market. A big one. No such sort exist in the Philippines where seafood here are sold in a specific section of the palengke, or at some corner of the talipapa. So at Noryangjin Fish Market with all its assortment of marine edibles where two-thirds of those I cannot identify, it was a wonderment to be inside, ogling unhurriedly at each edible curiosity, and hearing the din from the collective voices of the fishmongers. Obviously, they can tell that I was just an observer and not a potential customer, but I felt at ease because the ajummas and ajeossis don’t seem to mind, and they seem to understand that it was just a field trip of sort to me.

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Suwon Market

Leave a comment Posted by on January 20, 2016
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Assortment of beans

These three images of produce that are regulars in the diet of Koreans are my keepsake from my ‘market walking’ in Suwon City.

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Ginseng

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Chilies

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Hot Eats on a Hot Bench

Leave a comment Posted by on December 30, 2015
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Hot eats on a heated bench

Hot eats on a heated bench is one example of Korean winter solution. Snacking at the bustling market despite the negative temperature outside is what makes the winter season lively instead of dreary in Seoul.

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Heated bench

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It is nice to be served hot food by the ajummas

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Guso Stalls

Leave a comment Posted by on December 9, 2015
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Guso stall at Iligan Public Market

To my fellow guso-salad lover folks, here are snapshots of guso stalls sighted at the mercado of Iligan, Ozamiz, and Oroquieta.

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Guso stall at Ozamiz Public Market

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Guso stall at Oroquieta Sunday Market (Taboan)

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Fish Jumping Illusion

Leave a comment Posted by on November 17, 2015

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Why do you arrange fish like that? To which Madam Fish Vendor answered, “Para nindot tan awon, kanang murag buhi pa ba, kanang mag ambak ambak pa” (So it would be nice to look at, like they are still alive and jumping). And that’s what I thought too, that it will look fresh and still firm, though I didn’t guess the jumping part.

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Chicken Pedicure

6 Comments Posted by on October 11, 2015
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This lad chops off the nails from the chicken feet before selling it

A well-dressed adidas (chicken feet) is achieved by chopping off its nails one by one. And that’s what keeps this lad busy at the talipapa.

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Indigenous Breakfast

Leave a comment Posted by on August 12, 2015

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Ready to eat indigenous breakfast fare in various colors are plentiful inside Siti Khadijah Market. It’s wonderful to see places like this where there is obviously good demand by locals for local fare.

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Folks having superiority complex over their local food and their culture in totality have not lost their identity in this era of globalization.

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Micro-Retailing Spices

Leave a comment Posted by on July 16, 2015
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Spice packs at Siti Khadijah Market in Kota Bharu

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Pasar Snapshots: Keropok of all sorts

2 Comments Posted by on May 30, 2015

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Keropok is the traditional chips of the Malays, particularly in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia. The pictures here were taken from a market in Kelantan.

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Pasar Snapshots: Kuih-Muih

Leave a comment Posted by on May 22, 2015

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If Philippines has all sorts of kakanin, then Malaysia has all sorts of kuih-muih. Whereas the kakanin is something that you have to deliberately find because native food has taken a back seat over Western bites, kuih-muih contrastingly can be found in cafes, airports, streets, markets, everywhere – even in Kuala Lumpur. How nice it is to have something uniquely Southeast Asian that remains to be part of everyday breakfast, snack, tea or coffee accompaniment, or dessert.

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Peanut Purveyor

2 Comments Posted by on May 16, 2015
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Carbon Market, Cebu City

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Pasar Snapshots: Cendol et al

Leave a comment Posted by on April 21, 2015

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Packs of cendol (green ones) and similar food stuff at Siti Khadijah Market in Kota Bharu.

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Pasar Snapshots: Jar Covers

Leave a comment Posted by on April 18, 2015

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Assortment of sauces, pickled fruits, or pickled vegetables packaged in jars with floral lids at Siti Khadijah Market in Kota Bharu, Kelantan.

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Pasar Snapshots: Telur Penyu

4 Comments Posted by on April 17, 2015

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Telur penyu or turtle eggs inside Siti Khadijah Market in Kota Bharu.

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Most Picturesque Tropical Market

Leave a comment Posted by on April 14, 2015

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The produce section of local traditional markets have something in common – full of colors. But there is one market in Southeast Asia that stood out when viewed in its entirety. Literally, in a bigger picture, the top view sight of Siti Khadijah Market is truly beautiful.

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The multitude of colors coming from the produce, bottle covers, traditional garbs of the sellers and customers, and the walls of the building make the entire scene picturesque. It’s full of life and its crudeness is its charm. Hoping the look will stay the same for long time.

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Patin

Leave a comment Posted by on April 12, 2015
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Patin is a freshwater fish, a river fish

Inside Siti Khadijah market, one can notice plenty of patin fish.  Looks like a very common food fish in Kota Bharu much like the tilapia fish in Manila.

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Cleaning several patin for a customer

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Egghead Octopus Snack

Leave a comment Posted by on March 6, 2015
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Cute like an alien infant

To retain the figure of the marinated boiled baby octopus, someone thought of filling its head with boiled quail egg. Or perhaps, the idea is how to eat whole quail eggs in an innovative way – by using octopus head as edible packaging. Whatever it is, the outcome is an appealing, appetizing and filling snack. I shall never forget how I stood near the skewered stuffed octopus table at Nishiki food market as I chewed the egghead in wonderment.

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One way of eating quail eggs is to stuff it in the head of a baby octopus

Japan, Market, Seafood , , , ,

Ikura at Nishiki Market

Leave a comment Posted by on February 18, 2015

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Salmon roe locally known as ikura are those orange spheres and usually sold like this – without its sac. Tastes quite similar to lato in the Philippines with its burst of subtle saltiness that initially I thought it’s a kind of seaweed.

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Nishiki market where I took snapshot of the ikura. Pretty crowded as this was New Year’s rush

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Narazuke

Leave a comment Posted by on January 24, 2015
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Narazuke (cucumber fermented in sake lees)

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Tasted so good that I wish I wasn't itinerant so I could have bought some

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